The International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW) is a scientific commission of IAHS that advances groundwater hydrology, including groundwater resource assessment, groundwater management under climate change, water quality, subsurface geophysical sensing, and modelling at both global and local scales. The Commission promotes scientific exchange and technology transfer through conferences, workshops, publications, and collaboration between research and practice. Its scientific interests include tackling both historical and emerging global issues including: stochastic hydrogeology, parameter estimation, environmental risk assessment, geophysical characterization, surface-subsurface water interactions as well as coastal and urban aquifer systems, numerical modelling, heterogeneous media, innovative field and laboratory measurements, advanced data interpretation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, emerging contaminants, risks to ecosystems and human health, and groundwater management under conditions of uncertainty, variability, and global change. To this end, the Commission strengthens the science-policy interface, aligning research activities with international frameworks incorporating socio- hydrological perspectives and governance considerations.
Keywords: groundwater resources and quality; coastal groundwater; human health risks; societal needs alignment; subsurface-surface water interactions; historical and emerging issues; experimental and numerical tools; subsurface sensing; stochastic hydrogeology; geophysical characterization; uncertainty.
Find out more about the International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW) here.
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President |
Michelle Newcomer |
USA |
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Past President |
Brazil / USA |
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Vice President |
Japan |
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Vice President |
China |
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Vice President |
India |
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Secretary |
Italy |
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ECC Representative |
Canada/Iran |
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