Preliminary Oral Program
53rd IAH World Groundwater Congress · Budapest · 14–18 September 2026
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 12 oral presentations
Part I · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 256 | Bogdevici, Oleg | Evaluation of surface – groundwater interaction using stable isotopes and geochemical composition for water management purposes in arid zone. |
| 10:15–10:30 | 285 | Koeniger, Paul | A new database for stable isotopes and tritium in precipitation, surface water and groundwater – German isotope network |
| 10:30–10:45 | 94 | Xie, Yueqing | Paleoclimate reconstruction in a large delta with groundwater isotopes |
| 10:45–11:00 | 806 | Czuppon, György | Cave drip water reflects karst hydrology and precipitation dynamics |
| 11:00–11:15 | 803 | Dragusin, Virgil | Groundwater-precipitation isotopic relationship at several sites in Romania |
| 11:15–11:30 | 444 | Gui, Jianye | Development of a new pretreatment device and method for hydrogen and oxygen isotope analysis of complex matrix environmental samples |
| 11:30–11:45 | 616 | Vreča, Polona | Long-term water isotope datasets from Slovenia supporting isotope hydrologeological research |
| 11:45–12:00 | 680 | Hatvani, István Gábor | Spatial distribution of the isotope hydrological characteristics (δ2H, δ18O, dexc) of groundwater in Hungary in the 2020s - contribution to the national atlas of isotope hydrology project |
Part II · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–14:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 706 | Gcakasi, Monis Nolitha | Application of nitrate and water stable isotopes to evaluate nitrate dynamics and surface-groundwater interaction in the Lower Lobau Floodplain Aquifer (Danube River Basin) |
| 13:15–13:30 | 363 | Yoxas, Gerasimos | Assessment of groundwater potential and productivity variability through exploratory boreholes in Tseri, Cyprus |
| 13:30–13:45 | 780 | Ferreira, Ana Clara Mariante | Groundwater–glacier connectivity and meltwater recharge in an Antarctic periglacial system revealed by radon and isotopes |
| 13:45–14:00 | 923 | Ortega, Lucia | Localized urban recharge and return flows shape groundwater dynamics in the patiño aquifer, asunción, paraguay |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 28 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 124 | Baalousha, Husam | From ct scans to flow models: enhancing aquifer characterization in complex bioturbated carbonates |
| 10:15–10:30 | 103 | Malard, Arnauld | New tools for flow animation and conduit generation in karst aquifers using visualkarsys |
| 10:30–10:45 | 33 | Kordilla, Jannes | Openkarst: from detailed karst conduit dynamics to simplified hydraulic flow descriptions |
| 10:45–11:00 | 938 | Kovács, Attila | Stochastic modelling of karst conduit networks informed by geological and hydrodynamic constraints |
| 11:00–11:15 | 106 | Mayaud, Cyril | Floodwatch: a mobile application to monitor floods in karst areas |
| 11:15–11:30 | 559 | Achour, Farid | Significance and origin of the very large regulating power of the big spring karst aquifer in missouri (USA) |
| 11:30–11:45 | 708 | Ravbar, Nataša | Assessing climate change impacts on mountain karst spring discharge using hydrological modelling and climate projections |
| 11:45–12:00 | 694 | Kogovšek, Blaž | Concentration–discharge hysteresis to characterise recharge at karst springs: the unica springs case study |
| 12:00–12:15 | 590 | Stevanović, Zoran | Criteria for selecting the most important karst springs – output of the mikas project |
| 12:15–12:30 | 913 | Nicholson, Riley | Analysis of streamflow data in a groundwater-dominated karst catchment demonstrates early signals of streamflow capture. |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–17:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 572 | Mok, Chin Man | Not forgotten in the back of the drawer – breathing new life into geophysical data for groundwater modeling |
| 15:00–15:15 | 750 | Balázs, László | Muography: an effective geophysical tool for detecting fracture systems and cavities |
| 15:15–15:30 | 738 | de Luise, Serena | Hydrogeological site characterization of pyroclastic soils: case studies from campania (south italy) |
| 15:30–15:45 | 29 | Zhou, Changsong | Strontium enrichment patterns and source dynamics in karst underground river sediments: comparative case studies from guizhou, china |
| 15:45–16:00 | 792 | Cunha de Paula, Lucas Daniel | Karst aquifer dynamics: a multi-tracer approach combining ³h, ²²²rn, ¹⁸o, and ²h with lumped-parameter modelling in sete lagoas, minas gerais, brazil |
| 16:00–16:15 | 115 | Guo, Fang | Ecological and hydrological effects of vegetation restoration in karst peak-cluster depression system |
| 16:15–16:30 | 141 | Villafane Pagan, Jobel | Puerto rico’s submarine groundwater discharge characterization: north coast limestone aquifer system |
| 16:30–16:45 | 715 | Fujieda, Kanako | Influence of hydraulic conductivity distributions on solute transport in a karstic limestone aquifer |
| 16:45–17:00 | 615 | Malík, Peter | Karstic spring morské oko in tornaľa, southern slovakia: recharge area problem |
| 17:00–17:15 | 420 | Höpker, Sebastian | New perspectives on recharge and water quality from integrated groundwater and cave monitoring on the raised coral atoll niue |
Part III · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 233 | Dong, Muqing | Characterising spatial groundwater recharge heterogeneity using transfer‑function modelling in a fractured rock aquifer in wellington (nsw, australia) |
| 10:15–10:30 | 710 | Orticoni, Davia | Coupling pumping-test interpretation and natural tracers to characterize compartmentalization in a mineral water fractured aquifer |
| 10:30–10:45 | 430 | Meus, Philippe | Retrospective and prospective on the use of fluorescent tracers in hydrogeology |
| 10:45–11:00 | 324 | Baldwin, Dwight | Refined geological and hydrogeological models to resolve surface and underground impacts of the einstein telescope facility in the euregio – meuse rhine (emr) region |
| 11:00–11:15 | 271 | Ivanova, Arina | Hydrogeologically diverse aquifers converge surface-derived dom into a persistent molecular core |
