Since 2003, IGRAC has been involved in numerous projects and below is shown a selection of past and running projects.
Projects
The Global Groundwater Monitoring Network (GGMN) is a network of networks, set up to improve quality and accessibility of groundwater monitoring information and subsequently our knowledge on the state of groundwater resources.
G3P aims at developing a product of groundwater storage variations with global coverage and monthly resolution from 2002 until present by a cross-cutting combination of GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite gravity data with water storage data that are based on the existing portfolio of the Copernicus services.
In this volunteer programme, IGRAC will team up with groundwater enthusiasts who have local stories that deserve to have a global audience.
The SADC Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) has initiated a project to expand the SADC Groundwater Information Portal (SADC-GIP) and make it a one-stop centre for accessing groundwater data in the SADC region. The project started in September 2019 and will finish in June 2020.
IGRAC was commissioned by SADC-GMI to develop and maintain the SADC Groundwater Information Portal (SADC-GIP), which is a map-based information system providing access to the harmonised SADC Hydrogeological Map and Atlas.
The game provides opportunities to learn concepts related to groundwater use such as drawdown and depletion as well as gain insight into common pool resources, groundwater governance, groundwater management, and collective action.
The project will build upon the recent work of BGS in developing the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive (AGLA), which has improved functionalities and contains about 4000 documents for the SADC region. The current content will be revised and completed, if necessary.
The programme seeks to catalyse research that can help collate and consolidate existing data and to apply big data tools to enhance national and transboundary datasets in Southern Africa that support water resources security decision-making.
Most refugees are hosted by the least developing countries where access to water and sanitation is already a challenge. This IGRAC project is about collecting, processing and making available of information relevant for groundwater assessment in regions with refugees or regions prone to conflict.
UNDP-GEF Kura Project partners intend to guide national groundwater experts within the relevant authorities to conduct an agreed assessment of shared resources, and to provide a harmonized online data management system for groundwater monitoring to support the improvement of capacities of relevant responsible bodies in both Azerbaijan and Georgia.
IGRAC is leading the implementation of a project on Capacity Building on Groundwater Data Collection and Management for SADC Member States (SADC-GWdataCoM project).
TWAP Groundwater is the groundwater component of the overall Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme, which aimed at conducting the first global baseline assessment of transboundary water systems.
The DIKTAS project aims at focusing the attention of the international community on the huge but vulnerable water resources contained in karst aquifers, which are widespread globally, but poorly understood. It particularly focuses on the Dinaric Karst System, located in Eastern Europe.
GroFutures is a 4-year research project that develops the scientific evidence base, tools and participatory processes by which groundwater resources can be used sustainably for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
The training manual on 'Integration of Groundwater Management into Transboundary Basin Organizations in Africa' has been designed to help develop capacity within the basin organisations to manage their transboundary groundwater issues.
The MAR Portal, launched by IGRAC and TU Dresden, is a web-based system that shows data from about 1200 case studies from over 50 countries.
IGRAC presents the results of maps developed by the BGS with UCL, funded by the UK DFID (UK Aid), to quantify the groundwater resources of Africa. These are the first quantitative continent-wide maps which give an introduction to how groundwater resources vary across Africa.
The Chronicles is an international consortium of scientists from across Africa and beyond collating and analysing multi-decadal records of groundwater levels, representing long-term aquifer dynamics.
'Norms in Multilevel Groundwater Governance & Sustainable Development' is a PhD research that Kirstin Conti with IGRAC as PhD candidate at UVA.
The animated video ´Groundwater, the Hidden Resource´ was created as part of IGRAC´s #HiddenResource campaign in 2014 to raise awareness about the importance of groundwater.
Blue Desert conducts a feasibility study for the development of an integrated monitoring & control service to assist customers in desert areas to manage groundwater resources.
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) was set up to assess the status of global climate observations on a regular base and to produce guidance for its improvement. GCOS expert panels dedicated to atmosphere, land and ocean maintain definitions of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs).
