Director General Highlights the IAEA's Water Resources
Programme Activities in the Introductory Statement to the Board
of Governors
06 March 2006 —
"… Groundwater Management is a key issue for sustainable
human development, particularly in arid regions. Some regions
are seeing the rapid depletion of surface water resources due
to the growing demand for clean drinking water, irrigation and
industrial water uses. The Agency has embarked on an effort
to compile and disseminate isotope data from aquifers and rivers
worldwide, to assist decision makers in adopting better water
management practices. In cooperation with the World Bank, the
Agency has also been using isotope hydrology to help Bangladesh
mitigate the impacts of arsenic poisoning of water aquifers.
In one village, Chapai Nawabganj, the mapping of a local arsenic-free
aquifer resulted in millions of dollars of savings in water
treatment costs…" full
statement »
Forthcoming
Meetings & Features
International Workshop on the Isotope
Effects in Evaporation, Revisiting the Craig-Gordon
Model Four Decades after its Formulation, 3—6
May 2006, Pisa, Italy, read
more »
Water Resources Pogramme Brochure here
in PDF format
III International symposium on Transboundary
Waters Management, 30 May—
2 June 2006, Ciudad Real, Spain read
more »
1st SWIM-SWICA, First International
Joint Salt Water Intrusion Conference - Tutorials,
24—29
September 2006, Cagliari - Chia Laguna, Italy read
more »
WRP video clip
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