About our commissions and networks
The activities of IAH’s commissions and networks include contributing to the science of groundwater and undertaking outreach, education and training. They run sessions at IAH congresses, co-convene technical meetings and field excursions with other societies, host workshops and training courses and prepare educational and outreach publications. We welcome suggestions for new topics or activities – email ideas and comments to info@iah.org.
You do not have to be an IAH member to participate. In fact we encourage wide involvement from the groundwater community, as this will help the groups to thrive and give greater authority to their work.
Use the listings below to find out more about IAH’s commissions and networks and to make contact with them.
Commissions
Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change
Commission on Groundwater and Energy
Co-Chair:
Bridget Scanlon (USA) and Rob Ward (UK)
Commission on Groundwater Quality
Co-Chair:
Dan Lapworth; Dr Pauline Smedley and Dr Seifu Kebede Gurmessa
Commission on Karst Hydrogeology
Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge
Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters
Commission on Regional Groundwater Flow
Co-Chair:
Okke Batelaan (Australia), Xiaowei Jiang (China), Hanneke Verweij (the Netherlands), Fadoua Hamzaoui Azaza (Tunisia), René Lebvre - John Molson (Canada), José Joel Carrillo-Rivera (Mexico) (
szilviasimon@gmail.com (secretary))
Transboundary Aquifers Commission
Networks
Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development
Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network
Groundwater Resources UNECE Classification and Management Network (GRUCMN)
Network for Coastal Aquifer Dynamics and Coastal Zone Management (CAD-CZM)
Network on Fractured Rock Hydrogeology
Socio-Hydrogeology Network
Co-Director:
Shrikant Limaye (India); Theresa Frommen (Germany)
Urban Groundwater Network
Co-Director:
Helen Fallas, Ken Howard and Steven Foster