| 11:15–11:30 | 361 | Tamagnini, Erica | Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations control on groundwater flow and spring dynamics in the northern apennines (italy) |
| 11:30–11:45 | 401 | Sauter, Martin | The role of carbonate aquifers in the circum-Mediterranean region as a storage reservoir in the context of water resources management strategies |
| 11:45–12:00 | 56 | Zou, Shengzhang | Groundwater hydrochemical characteristics and human health risk assessment of dispersed karst water sources in southeast of chongqing |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 284 | Breukelen, Boris van | Chemical hydrogeology of freshened groundwater offshore new england |
| 10:45–11:00 | 538 | Parker, Aqeela | From data to decision: conceptualising coastal alluvial aquifers for sustainable groundwater abstraction in namibia |
| 11:00–11:15 | 560 | Oude Essink, Gualbert | Effects of sea-level rise on fresh groundwater resources in coastal dune areas - case-study in the netherlands |
| 11:15–11:30 | 796 | Mohamed, Ali | Geoelectrical and isotopic constraints on seawater intrusion: a case study from ras sudr, western central sinai |
| 11:30–11:45 | 45 | Mostafa, Mostafa F. | Machine learning–assisted hydrochemical analysis of seawater intrusion in karst aquifers: insights from apulia, se italy |
| 11:45–12:00 | 376 | Kurylyk, Barret | Linking analytical solutions and geospatial modeling to map patterns of aquifer vulnerability to saltwater intrusion and coastal groundwater flooding |
| 12:00–12:15 | 87 | Lin, Yuhang | Nonlinear response of coastal unconfined aquifers to irregular semi-diurnal tides: field experiments and numerical modeling |
| 12:15–12:30 | 924 | Cianflone, Giuseppe | Hydrogeology of the gioia tauro coastal plain (southern italy): integrating baseline knowledge and numerical modeling for groundwater management under global change |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16:45–18:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 16:45–17:00 | 164 | Jaramillo, Valentina Uribe | Coastal processes and groundwater response: long-term climate change impacts on a sandy barrier island |
| 17:00–17:15 | 15 | Tobon, Nidia | Assessing shallow aquifer heterogeneity with geophysical and numerical modelling in an atoll island setting |
| 17:15–17:30 | 868 | van Hanja, Jonathan | Variability in submarine groundwater discharge estimates: a comparative review from the campo de cartagena–MAR menor system (spain) |
| 17:30–17:45 | 574 | Guo, Liming | A probabilistic framework for joint saline and geological model generation with geophysical and petrophysical constraints |
| 17:45–18:00 | 318 | Volpe, Angela | Assessment of sea impact on a Mediterranean coastal water system and its evolution over time |
| 18:00–18:15 | 84 | Wu, Rui | Boundary condition improvements for tidally forced coastal unconfined aquifer models and analysis for solute transport mechanisms |
| 18:15–18:30 | 89 OR 90 | Lipparini, Lorenzo | Unconventional groundwater exploration in sicily (italy) or emplacement and preservation mechanisms of deep freshened groundwater in the gela aquifer (sicily, italy) |
| 18:30–18:45 | 461 | Tijani, Moshood | Integrated electrical resistivity and hydrochemical assessments of saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers of southwestern nigeria |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 11 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 465 | Post, Vincent | Preservation of connate seawater in deep sedimentary aquifers: a case study from the netherlands |
| 10:45–11:00 | 329 | Gutierrez, Alexis | Hydrogeological settings of the yaque del sur basin. knowledge update. |
| 11:00–11:15 | 151 | Han, Peng-Fei | Three-dimensional inter-basin groundwater flow toward a groundwater-fed stream: identification, partition, and quantification |
| 11:15–11:30 | 707 | Zhang, Zhi-Yuan | Comparative analysis of different methods for delineating three-dimensional groundwater flow systems |
| 11:30–11:45 | 872 | Parker, Beth | Informing groundwater flow systems from an aquitard perspective |
| 11:45–12:00 | 788 | Xiao, Yong | Hierarchical groundwater flow systems and their interactions with the river-lake system in dry closed basins |
| 12:00–12:15 | 313 | Frem, Michel | Data-driven conceptual modelling of complex highland-lowland hydrological interactions in the ethiopian rift valley |
| 12:15–12:30 | 167 | Czauner, Brigitta | Tracking regional scale aquitard permeability using fully coupled groundwater flow models in the central Pannonian Basin |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 14:45–15:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 857 | Ferguson, Grant | Landscape evolution and hydrogeologic change |
| 15:00–15:15 | 826 | Hirata, Ricardo | Where rivers depend on groundwater: mapping baseflow dynamics across são paulo state, brazil |
| 15:15–15:30 | 518 | Szymkiewicz, Adam | A framework for integrating models of contaminant transport in vadose zone and groundwater |
Friday, 2026-09-18 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 105 | Kłonowski, Maciej R. | Hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of selected potentially medicinal waters of the Sudetes (sw Poland, ne Bohemian massif) |
| 10:45–11:00 | 181 | Marques, José | Comparative conceptual modelling of hyposaline natural mineral waters systems in quartzitic settings (Central Portugal) |
| 11:00–11:15 | 262 | Szabó, Zsóka | Integrated hydrogeochemical and isotopic investigation of the thermal karst system of Budapest, Hungary: implications for groundwater system understanding |
| 11:15–11:30 | 1030 | Deák, József | Use of isotope tools to prove the ice age origin and pristineness of the minera mineral water in albertirsa (Hungary) |
| 11:30–11:45 | 713 | Orticoni, Davia | Multi-tracer isotope approach for groundwater–surface water interactions in a Mediterranean complex aquifer exploited for natural mineral water |
| 11:45–12:00 | 920 | Fórizs, István | Isotope hydrological proof of the special properties of the hungarian mineral waters |
| 12:00–12:15 | Sponsor presentation | | Sponsor presentation |
