Introduction
The formative years: 1956–1979
Establishing the association
No. and dates of IAH councils | President | Secretary | Treasurer |
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1st: 1956–1960 | P Fourmarier/Belgium F Penta/Italy (1960) | L Dubertret/France | G Castany/France |
2nd: 1960–1964 | F Penta/Italy (−1962) G Georgalas/Greece | L Dubertret/France | G Castany/France |
3rd: 1964–1968 | H-J Martini/FR Germany | L Dubertret/France G Castany/France | W Fricke/FR Germany |
4th: 1968–1972 | B Řezác/Czechoslovakia | L Dubertret/France G Castany/France | PE Groba/FR Germany |
5th: 1972–1977 | S Buchan/United Kingdom | L Dubertret/France G Castany/France | PE Groba/FR Germany |
6th: 1977–1980 | PE LaMoreaux/USA | L Dubertret/France (−1979) G Castany/France | PE Groba/FR Germany |
7th: 1980–1984 | G Castany/France | E Romijn/The Netherlands | PE Groba/FR Germany |
8th: 1984–1989 | MR Llamas/Spain | E Romijn/The Netherlands | PE Groba/FR Germany |
9th: 1989–1993 | E Romijn/The Netherlands | AC Skinner/UK | B Schwerdtfeger/FR Germany |
10th: 1993–1996 | JE Moore/USA | AC Skinner/UK | B Schwerdtfeger/Germany (−1994) WF Struckmeier/Germany (1994–1996) |
11th: 1996–2000 | MR Knight/Australia | AC Skinner/UK | WF Struckmeier/Germany |
Incorporation of IAH in 2000 creates new Council and Executive structure including a new Science member | |||
12th: 2000–2004 | E Custodio/Spain | AC Skinner/UK | WF Struckmeier/Germany P Bennett/USA (Science) |
13th: 2004–2008 | SSD Foster/UK | M Veselic/Croatia (−2006) WF Struckmeier/Germany (2006–08) | J Sharp/USA J Krasny/Czech Republic (Science) |
- | - | - | VP Finance & Membership and VP Science & Programme after Rule change at Lisbon, 2007 |
14th: 2008–2012 | WF Struckmeier/Germany | S Puri/UK | A Chambel/Portugal KWF Howard/Canada |
15th: 2012–2016 | KWF Howard/Canada | S Puri/UK | B Misstear/Ireland A Chambel/Portugal |
Activities in the early years of IAH
Name | Year started | Chairs | Remarks |
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Commission for Hydrogeological Maps (COHYM) | 1959 | H Karrenberg, FR Germany to 1982. WF Struckmeier, FR Germany, 1982–2011 | Phased out at Review of Commissions (ROC) in 2011 |
Commission on the Geology of Mineral and Thermal Waters (CMTW) | 1968 | K Fricke, FR Germany. H Schmassmann, Switzerland. B W Zuurdeeg, The Netherlands. J Dowgiallo, Poland. W Balderer, Switzerland | Renewed in 2011 as the Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters, chaired by J LaMoreaux, USA, and A Porowski, Poland |
Commission for the Hydrogeology of Karst | 1968 | A Burger, Switzerland. H Paloc, France. H Hoetzl, FR Germany. N Goldscheider, Germany | Renewed in 2011 as the Commission on Karst Hydrogeology, chaired by N Goldscheider |
Commission on Groundwater Protection | 1979 | J Vrba, Czechoslovakia | Phased out at 2011 Review of Commissions |
Working Group on Remote Sensing | 1980 | M Deutsch, USA | Uncertain when it ceased to be active |
Commission on the Hydrogeology of Volcanic Terrains | Early 1980s | A Aureli, Italy | After almost a decade of work, the final manuscript of a monograph on volcanic rocks was stolen from Aurelio Aureli’s car in Naples. There was no copy to replace it and the commission never recovered |
Commission on the Hydrogeology of Mining Areas | 1982 | R Fernandez-Rubio, Spain | A commission that started with great enthusiasm. Later the International Mine Water Association was created with Fernandez-Rubio as first president |
Commission on the Hydrogeology of Coastal Areas | 1983 | V Cotecchia, Italy | Ceased activity in the late 1980s and terminated by Council in 1990, revived by G Baroccu, Italy (see the following) |
Commission on the Hydrogeology of Hazardous Waste | 1986 | P LaMoreaux, USA. J Vrba, Czechoslovakia | Active for a few years |
Burdon Commission on Hydrogeology in Developing Nations | 1987 | S Foster, UK, to 1997. David Ball, Ireland, to 2005. Then A McDonald, UK | Renewed as a network at the 2011 ROC and now re-named Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development |
Commission on Education and Training | 1993 | JE Moore, USA. R Aldwell, Ireland | Terminated by decision of Council in 2005 |
Commission on Urban Groundwater | 1993 | D Lerner, UK, to 1997. Then K Howard, Canada | Renewed in 2011 as the Urban Groundwater Network |
