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Fellowship of the Spring

  A stethoscope, or thermometer, for gauging the health of groundwater systems is springs. This is because springs and oasis, natural outlets of groundwater flow, are often taletellers of groundwater depletion and even pollution, and many such environments are currently under heavy stress. The paper ‘Fellowship of the Spring: an initiative to document and protect …

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Groundwater as the Deep-Seated Wealth of Nations

Groundwater management ties closely into understanding and regulating initiatives related to groundwater use and development. Untangling economics and those policies that have economic and socioeconomic implications for groundwater is hence a must. Subsidies for developing groundwater (e.g., for drilling, energy for pumping, and for irrigation equipment), guarantied prices for crops grown with groundwater, etc. are …

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The UNECE Global Workshop on Conjunctive Management of Surface Water and Groundwater: National to Transboundary Level

  WCI Director Karen Villholth (white shirt) forming member of an advisory team to UNECE on groundwater. From left: Marie-Amélie Pétré (Geological Survey of Finland), Alberto Manganelli (CeReGAS), Alice Aureli (previous UNESCO), Shammy Puri (CSSPH), and Arnaud Sterckx (IGRAC) at the UNECE Global Workshop on Conjunctive Management of Surface Water and Groundwater: National to Transboundary …

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Illegal pesticides keep threatening human health, the environment and biodiversity in developing countries

Farmer applying pesticide manually in groundwater-irrigated field in Sri Lanka (Photo credit: Karen Villholth). Illegal pesticides, both clandestine as well as imported pesticides not authorized for use in developed countries, continue to be used on a large scale in developing countries, not only causing disproportionate harm due to their additional toxic characteristics, but also because …

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UN-Water Summit on Groundwater

The water community has made significant strides towards getting groundwater higher on the global development agenda. The year 2022 was particularly pivotal as the UN system, through UN-Water, and its many Member and Partner organizations, elevated the topic of ‘Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible’ to the center of attention. This was achieved through a …

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VOTE FOR ME

I am pleased to be candidate nominee to represent the 90,000+ members of the Danish Consumer Council ‘Tænk’ for their Council Assembly. Go ahead and vote for me on the day of election, 24 Oct 2022. My blog on Water Cycle Innovation gives my messages and pledge (in Danish). I advocate for more protection of …

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