IAH has launched a new Technical Insight Series, designed both to inform professionals in other sectors of key interactions with groundwater resources and hydrogeological science, and to guide IAH members in their outreach to related sectors. This is a technical overview with a different emphasis and intended audience to the highly appreciated Strategic Overview Series, which is aimed at a more general readership.
Three of the papers in the Series were written by our Groundwater Quality Commission. The latest paper in the series ‘Antimicrobial Resistance – A Growing Global Groundwater Challenge’ presents the environmental pathways that lead to the occurrence of antimicrobial pharmaceuticals in groundwater, the development of antibiotic resistant genes, and the regulation and future outlook of this insidious contamination.
‘PFAS – Groundwater’s Dark Matter’ describes the chemistry and detection of PFAS in groundwater samples, their current water quality limits, and potential treatment options for PFAS polluted water. ‘Groundwater in the Age of Plastic’ reviews the current understanding of plastic contamination in groundwater, summarises methods that can be used for sampling and detection of plastics as well as the status of environmental regulation of plastics.
The paper ‘Co-Managed Aquifer Recharge’ was produced by the Managing Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Commission. The paper discusses improving Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) with a new management approach: the co-managed aquifer recharge (Co-MAR) concept, in which stakeholders actively participate in the decision-making process, with the aim of improving governance, rural development and water security.
IAH intends that future technical insight papers will be produced by the commissions and networks summarising other issues of topical interest.
Find out more
Read Antimicrobial Resistance – A Growing Global Groundwater Challenge
Read Co-Managed Aquifer Recharge
Read Groundwater in the Age of Plastic
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