Commission on Groundwater and Aquatic Ecosystems | 1993 | R Llamas, Spain | Not active by 1999. Revived in 2003 as Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems by C Colvin (see the following) |
Commission on Hydrogeology in Arid Zones | 1993 | J Lloyd, UK | Active very briefly |
Commission on Hydrogeology and Computers (CHCOM) | 1996 | GD Moore, USA | Active for 2–3 years |
Commission on Hydrogeology of Hard Rocks (started as a working group) | 1996 | J Krâsny, Czech Republic | Renewed in 2012 as the Network on Fractured Rock Hydrogeology, chaired by U Troeger, Germany |
Commission on Transboundary Aquifer Resource Management (TARM) | 1999 | S Puri, UK | Phased out at the ROC in 2011 and re-established in 2015 with same chair |
Commission on Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) (Working Group on Artificial Recharge from 1996) | 2000 | I Johnson, USA. P Dillon, Australia | Renewed in 2011 with the same name and chair |
Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change | 2002 | A Issar, Israel, until 2008. Then R Taylor, UK | Renewed at the 2011 ROC with the same name and chair |
Commission on Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems | 2003 | C Colvin, South Africa | Re-established at 2011 ROC as Network on Groundwater and Ecosystems, chaired by J Gurrieri and M Wireman, USA |
Commission on Aquifer Dynamics and Coastal Zone Management | 2003 | G Barrocu, Italy | Re-established at 2011 ROC as Network for Coastal Aquifer Dynamics and Coastal Zone Management (CAD-CZM), chaired by G Barrocu, Italy |
Early Career Hydrogeologists Network | 2009 | J Flugge, Germany. V Re, Italy | New network set up in 2009 and formalized at 2011 ROC |
Commission on Groundwater Outreach | 2011 | A Stone, USA | New commission established at 2011 ROC |
Commission on Regional Groundwater Flow | 2011 | J Mádl-Szőnyi, Hungary | New commission established at 2011 ROC |
Working Group on Education | 2014 | B Misstear, Ireland | Responds to IAH Forward Look objectives; unrelated to previous commission |
Commission on Groundwater and Energy | 2015 | G Ferguson, Canada | - |
Number | Year of Publication | Theme and number of IAH Congress and year |
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Tome 1 | 1959 | Réunion de Paris, 1st IAH Congress, 1957 |
Tome 2 | 1959 | Réunion de Liège, 2nd Congress, 1958 |
Tome 3 | 1961 | Réunion de Madrid, 3rd Congress, 1959 |
Tome 4 | 1962 | Réunion de Rome, 4th Congress, 1961 |
Tome 5 | 1964 | Réunion d’ Athènes, 5th Congress, 1962 |
Tome 6 | 1966 | Réunion de Belgrade, 6th Congress, 1963 |
Tome/vol 7 | 1967 | Réunion de Hannover, 7th Congress, 1965 |
Tome 8 | 1967 | Réunion d’Istanbul, 8th Congress, 1967 |
- | 1970 | International Legend for hydrogeological maps (IAH, IAHS and UNESCO) |
Tome/vol 9 | 1972 | Tokyo, 9th Congress, 1971 |
Tome 10 | 1974 | Congrès de Montpellier, France (10th), 1974 |
- | 1975 | Hydrogeology of karstic terrains (IAH and IUGS) |
Volume 11 | 1975 | Congress of Porto Alegre, Brazil, (11th), 1975 |
Volume 11 | 1978 | Hydrogeology of great sedimentary basins, 14th Congress, Budapest, 1976 |
Volume 12 | 1977 | Proceedings of the 12th Congress, Karst Hydrogeology, Huntsville, USA, 1975 |
Volume13 | 1977 | Optimal development and management of groundwater, 13th Congress, Birmingham, UK, 1977 |
Volume 14 | 1978 | Budapest conference |
Volume 15 | 1979 | Methods for evaluation of groundwater resources, 15th Congress, Vilnius, 1979 |
Volume 16 | 1982 | Impact of agricultural activities on groundwater, 16th Congress, Prague, 1982 |
Volume 17 | 1985 | Hydrogeology of rocks of low permeability, 17th Congress, Tucson, 1985 |
Volume 18 | 1985 | Hydrogeology in the service of man, 18th Congress, Cambridge, 1985 |
Volume 19 | 1987 | Integrated land use planning and groundwater protection management in rural areas, 19th Congress, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, 1986 |
Volume 20 | 1987 | Rome, 20th Congress, 1987 |
Volume 21 | 1989 | Karst hydrogeology and karst environment protection, 21st Congress, Guilin, 1988 |
Volume 22 | 1990 | Water resources in mountainous regions, 22nd Congress, Lausanne, 1990 |
Expansion and challenges in the 1970s
The international growth years: 1979–2000
Rapidly growing membership
Establishing IAH’s books and journal
Volume | Year | Theme |
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1 | 1984 | Hydrogeology of karst terrains: case historiesa,b