| 12:15–12:30 | Sponsor presentation | | Sponsor presentation |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 35 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 439 | Gui, Jianye | New developed isotopic preparative chromatograph for separation and purification enabling precise analysis of various non-traditional isotopes in geological samples |
| 10:15–10:30 | 718 | Abadie, Benoit | Understanding the role of compartmentalization in stream response to major precipitation events in central european upland catchments: the ahr valley, Germany |
| 10:30–10:45 | 95 | Yongli, Guo | Hydrogeological characteristics and hydro-chemical environment of a karst aquifer system are determined by the presence of major ions, trace elements, and environmental isotopes |
| 10:45–11:00 | 307 | Carreira, Paula | Discriminating seawater intrusion from other salinization sources in the algarve sedimentary basin: insights from environmental isotopes |
| 11:00–11:15 | 325 | Vasileiou, Eleni | Tracing anthropogenic versus geogenic sources of groundwater pollution using multi-isotope fingerprints: the case study of the sarigkiol basin, western macedonia. |
| 11:15–11:30 | 892 | Huang, Tianming | Calcium and multi-isotope constraints on cation exchange in groundwater |
| 11:30–11:45 | 842 | Walter, Julien | Hydrogeochemical mixing and deep fluid contributions in a precambrian shield graben: a multi-isotope and noble gas approach |
| 11:45–12:00 | 471 | Porru, Maria Chiara | Advancing knowledge for sustainable groundwater management in sardinia: an integrated multi-isotopic approach |
| 12:00–12:15 | 20 | Eid, Mohamed Hamdy | Integrated hydrogeological assessment for sustainable groundwater management in the siwa oasis, egypt |
| 12:15–12:30 | 166 | Filippini, Maria | Tracing recharge and flow redistribution in alluvial fans of the northern apennines (italy): implications for sustainable groundwater abstraction |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–17:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 875 | Martinez, Virgilio | Altitude-controlled recharge and groundwater flow patterns in a semi-arid andean alluvial aquifer |
| 15:00–15:15 | 482 | Jarraya, Asala | Natural and anthropogenic factors controlling groundwater mineralisation in semi-arid climates: the zaghouan aquifer system (tunisia) |
| 15:15–15:30 | 699 | Kahnamuei, Saeed Bidar | Hydrogeological characterization of flow system feeding the lake hévíz by the application of natural tracers |
| 15:30–15:45 | 186 | Davies, Emma | Water age of rivers and groundwater in nepal using 129i and other classical tracers |
| 15:45–16:00 | 321 | Zechner, Eric | Integrating hydrochemical, isotopic, gaseous, pharmaceutical, and edna tracers to detect active subrosion of intrastratal halite |
| 16:00–16:15 | 654 | Jiang, Xiaowei | New mechanisms of hydrochemical evolution from ca-mg-hco3-dominated to na-hco3-dominated groundwater: evidences from ca and mg isotopes |
| 16:15–16:30 | 413 | Cammaer, Chris | The use of long-term monitoring data to delineate natural background levels for the assessment of groundwater contamination |
| 16:30–16:45 | 127 | Gürsoy, Sibel Melisa | Assessment of salinity and geogenic fluoride and vanadium contamination of a deep aquifer system in northern namibia |
| 16:45–17:00 | 627 | Richards, Joshua | Evidence for variable sources of na-cl in groundwaters of northern switzerland |
| 17:00–17:15 | 30 | Houben, Georg J. | Potential trace metal release during chemolithotrophic denitrification - a comprehensive study of pyrites from northern German aquifers |
Part III · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 904 | Wang, Qiang | Cele river - keriya river basin alluvial - proluvial fan depression zone groundwater reservoir formation conditions and regulation & storage potential study |
| 10:15–10:30 | 586 | Marcin, Daniel | Conditions of mineral waters formation in herľany. |
| 10:30–10:45 | 221 | Esmond, Monica | Springs are crucibles of biodiversity connecting groundwater and surface water ecohydrology |
| 10:45–11:00 | 248 | Gori, Francesca | Combined impact of climate and seismic activity on shallow-to-deep groundwater systems by monitoring hydrogeochemistry in the eastern southern alps, italy |
| 11:00–11:15 | 466 | Jimenez-Martinez, Joaquin | Reducing nitrate loads to a Mediterranean aquifer: effects of crop‑rotation strategies and soil nitrogen gas fluxes |
| 11:15–11:30 | 496 | Ram, Roi | Noble gases record last glacial-holocene water-table decline in the arid southeastern Mediterranean |
| 11:30–11:45 | 282 | Ramos, Maria Luiza | Hydrodynamics of morro da água quente geothermal system and mining feasibility at fazendão mine, quadrilátero ferrífero, southeastern brazil |
| 11:45–12:00 | 194 | Kivits, Tano | Reconstructing groundwater age and vertical flow paths in a former coal mining area using multi-tracer analysis |
Part IV · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–14:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 818 | Lu, Xinyan | Permafrost-controlled submarine groundwater discharge and sea ice processes amplify radium signals in the arctic ocean |
| 13:15–13:30 | 288 | Musy, Stephanie L. | Diffusion-controlled isotope transport and implications for dating fossil groundwater in the milk river aquifer (canada–USA) |
| 13:30–13:45 | 495 | Yang, Guo-Min | ⁸¹Kr dating of liter-sized groundwater samples enables simple bottle-based field collection |
| 13:45–14:00 | 478 | Mao, Deqiang | Integrating spectral induced polarization with reactive transport modeling to quantify nitrate remediation capacity of permeable reactive barriers |
| 14:00–14:15 | 605 | Jiang, Lei | Interaction between surface water-ground water and its ecological effects on the lower reaches of tarim river basin affected by ecological water conveyance |
| 14:15–14:30 | 133 | Voudouris, Stylianos | Multidisciplinary characterization of a Mediterranean island hydrogeosystem |
| 14:30–14:45 | 601 | Lartsey, Priscilla | Establishing the origin and mechanism of groundwater recharge in basement aquifers of the north-western volta river basin of ghana, using environmental isotopes and hydrochemistry. |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 20 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 80 | Re, Viviana | Multi-tracer assessment of nitrate contamination in urban aquifers: the case of abuja fct (nigeria) |
