August 2015

Together with NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership) IGRAC organised a ‘Roundtable on Netherlands Groundwater Expertise in Integrated Delta Management'. Mr. Junaid Ahmad, Senior Director Water at The World Bank, met representatives of Dutch groundwater sector to hear about groundwater management practice in the Netherlands and to explore possibilities to implement related knowledge into World Bank operations. 

IGRAC has made a map which overlays its Transboundary Aquifers of the world map 2015 with a shale layer. The aim of this map is to provide a global overview of the spatial relationships between transboundary aquifers and some of the major shale plays and shale basins in the world. This 'Shale Transboundary Aquifers Map' has also been included in the Global Overview module of IGRAC's Global Groundwater Information System (GGIS).