The new edition of the World Water Development Report 2017, titled  “Wastewater, The Untapped Resource”, is published today during the celebrations of World Water Day in Durban, South Africa. Watch the event in live streaming: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedNationsWater/ 


English: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002471/247153e.pdf 

French: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002475/247551f.pdf   

Please visit the UNESCO website to know more about the Report and the launch event: www.unesco.org/water/wwap.

The Secretary General of IAHS is pleased to announce that the jury of the IAHS Tison award for young hydrologists (chaired by Demetris Koutsoyiannis) identified the following paper as the 2017 winner:

Mohammad Merheb, Roger Moussa, Chadi Abdallah, François Colin, Charles Perrin & Nicolas Baghdadi (2016) Hydrological response characteristics of Mediterranean catchments at different time scales: a meta-analysis, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61:14,2520-2539, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2016.1140174

Our congratulations go to the eligible author, Mohammad Merheb from Lebanon.

This award is prestigious with a 1000 US$ prize and a 1 year subscription to HSJ sponsored by Taylor & Francis the publisher of Hydrological Sciences Journal.

The paper is available free access on Taylor & Francis online - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2016.1140174
 
The award will be conferred during the IAHS 2017 Scientific Assembly in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in July 2017.

The IAHS Tison Award, established in 1982, aims to promote excellence in research by young hydrologists. The Award is granted for an outstanding paper published by IAHS in a period of two years previous to the deadline for nominations.

http://iahs.info/About-IAHS/Competition--Events/Tison-Award.do

Four years after the successful completion of IAHS Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) initiative, its high impact continues with publication of the Chinese translation of the Cambridge University monograph, Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins: Synthesis across Processes, Places and Scales (G. Blöschl, M. Sivapalan, T. Wagener, A. Viglione and H. H. G. Savenije, Editors, 2013). 

This is a simplified Chinese translation produced by a team of hydrologists at Tsinghua University, Beijing, led by Professor Fuqiang Tian. The softcover edition is published by China Water & Power Press, in partnership with Cambridge University Press. More information is available from
http://eng.waterpub.com.cn/products/publication/books/302.html 

This Simplified Chinese Translation is authorised for sale in the People’s Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) only.

IAHS 2017 Scientific Assembly 10 – 14 July 2017 Port Elizabeth, South Africa

"Water And Development: Scientific Challenges In Addressing Societal Issues”

The Abstract Submission for IAHS 2017 closes on March 6th 2017.

Authors can submit abstracts of original work for consideration as a poster or oral presentation at IAHS 2017. View the Scientific Programme for details of all themes.

Abstracts must be submitted via the Copernicus online system by Monday 6th March 2017.

Organisers: Graham Jewitt and  Denis Hughes

IAHS 2017 Scientific Assembly 10 – 14 July 2017 Port Elizabeth, South Africa

"Water And Development: Scientific Challenges In Addressing Societal Issues”

Only a few more days are available to submit your abstract for IAHS 2017.

Authors can submit abstracts of original work for consideration as a poster or oral presentation at IAHS 2017. View the Scientific Programme for details of all themes.

Abstracts must be submitted via the Copernicus online system by Monday 6th March 2017.

Organisers: Graham Jewitt and Denis Hughes

IAHS 2017 SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY 10 – 14 JULY 2017 Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Water and Development: scientific challenges in addressing societal issues

Dear IAHS members,

We recently started the Panta Rhei opinion paper series. The purpose of the series is to enrich and improve the Panta Rhei approach via diverse, critical and constructive opinions. For this, we have identified key questions and topics for debate, which will be covered by invited opinion papers over the course of the next two years.

Additionally, we want to motivate a scientific discussion in response to the contributions and topics presented. We sincerely hope for your engagement in this scientific debate. Please contribute your ideas or critique on the opinion papers by writing and submitting your commentary within six months from their online publication. Once the commentary is deemed suitable for publication, the authors of the original opinion paper will be invited to submit a 'Reply to commentary' so that the two (or more) contributions to the formal scientific discussion can be published together in a later issue of the Hydrological Sciences Journal.

The first two opinion papers are “The role of experimental work in hydrological sciences – insights from a community survey” by Blume et al. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2016.1230675 ) and “Prediction in a socio-hydrological world” by Srinivasan et al. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2016.1253844).

More details about the idea of the Panta Rhei opinion paper series can be found in the respective editorial “Scientific debate of Panta Rhei research – how to advance our knowledge of changes in hydrology and society?” by Kreibich et al. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2016.1209929)

I hope for a lively discussion!

Heidi Kreibich, member of Panta Rhei leadership team 2015-2017

More information about the Panta Rhei Working Group can be found on the IAHS website.

IAHS 2017 SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY 10 – 14 JULY 2017 PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA

"Water And Development: Scientific Challenges In Addressing Societal Issues”

Don't forget the Abstract submission deadline for IAHS 2017 is Tuesday 14 February 2017.

Authors can submit abstracts of original work for consideration as a poster or oral presentation at IAHS 2017. View the Scientific Programme for details of all themes.

Abstracts must be submitted via the Copernicus online system by Tuesday 14 February 2017.

Kruger National Park technical tour following IAHS 2017

The Kruger National Park is South Africa’s flagship conservation area where 2 million hectares of unrivalled diversity of life forms fuses with historical and archaeological sites, in a semi-arid savanna landscape. The KNP offers a wildlife experience that ranks as one of the best in Africa. The KNP has also had a long history of freshwater management and research on both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem, which includes some long running water resources management and hydrological studies. This technical tour will allow the participants to get out into the bush, with a chance to see some of the Big 5 whilst visiting some of the long term hydrological monitoring sites. Space is limited, so please register your interest as soon as possible at http://cwrr.ukzn.ac.za/iahs/programme-of-activities 

Organisers: Graham Jewitt and  Denis Hughes

IAHS 2017 SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY 10 – 14 JULY 2017 PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA

"Water And Development: Scientific Challenges In Addressing Societal Issues”

The Abstract submission deadline for IAHS 2017 is fast approaching - Tuesday 14 February 2017.

Authors can submit abstracts of original work for consideration as a poster or oral presentation at IAHS 2017. View the Scientific Programme for details of all themes.

Abstracts must be submitted via the Copernicus online system by Tuesday 14 February 2017.

Kruger National Park technical tour following IAHS 2017

The Kruger National Park is South Africa’s flagship conservation area where 2 million hectares of unrivalled diversity of life forms fuses with historical and archaeological sites, in a semi-arid savanna landscape. The KNP offers a wildlife experience that ranks as one of the best in Africa. The KNP has also had a long history of freshwater management and research on both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem, which includes some long running water resources management and hydrological studies. This technical tour will allow the participants to get out into the bush, with a chance to see some of the Big 5 whilst visiting some of the long term hydrological monitoring sites. Space is limited, so please register your interest as soon as possible at  http://cwrr.ukzn.ac.za/iahs/programme-of-activities 

Organisers Graham Jewitt and Denis Hughes