| 10:15–10:30 | 603 | Cisternino, Andrea | Multi-isotope tracers for investigating groundwater quality and biogeochemical processes at a landfill site |
| 10:30–10:45 | 243 | Meiselbach, Kai | Characterisation of spatially and temporally varying surface water and groundwater interaction processes at a MAR site using environmental tracers |
| 10:45–11:00 | 123 | van Limbergen, Bo | Tackling high nitrate concentrations near a drinking water abstraction site through isotopic analysis and environmental stakeholder management |
| 11:00–11:15 | 1029 | Deák, József | Tracking isotope and nitrate patterns of subsurface pathways in hilly catchments heavily affected by agriculture |
| 11:15–11:30 | 245 | Sangalli, Lorenzo | Assessment of nitrogen-bearing compound sources in the lomellina rice-paddy area through nitrogen and oxygen isotope analysis in the local phreatic aquifer |
| 11:30–11:45 | 470 | Vadillo, Iñaki | Temporal evolution of emerging contaminants in groundwater from an area irrigated with reclaimed wastewater |
| 11:45–12:00 | 499 | Tomei, Alessio | Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern and their metabolites in groundwater below a sewage treatment facility |
| 12:00–12:15 | 739 | Turan, Hatice | Integrating environmental isotopes and contaminants of emerging concern to unravel hydrogeological processes in Mediterranean coastal lagoons: a case study of étang de l’or (occitanie, france) |
| 12:15–12:30 | 203 | Currell, Matthew | Contaminants in unexpected places: explaining the occurrence of synthetic chemicals in deep groundwater |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–17:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 121 | Cocca, Daniele | Unraveling the interactions between shallow and deep aquifers analysing groundwater chemical trends: insights from a case study in the piedmont po plain (nw italy) |
| 15:00–15:15 | 459 | Lobina, Francesca | Nitrogen dynamics and natural attenuation in the unsaturated zone: insights from a high-resolution study in the arborea nvz (italy) |
| 15:15–15:30 | 784 | Gastmans, Didier | Urbanization and overexploitation impacts in a complex aquifer in semiarid region in northeastern brazil |
| 15:30–15:45 | 451 | Pearce, Julie | Tracers for potential gas reservoir-aquifer leakage, a focus on 87sr/86sr |
| 15:45–16:00 | 79 | Ślósarczyk, Kinga | Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in groundwater replenished by managed aquifer recharge at the świerczków well field site (southern Poland) |
| 16:00–16:15 | 757 | Oldani, Erica | Csia for assessing chlorinated solvents bioremediation: a user’s perspective on the state of practice |
| 16:15–16:30 | 918 | Yu, Lily | Modeling a moving target: a chemical conceptual model for groundwater plumes under changing pumping conditions |
| 16:30–16:45 | 263 | Zainab, Syeda Maria | From sink to spring: how do microplastics behave in a show-cave karst aquifer? |
| 16:45–17:00 | 822 | Farlin, Julien | Using nitrate isotopes and ancillary catchment information on nitrate sources to perform a coupled estimation of source apportionment and denitrification losses in drinking water aquifers. |
| 17:00–17:15 | 365 | Árcega Cabrera, Flor | Emerging organic contaminants in the karst aquifer of yucatán, mexico: assessing the urban impact of mérida |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 15 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 617 | Rybach, Ladislaus | How to generate power from deep geothermal resources for the growing electricity demand in the future? |
| 10:45–11:00 | 119 | Bofill, Lucas | Overlooked sedimentary heterogeneity as a control on advective groundwater transport: insights from triassic sandstones, eastern france |
| 11:00–11:15 | 176 | Budai, Soma | Sedimentary architecture of the Mezőberény geothermal aquifer and its control on doublet performance (se Hungary) |
| 11:15–11:30 | 153 | Pantopoulos, Georgios | Quantifying the geothermal impact of sedimentary heterogeneity through stochastic reservoir modeling: Sergnano Gravel Formation (late messinian), Po Basin, nw italy |
| 11:30–11:45 | 939 | Madarász, Tamás | Co-production of geothermal energy and critical raw materials (CRM) |
| 11:45–12:00 | 473 | Velásquez-Parra, Andrés | Aquifer reaction to high-temperature energy storage as a key for a sustainable energy transition |
| 12:00–12:15 | 244 | Vandelois, Guillaume | Assessing the energy storage potential of abandoned longwall coal mines: a coupled hydro-thermo-geomechanical approach in Wallonia (Belgium) |
| 12:15–12:30 | 565 | Markó, Ábel | Geothermal reinjection potential – a parameter to evaluate injection possiblities in siliciclastic aquifers |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16:45–18:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 16:45–17:00 | 846 | Manna, Ferdinando | Modern characterization of fractured dolostone aquifers for safe low-temperature geothermal deployment |
| 17:00–17:15 | 463 | Njeru, Rita Mwendia | Hydro-mechanical coupling and pore-scale clogging controls on injectivity decline in a geothermal sandstone aquifer |
| 17:15–17:30 | 986 | Pál, Lénárd | Geo-log ltd.: 35 years of borehole geophysics, well logging, and geological exploration |
| 17:30–17:45 | Sponsor presentation | | Sponsor presentation |
| 17:45–18:00 | 129 | Rman, Nina | Towards a plan for managing abandoned wells in Slovenia – experiences and surprises |
| 18:00–18:15 | 985 | Szlukovinyi, Áron | Geo-log’s activities in thermal water wells in Hungary and the Carpathian Basin |
| 18:15–18:30 | 581 | Glavanov, Gergő | Shallow geothermal energy utilization for more sustainable university campus: a case study from ELTE, Budapest |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16:45–18:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 16:45–17:00 | 691 | Kaczynski, Bartosz | Evolution of hydrogeological conceptual models through feasibility stages and their influence on mining project outcomes |
| 17:00–17:15 | 306 | van der Keur, Peter | Addressing the groundwater gap: harmonizing UNFC e-axis evaluations for mining projects |
| 17:15–17:30 | 877 | Suescun, Luis | How management options change data worth: monitoring design for adaptive post-mining strategies |
