Online MAR Seminars

The IAH-MAR Commission organises a series of monthly online seminars on different topics related to implementation and development of managed aquifer recharge applications. The seminars can be attended online free of charge using the links available below. Please note that registration is required in order to receive the link to the meeting, so make sure you register for each event before it starts.

If the invited speakers agree to share their presentations, a PDF file will be available for download (click on the title of the presentation). If the PDF is not available for download on this page, please get in touch with the speaker directly.

Seminar #4. Managed aquifer recharge in India
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 15:30 – 17:00 CET

Registration

To receive the Zoom link, please register here.

Invited speakers:

A.K. Sinha (IAH Vice-President for Asia; President, IAH Indian National Chapter)
Managed Aquifer Recharge Practices and Policies in India – Pathway to Water Security

Cornelius Sandhu (University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany)
Potential of riverbank filtration in the Ganga and Damodar River basins and rural northeast India

Seminar #3. The rule of the game
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 3:30 – 5:00 pm CET

Invited speakers:

Manuel Sapiano (The Energy and Water Agency, Malta)
Governance of Managed Aquifer Recharge: Insights from the European Union’s Regulatory Framework

Rudy Rosetto (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy)
Nature based solutions and managed aquifer recharge

Seminar #2. MAR in humanitarian context
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 pm CET

Invited speaker:

Vijay Matta (UNICEF)
Managed aquifer recharge in socially-sensitive environments


Seminar #1. Introduction to managed aquifer recharge
Tuesday, 11 February 2025, 4:00 – 5:30 pm CET

Catalin Stefan (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Implementation of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) worldwide – the MAR portal

Enrique Fernández Escalante (TRAGSA Group, UPM, Spain)
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR): Classification and inventory of typologies at the international level

Yan Zheng (Southern University of Science and Technology, China)
The 21st century water quality challenges for managed aquifer recharge: towards a risk-based regulatory approach


Disclaimer

The IAH-MAR Commission is not responsible for the content of the presentations. The responsibility (including legal) belongs exclusively to the respective authors.