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2 | 1986 | Hydrogeology of limestone terranes: annotated bibliography of carbonate rocks, volume 3a,b
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3 | 1984 | List of the terms of hydrogeology, geochemistry and mineral and thermal watersa,b
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4 | 1984 | Hydrogeology of the Dinaric Karsta
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5 | 1986 | Impact of agricultural activities on groundwatera,b,c
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6 | 1985 | Theoretical background, hydrogeology and practice of protection zonesa,b
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7 | 1985 | Hydrogeological mapping in Asia and the Pacific regions: proceedings of an ESCAP workshop, Bandung, 1983 |
8 | 1990 | Groundwater recharge: a guide to understanding and estimating natural rechargea,b
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9 | 1989 | Well logging in groundwater developmentb
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10 | 1989 | Hydrogeology of limestone terrains: annotated bibliography of carbonate rocks, volume 4a
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11 | 1991 | Hydrogeology of salt water intrusion: a selection of SWIM papersa,c
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12 | 1990 | Hydrogeology and management of hazardous waste for deep-well disposala,b
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13 | 1992 | Hydrogeology of selected karst regionsa,d
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14 | 1993 | Annotated bibliography of karst terranes, volume 5a,b
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15 | 1994 | Hydrogeothermicsa
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16 | 1994 | Guidebook on mapping groundwater vulnerabilitya,b
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17 | 1995 | Hydrogeological maps: a guide and standard legenda,b
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Balkema takes over Heise and continues publication of ICH series | ||
18 | 1998 | Shallow groundwater systemsc
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19 | 1998 | Recharge of phreatic aquifers in (semi-) arid areasb
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20 | 1999 | Karst hydrogeology and human activities: impacts, consequences and implicationsa
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21 | 1999 | Groundwater in the urban environment: selected city profilesc
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22 | 2002 | Managing water well deterioration |
23 | 2003 | Understanding water in a dry environment: hydrological processes in arid and semi-arid zonesb
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24 | 2003 | Urban groundwater pollutiona,b
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25 | 2005 | Introduction to isotope hydrology: stable isotopes of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon |
Taylor and Francis takes over Balkema and continues publication of ICH series | ||
26 | 2007 | Methods in karst hydrogeologya
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27 | 2011 | Climate change effects on groundwater: a global synthesis of findings and recommendationsa,b
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28 | 2012 | History of hydrogeology |
Broadening the scope of IAH activities in the 1980s
Reviewing IAH’s plans and strategies in the 1990s
Consolidation and adapting to change: 2000–2016
Membership broadens rather than grows
REGION | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Sub-Saharan Africa | 165 | 167 | 159 | 206 | 202 | 204 | 200 | 247 | 231 | 233 | 267 | 265 | 281 | 277 |
North Africa and the Middle East | 75 | 77 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 90 | 90 | 74 | 99 | 97 | 101 | 94 | 109 | 117 |
Asia | 243 | 218 | 218 | 238 | 265 | 263 | 288 | 214 | 191 | 191 | 229 | 259 | 300 | 316 |
Australasia and the Pacific | 389 | 426 | 455 | 502 | 477 | 496 | 493 | 599 | 582 | 656 | 799 | 697 | 589 | 708 |
Eastern Europe | 242 | 217 | 235 | 338 | 351 | 365 | 355 | 145 | 125 | 122 | 124 | 141 | 136 | 140 |
North America | 754 | 720 | 697 | 704 | 695 | 685 | 669 | 672 | 654 | 632 | 659 | 574 | 602 | 583 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 309 | 300 | 300 | 213 | 211 | 207 | 194 | 177 | 177 | 197 | 179 | 182 | 197 | 229 |