| 17:30–17:45 | 799 | Gonzales, Edgard | Integrated geophysical characterization of aquifer depressurization and karstic subsidence induced by open-pit mining in southern Peru |
| 17:45–18:00 | 191 | Puelles-Ramirez, Wilfredo | Bridging numerical modeling and field tracer testing in the unsaturated zone of decommissioned mining sites |
| 18:00–18:15 | 884 | Conrad, Julian | Steenkampskraal rare earths mine: baseline hydrogeological monitoring and stakeholder engagement. |
| 18:15–18:30 | 373 | Zaniboni, Linda | Long-term environmental impacts of historical gold mining on soil and water: a comparison between Italian and Portuguese case studies |
| 18:30–18:45 | 107 | Tiwari, Ashwani Kumar | Metal contamination in groundwater in umaria coalfield of madhya pradesh, india |
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 14 oral presentations
Part I · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 449 | Hinsby, Klaus | From local springs to global signals: why mandatory national spring monitoring is essential for groundwater status assessments |
| 10:15–10:30 | 349 | Gibson, Anne | Using a novel chain of models to mimic source aquifer depressurisation impacts across the doongmabulla springs complex, queensland, australia |
| 10:30–10:45 | 460 | Cresswell, Richard | Multiple lines of evidence provide a holistic and testable conceptualisation of complex ecosystem-groundwater dynamics at the doongmabulla springs complex, queensland, australia |
| 10:45–11:00 | 456 | Korbel, Kathryn | Monitoring groundwater ecosystems: lessons from 20 years of sampling in the murray–darling basin, australia |
| 11:00–11:15 | 678 | Garel, Emilie | Tritium as an indicator of legacy groundwater pollution to Mediterranean ecosystems |
| 11:15–11:30 | 468 | Gargini, Alessandro | Mapping groundwater dependent ecosystems in a mountain setting: an integrated approach |
| 11:30–11:45 | 299 | Egidio, Elena | Assessing the sensitivity of lowland springs to climate variability and anthropogenic pressures through integrated monitoring |
| 11:45–12:00 | 46 | Chiu, Yung-Chia | Spatial-temporal dynamics of surface water-groundwater interactions in a fragmented alpine headwater stream, taiwan |
Part II · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–14:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 576 | Barrow, Dale | Establishing thresholds of potential concern for adaptive management of the steenbras wellfield within the table mountain group aquifer, south africa |
| 13:15–13:30 | 669 | Gelsinari, Simone | Quantifying vegetation transpiration from groundwater in Mediterranean forests: an isotope-informed model integration |
| 13:30–13:45 | 632 | Valdambrini, Bruno | Groundwater export and import units mediate pantanal wetland hydrological fluxes |
| 13:45–14:00 | 455 | Verreydt, Goedele | An innovative vertical flux sensor for hyporheic exchange monitoring |
| 14:00–14:15 | 112 | Wilson, Paul | Informing conjunctive water management with groundwater–spring modelling in a sand and gravel catchment |
| 14:15–14:30 | 758 | Santoni, Sébastien | Isotope tracers to assess groundwater connectivity in small Mediterranean coastal lagoons: hydrological insights and methodological recommendations |
Friday, 2026-09-18 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 755 | Thomas, Stephen David | Stormwater attenuation and enhanced infiltration systems to mitigate flooding |
| 10:45–11:00 | 519 | Mádl-Szőnyi, Judit | Nature based aquifer recharge: experiments and models for public understanding |
| 11:00–11:15 | 714 | Leydier, Thomas | Exploring the potential of nature-based solutions for Mediterranean coastal groundwater-dependant wetlands through a participatory living-lab approach |
| 11:15–11:30 | 663 | Simon, Szilvia | Effectiveness of surface water retention through canals in terms of groundwater, in the Danube-tisza interfluve, Hungary |
| 11:30–11:45 | 281 | Troelstra, Veerle | Multi-exponential retention of pathogens during subsurface transport |
| 11:45–12:00 | 140 | Puigserver, Diana | Activation of reactive zones in aquitards for the mobilization and degradation of persistent and emerging contaminants |
| 12:00–12:15 | 500 | Vigouroux, Rémi | Multidisciplinary approaches for characterising infiltration in volcanic sinkholes in the context of recurrent flooding of lowlands in northern rwanda |
| 12:15–12:30 | 618 | Jirasirirak, Sasin | Eco-hydrogeological assessment of nature-based solutions (NBS) for flood risk reduction in Thailand using isotope fingerprinting technique and SWAT-MODFLOW simulation |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 12 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 14:45–15:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 275 | Sbarbati, Chiara | A game-theoretical approach to sustainable groundwater management: application to a heavily impacted volcanic aquifer |
| 15:00–15:15 | 564 | Buela, Leunell Chris | Adaptive quantification and subsurface monitoring for advancing resilient agricultural technologies (aquasmart) |
| 15:15–15:30 | 305 | Montoro-Paredes, Christian | Sustainability of managed wetlands in semi-arid agricultural coastal areas transitioning from traditional to modern irrigation practices |
| 15:30–15:45 | 441 | Han, Dongmei | Rrv-based assessment of groundwater extraction sustainability in an over-exploited piedmont plain |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16:45–18:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 16:45–17:00 | 67 | Chilton, John | Long datasets for improved understanding, management and protection of groundwater |
| 17:00–17:15 | 859 | Dinagde, Tolossa Dabi | Assessing groundwater pumping energy consumption through spatially distributed numerical groundwater flow modelling |
| 17:15–17:30 | 947 | Igbinedion Joseph, Jonathan | The dynamic link between economic development and freshwater withdrawal: a global decomposition for country income groups and economic sectors |
| 17:30–17:45 | 488 | Roberts, Josh | Evaluating environmental impacts from abstraction shutdown using the source impact library in UK regional groundwater models. |
| 17:45–18:00 | 335 | Marcucci, Victor | Natural asset management framework for aquifers in the regional municipality of peel, canada |
| 18:00–18:15 | 400 | Grabert, Vicki Kretsinger | Watershed and ecosystem resiliency in napa county, california: adaptation, collaboration, and conservation as a way of life |
