Water bankruptcy
Frank van Steenbergen and Femke van Woesik Is the world ‘water-bankrupt’? The recent UN-INWEH report “Global Water Bankruptcy: Living … Continued
Groundwater Management
Deepening the spring
By Frank van Steenbergen As in many islands, Malta, ever since it was inhabited, has been dependent on springs and … Continued
The thin lifeline: groundwater in the Nebhana system (Tunisia)
By Rahma Brini, Abdelhamid Mnajja, Mourad Ben Amor, Nabil Rehaiem, and Yosri Gafsaoui … Continued
Out of options?
“That was our water kiosk. It is now the home of the crocodiles.” By Esmee Mulder, MetaMeta The boda-boda (motorbike) … Continued
Springs Management: The lifeline for Mountain livelihood
By Saroj Yakami[1], Luwieke Bosma1, Madhav Dhakal[2], Mahewor Ghimire[3], Anastasia Deligianni1, Frank van Steenbergen1 Published on the occasion of World … Continued
A Brave New Groundwater World
By Frank van Steenbergen Since Lester Brown’s seminal book “Who Will Feed China?”, many eyes have been watching the Achilles … Continued
Last Call at the Oases
By Frank van Steenbergen St. Bishoy Monastries – Dug out shallow water source (own image) The oases of Wadi … Continued
Substitution: Preserving Coastal Aquifers in Korba (Tunisia)
By Frank van Steenbergen and Nadim Farajalla August 18, 2021 Agriculture is the biggest user of water in Tunisia, consuming … Continued
Underground dams against seawater intrusion in Shandong, China
by Frank van Steenbergen January 19, 2021 Salt water intrusion Salt water intrusion in coastal areas is a serious global … Continued
Effect of dam construction on underground flows in Jamshoro, Pakistan
by Abdul Ghani Soomro and Anila Hameem Memon February 12, 2020 Darawat Dam is a concrete gravity dam developed across … Continued
Water factories: the second life of gravel pits
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen December 28, 2018 They are all over the world, where the construction industry is booming: … Continued
The Tube recharge system
Our Earth has no scarcity of water, and hence the name “the blue planet”. But ironically, less than 3% of … Continued
Dossiers
- Climate and Health
- Small Water Cycles and Local Climates
- Knowledge Repository for GFFA 2026
- Improved Laundry and Hygiene
- Ecologically-based Rodent Management
- Green and Blue Economy
- Vital Water Services
- Soil Management
- Green Transformation
- Green Infrastructure
- Dryland Development
- Agroecology
- Flood and Drought Management
- Locally-Led Adaptation in Practice
- Groundwater Management
- Water Governance and Development Partnership
- Preserving Assets - Operation and Maintenance in Delta’s
- Salinity Management
- Water integrity
- Water Productivity and Irrigation Management
- Managing Desert Locusts
- None left behind
- Mega Irrigation
- Cross-Cutting Topics