Western Europe | 1,473 | 1,496 | 1,573 | 1,539 | 1,485 | 1,545 | 1,496 | 1,766 | 1,726 | 1,656 | 1,716 | 1,685 | 1,747 | 1,733 |
Total | 3,650 | 3,621 | 3,725 | 3,824 | 3,763 | 3,857 | 3,786 | 3,894 | 3,785 | 3,784 | 4,074 | 3,897 | 3,961 | 4,103 |
The books and journal flourish
Year | Theme title |
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1996 | Urban groundwater |
1997 | Groundwater processes in land and water salinisation |
1998 | Tribute to Eugene S. Simpson |
1999 | Groundwater as a geologic agent |
2000 | Groundwater and microbial processes |
2001 | Confining units |
2002 | Groundwater recharge |
2003 | Hydromechanics in geology and geotechnics |
2004 | Groundwater: from development to management |
2005 | The future of hydrogeology |
2006 | Social and economic aspects of groundwater governance |
2007 | Remote sensing and GIS in hydrogeology |
2009 | Hydrogeoecology and groundwater dependent ecosystems |
2010 | Saltwater and freshwater interactions in coastal aquifers |
2011 | Insights from environmental tracers in groundwater systems |
2012 | Economics of groundwater management |
2013 | Hydrogeology of cold regions |
2014 | Hydrogeology of shallow thermal systems |
2015 | Optimization for groundwater characterization and management |
2016 | Land subsidence processes |
Volume | Year | Theme |
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1 | 1990 | Selected papers on hydrogeology from the 28th IGC, Washington, DC, 1989 |
2 | 1993 | Hydrogeology of hard rocks, selected papers originating from the 24th IAH Congress, Oslo, 1993 |
3 | 1992 | Selected papers on aquifer overexploitation from the 23rd IAH Congress, Tenerife, 1991 |
4 | 1993 | Selected papers on environmental hydrogeology from the 29th IGC, Kyoto, 1992 |
Balkema takes over Heise and then becomes part of Taylor and Francis with an interruption to the series | ||
5 | 2005 | Nitrates in groundwater; papers from a Euromeet at Wisła, Poland in 2002a
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6 | 2005 | Groundwater and human development, selected papers from the 32nd IAH Congress, Mar del Plata, Argentina 2002 |
7 | 2005 | Groundwater intensive use, selected papers from SINEX, Valencia, 2002a
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8 | 2007 | Urban groundwater: meeting the challenge, selected papers from the 32nd IGC, Florence, 2004a,b
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9 | 2007 | Groundwater in fractured rocks, selected papers from the conference in Prague, 2003a
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10 | 2007 | Aquifer systems management, selected papers from the IAH Symposium, Dijon, 2006 |
11 | 2007 | Groundwater vulnerability assessment and mapping, selected papers from the conference in Ustroń, Poland, 2004 |
12 | 2008 | Groundwater flow understanding: from local to regional scale, selected papers from the 33rd IAH Congress, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2004 |
13 | 2008 | Applied groundwater studies in Africab
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14 | 2008 | Advances in subsurface pollution of porous media: indicators, processes and modelling; selected papers from the EU COST-629 Final Conference, Barcelona, 2007 |
15 | 2009 | Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins: realities and challenges |
16 | 2010 | Groundwater response to changing climate, selected papers from the 36th IAH Congress, Toyama, Japan, 2008a,b
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17 | 2013 | Groundwater quality sustainability: selected papers from the 38th IAH Congress, Krakow, Poland, 2010 |
18 | 2013 | Groundwater and ecosystems: selected papers from the 35th IAH Congress, Lisbon, 2007 |
19 | 2013 | Assessing and managing groundwater in different environments: selected papers from the Groundwater Division of the Geological Society of South Africa conference, Pretoria, 2011 |
20 | 2014 | Fractured rock hydrogeology: selected papers from the Fractured Rock Conference in Prague, 2012a
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21 | 2014 | Calcium and magnesium in groundwater |
22 | 2016 | Solving the groundwater challenges of the 21st century: selected papers from the 40th IAH Congress, Perth, Australia, 2013 |
23 | 2016 | Karst without boundaries: selected papers from the Karst Conference at Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2014 |