| 18:15–18:30 | 952 | Huttner, Philipp | Integrated water balance modeling - sustainable and climate-adapted water management in the borken water catchment area |
| 18:30–18:45 | 50 | Liu, Dedi | Understanding the roles of climate change, land use and land cover change and water diversion project in modulating water- and carbon-use efficiency in Han River Basin |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16:45–18:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 16:45–17:00 | 552 | Puri, Shammy | Overturning “water bankruptcy”: transforming spontaneous to planned conjunctive management |
| 17:00–17:15 | 553 | Benedicto, Daniela | Eswatini’s water act reform 2026 – towards strengthened groundwater governance & conjunctive management |
| 17:15–17:30 | 941 | Lautze, Jonathan | 2. Transboundary aquifer monitoring: pioneering a critical tool for conjunctive management of shared water |
| 17:30–17:45 | 1 | Erőss, Anita | A multi-tracer approach to demonstrate groundwater inflows to a soda lake experiencing water-level decline in Hungary |
| 17:45–18:00 | 534 | Tóth, György | Multipurpose utilization of the pannon xl hydrogeological models used for predictive managements in the hungarian parts of the Pannonian Basin |
| 18:00–18:15 | 748 | Piasecka, Agnieszka | The process of establishing protected areas of the strategic groundwater resources - major groundwater basins |
| 18:15–18:30 | 840 | Alkaryani, Belkasem | Transboundary aquifer systems in libya: a comprehensive review of hydrogeology, management, and cooperation frameworks |
| 18:30–18:45 | 909 | Baba Sy, Mohamedou | Integrated transboundary aquifer management in the sahara–sahel: lessons from ittas and smas |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 20 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 136 | Podgorski, Joel | Creating the first global hazard map of manganese contamination of groundwater |
| 10:15–10:30 | 354 | Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman Ahmed Ali | Deep learning-driven 3d hydrogeological modeling and transient groundwater flow modeling in complex, heterogeneous multi‑aquifer systems |
| 10:30–10:45 | 448 | Fahs, Marwan | Physics informed neural networks for modeling groundwater flow |
| 10:45–11:00 | 531 | Bajgiran, Maryam Mansouri | Application of physics-informed neural networks (pinns) to seawater intrusion modeling in data limited environments |
| 11:00–11:15 | 204 | Corthier, Claire | Overcoming uncertainty: machine learning and probabilistic modelling for groundwater exploration in data-scarce areas |
| 11:15–11:30 | 380 | Maniero, Pietro | Integrating monitoring network data and machine learning for groundwater level prediction: a case study in the euganean geothermal field, veneto region, ne italy |
| 11:30–11:45 | 684 | Inoue, Shun | Groundwater-level prediction in a limestone aquifer with a subsurface dam using tree-based ensemble learning |
| 11:45–12:00 | 639 | Loupos, Konstantinos | Explainable assessment of lithium potential in geothermal reservoirs using ai and decision tree models |
| 12:00–12:15 | 674 | Peeters, Luk | Creating large ai training datasets for hydrogeologic generative deep-learning models |
| 12:15–12:30 | 557 | Nghiem, Athena | Generalizing groundwater geochemistry with machine learning: using new methods on a long-standing arsenic problem |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–17:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 174 | Tseng, Hua-Ting | A hybrid geostatistical–machine learning framework for three-dimensional hydrogeological structure estimation |
| 15:00–15:15 | 888 | Živanović, Vladimir | Hydrochemical clustering and machine learning mapping for urban groundwater suitability and risk assessment in belgrade |
| 15:15–15:30 | 683 | Kang, Hyun-Ji | Machine learning diagnosis of baseflow index discrepancy between digital filters and hydrochemical tracers across south korea |
| 15:30–15:45 | 261 | Stackelberg, Paul | Predicting the age of baseflow across the conterminous united states wit process-based and random forest modeling |
| 15:45–16:00 | 184 | Knierim, Katherine | Random forest predictions of groundwater salinity across the united states |
| 16:00–16:15 | 593 | Solovey, Tatiana | Machine learning spatial downscaling of grace terrestrial water storage anomalies: application to the bug river basin |
| 16:15–16:30 | 562 | Parker, Timothy K | California’s regional-scale airborne electromagnetic surveys for mapping hydrogeologic features and managed aquifer recharge potential for adaptation to drying climate |
| 16:30–16:45 | 509 | Nxumalo, Gift Siphiwe | Soil water content prediction for precision irrigation in maize using phenology-aware remote sensing |
| 16:45–17:00 | 205 | Jeong, Dohwan | A real-time monitoring and prediction study on the establishment of an ai-based drinking groundwater quality and quantity management system |
| 17:00–17:15 | 906 | Mahlknecht, Jürgen | Nationwide machine-learning prediction of arsenic, fluoride, and their joint occurrence in mexican groundwater: implications for drinking-water exposure and risk management |
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 24 oral presentations
Part I · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 367 | Zaadnoordijk, Willem | Assessment of groundwater level trends and drought based on the european eugm database |
| 10:15–10:30 | 314 | Damato, Adriana | Statistical insights from long-term time-series of radon and hydrogeochemical signatures in groundwater of the matese region, central-southern italy |
| 10:30–10:45 | 431 | Zawadzki, Mateusz | Short-and-dense versus long-and-sparse: trade-offs in groundwater level time series analysis |
| 10:45–11:00 | 721 | Landi, Laura | Exploring climatic drivers of groundwater level changes in the po plain (italy) |
| 11:00–11:15 | 394 | Pensa, Claudia | Century-scale spring discharge trends under climate change in the southern apennines (italy) |
| 11:15–11:30 | 232 | Sprong, Anouk | Temperature-depth profiles at vitens’riverbank filtration site: engelse werk |
| 11:30–11:45 | 623 | Autio, Anna | Digital twins for groundwater resource management? – a case study of the patamäki esker aquifer |
