The International Groundwater Resource Assessment Centre (IGRAC) has recently relocated to the UNESCO-IHE offices in Delft. They were previously hosted at the Deltares offices in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The Centre will operate under the auspices of UNESCO and will have a partnership structure, which includes international bodies such as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Established in 1999 at the 5th International Conference on Hydrology, IGRAC aims to facilitate and promote worldwide exchange of groundwater knowledge to improve assessment, development and management of groundwater resources.
Past projects of IGRAC include a global reviews of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater, and the impact of the 2004 Asian tsunami on groundwater resources.
Related web sites:
- International Groundwater Resource Assessment Centre (IGRAC)
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Source: UNESCO Water e-Newsletter, no. 258, 07 Nov 2011