| 11:45–12:00 | 808 | Barberá Fornell, Juan Antonio | An integrated karst groundwater monitoring solution to support local water management from springs and wells intented for urban water supply |
Part II · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–15:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 745 | Stigter, Tibor | Collaborative groundwater monitoring for action in connected environments: from tropical water towers through sand rivers to the coast |
| 13:15–13:30 | 120 | Fernández-Ortega, Jaime | Use of soft sensors to provide real-time sanitary risk assessment in karst springs captured for drinking water supply |
| 13:30–13:45 | 375 | de Filippi, Francesco Maria | A novel groundwater sampling framework incorporating hydrogeological characterization and dynamic purging |
| 13:45–14:00 | 802 | Doummar, Joanna | From assessment to strategy: advancing water quality in lebanon |
| 14:00–14:15 | 652 | Vogt, Marie-Louise | Water resources monitoring: a key challenge for lebanon |
| 14:15–14:30 | 869 | Kalwa, Fritz | How to measure groundwater levels with a smartphone? - the groundwater global app |
| 14:30–14:45 | 206 | Lim, Jeongwon | Reframing groundwater monitoring strategies for nuclear facilities: hydrogeological gaps and future directions from korean cases |
| 14:45–15:00 | 929 | Piscedda, Fabrizio Antonio | Monitoring-based validation of galdit seawater intrusion vulnerability mapping: the muravera coastal aquifer (se sardinia) |
Part III · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 125 | Sai Louie, Alice | Assessing the effect of cable orientation in active-dts derived groundwater fluxes |
| 10:45–11:00 | 735 | Kumwenda, Steve | Co-designing an optimized groundwater monitoring network for the shire transboundary river basin |
| 11:00–11:15 | 31 | Pisani, Christa M. | Springs as sentinels of hydroclimatic variability: discharge dynamics in the wied il-bużbież catchment |
| 11:15–11:30 | 249 | Sartirana, Davide | Reactive transport modelling revealed the key role of methane oxidation in a groundwater hydrocarbon plume |
| 11:30–11:45 | 239 | Lictevout, Elisabeth | Advancing data sharing, dissemination, collaboration and global-scale analysis through the global groundwater monitoring network |
| 11:45–12:00 | 71 | Lalumbe, Lindelani | Review and update of the hydrogeological map for sustainable groundwater management: case study of komani, south africa |
| 12:00–12:15 | 446 | Mabula, Tholoana | Assessment of groundwater quality in compliance with sdg 6.3.2 set targets: case study of south africa |
| 12:15–12:30 | 14 | Mukhawana, Mxolisi B. | Introducing a multi-index approach for integrated drought monitoring in south africa using the national integrated water information system (niwis) |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 28 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 668 | Maxwell, Reed | Advancing integrated continental scale hydrology through democratized data and ml-accelerated modeling. |
| 10:15–10:30 | 901 | Frampton, Andrew | Seasonal freeze-thaw controls on groundwater flow and solute transport in an arctic permafrost hillslope |
| 10:30–10:45 | 524 | Molson, John | Numerical modelling of groundwater flow and permafrost evolution over glacial time scales in the context of a deep geological repository for nuclear waste |
| 10:45–11:00 | 183 | Erdocio, Sébastien | Enhancements in large-scale subsurface flow modeling |
| 11:00–11:15 | 705 | Batelaan, Okke | From conceptual to large-scale integrated hydrological modelling |
| 11:15–11:30 | 676 | Hughes, Andrew | Continental to global scale modelling to advance the inclusion of groundwater processes |
| 11:30–11:45 | 915 | Fahad, Muhammad | Enabling kilometer-scale global groundwater modeling with performance-portable parflow |
| 11:45–12:00 | 793 | Scanlon, Bridget R. | Advancing global aquifer mapping for earth system modeling, satellite interpretation, and groundwater sustainability assessments |
| 12:00–12:15 | 724 | Macdonald, Alan | What groundwater processes matter? developing appropriate groundwater typologies for earth system models |
| 12:15–12:30 | 201 | Bishop, Caleb | 3D chronostratigraphic mapping of the murray basin and australia’s groundwater systems |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–17:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 304 | Iván, Veronika | Integrated near-surface geophysics for characterizing river–aquifer interactions in a transboundary aquifer: the vipava/vipacco river, soča/isonzo basin (Slovenia–italy) |
| 15:00–15:15 | 670 | Zolezzi-Lopez, Jose | Spatio-temporal changes of river-aquifer interactions in north-central bangladesh |
| 15:15–15:30 | 417 | Egli, Nina | Geological and hydrogeological modeling of the red river delta to understand the origin of dissolved arsenic |
| 15:30–15:45 | 34 | Panthi, Jeeban | Intregating geophysics and numerical modeling to predict groundwater storage change in region with thick vadose zone |
| 15:45–16:00 | 506 | Franco, Federico Emanuel | Diagnosing groundwater storage dynamics through a budyko-based framework: a comparative analysis of alpine and Mediterranean catchments |
| 16:00–16:15 | 241 | Hinton, Rebekah | Collaborative groundwater modelling for northern uganda |
| 16:15–16:30 | 762 | Hughes, Joseph | Groundwater pumpage-induced streamflow capture in the continental united states |
| 16:30–16:45 | 681 | Markovich, Katherine H. | Exploring the promise of insar ground deformation in regional groundwater simulation |
| 16:45–17:00 | 779 | Pastoressa, Anna Eliana | Marine electromagnetic constraints on the geometry and preservation of offshore freshened groundwater and submarine permafrost |
Part III · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–15:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 309 | Marin Rivera, Carlos Felipe | Unravelling response times in regional groundwater systems: implications for the past and the future |
| 13:15–13:30 | 236 | Nagheli, Setareh | Identifying relative sources of groundwater recharge in the indus alluvial aquifer using a new canal module within a coupled vic–groundwater model |
| 13:30–13:45 | 193 | Steffen, Birk | Response of groundwater levels to interactions between recharge and irrigation in a changing climate (seewinkel, austria) |
| 13:45–14:00 | 48 | Wang, Xihua | Multi-indicators to investigate the spatiotemporal effect of groundwater-lake interaction on lake development |
| 14:00–14:15 | 144 | Chesnaux, Romain | Analytical hydrogeology of unconfined dupuit-type aquifers |
| 14:15–14:30 | 580 | Acworth, Ian | Arid-zone recharge revisited |
| 14:30–14:45 | 393 | King, Jude | From global datasets to risk maps: an integrated framework for 3d modelling of coastal groundwater salinity |
| 14:45–15:00 | 916 | Mohammadi, Kourosh | Identifying dominant hydroclimatic drivers of groundwater variability using machine learning–based feature selection |
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 16 oral presentations
Part I · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–15:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 273 | Mahieu, Anthony | Compositional pca and t-sne radar signatures toward an integrated hydrogeological assessment of pfas in a fractured chalk aquifer |
| 13:15–13:30 | 146 | Li, Zhuolin | Spatial variability of groundwater nitrate and fecal sterol signatures in an intensively farmed area of western japan |
| 13:30–13:45 | 251 | Zanotti, Chiara | Time-series clustering to assess trend reversals in groundwater nitrate concentrations at a regional scale |
| 13:45–14:00 | 192 | Patel, Raghav | A national-scale preliminary overview study of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) occurrence in aquatic environments of england, UK |
| 14:00–14:15 | 58 | Nakagawa, Kei | Vertical distribution of pfas in coastal sediments of omura bay: a proxy for long-term anthropogenic contamination from terrestrial sources |
| 14:15–14:30 | 10 | November, Jeroen | Addressing pfas contamination in the groudwater abstraction site ’heverlee abdij’(de watergroep, Belgium): monitoring, challenges, and strategic responses |
| 14:30–14:45 | 218 | Stahl, Mason | Hydrologic controls on arsenic contamination of rice and groundwater: insights from cambodia |
| 14:45–15:00 | 55 | Goni, Ibrahim Baba | Heavy metals contamination in groundwater and associated human health risk in semi-arid katsina state, northwestern nigeria |
| 15:00–15:15 | 348 | Sun, Yuanyuan | Long-term stabilization of chromite ore processing residue via elemental sulfur disproportionation for groundwater contamination mitigation |
Part II · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 474 | Li, Lu | Migration mechanism and health risk warning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in karst groundwater of industrial cities in china |
| 10:45–11:00 | 22 | Ding, Zhenyu | The pollutants distribution profiles and health risks of groundwater and soil around the waste landfills: a study of 12 waste landfills in guangxi province, china |
| 11:00–11:15 | 138 | Tackley, Hayden | Estuaries as amplifiers of coastal salinization: implications for soil, groundwater, and agriculture |
| 11:15–11:30 | 549 | Elçi, Alper | Evaluation of bio-treated manure application impact on groundwater quality using advanced reactive transport models |
| 11:30–11:45 | 312 | Mali, Nina | Improved methods for assessing microplastic transport in groundwater: the gwmicroplast project |
| 11:45–12:00 | 210 | Liu, Yaci | Microplastics in multiple environmental media along a land-sea continuum |
| 12:00–12:15 | 286 | Diene, Mandiaye | Emerging organic contaminants in urban surface and groundwater systems: the case of thiaroye, dakar (senegal) |
Friday, 2026-09-18 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 360 | Bense, Victor | Quantifying pumping-induced vertical groundwater fluxes using transient temperature–depth profiles |
| 10:45–11:00 | 440 | Tomita, Shohei | Development of a groundwater flow estimation method using cooling thermal response test focused on freezing–thawing processes |
| 11:00–11:15 | 782 | Benoit, Nicolas | Assessing a sub-river talik aquifer in continuous permafrost: implications for potential water-supplies in arctic regions |
| 11:15–11:30 | 73 | Asalu, David | Data-driven assessment of groundwater temperature effects on redox-sensitive fe and mn in the israeli coastal aquifer: implications under future warming |
| 11:30–11:45 | 159 | Moeck, Christian | Groundwater warming in switzerland: trend analyses, seasonal dynamics, and hydrogeological controls |
| 11:45–12:00 | 351 | Berta, Alessandro | Practical implications of urban modelling for open-loop geothermal systems: a MODFLOW 6-feflow 10 comparison from an Italian case study |
| 12:00–12:15 | 919 | Previati, Alberto | Risk-based geothermal planning in the milan urban area using surrogate modeling |
| 12:15–12:30 | 350 | Maréchal, Jean Christophe | Karst springs as cold refuges in a warming world |
Friday, 2026-09-18 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 717 | Zavridou, Efthymia | “Groundwater salinization and pollution assessment tool” (dataset) index, a holistic vulnerability assessment framework specifically designed for coastal aquifers. |
| 10:45–11:00 | 776 | Ez-Zaouy, Yassine | Multi-site assessment of open-access global data for coastal groundwater vulnerability mapping |
| 11:00–11:15 | 137 | Baják, Petra | Assessing groundwater vulnerability to nitrate contamination in a rice-growing district (northern italy) using generalized linear regression models |
| 11:15–11:30 | 483 | Fancello, Vittorio | Surface-groundwater investigations to support ex-ante evaluations of water withdrawals |
| 11:30–11:45 | 555 | Hall, Ben | Advanced recharge analysis to support groundwater management western port basin australia |
| 11:45–12:00 | 911 | Shi, Wenwen | Groundwater pollution risk assessment based on GIS and game theory combination weighting: a case study of the oasis area in the hotan river basin |
| 12:00–12:15 | 110 | Zhu, Yuchen | A dual perspective on soil heavy-metal ecological risk: parallel pathways of intrinsic intensity and spatial spillover |
| 12:15–12:30 | 622 | Liu, Jun | Hybrid model for enhanced groundwater level estimation |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 18 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 370 | Cavana, Elettra | Optimizing monitoring effort for numerical modelling of fractured sedimentary aquifers |
| 10:15–10:30 | 254 | Mosquera, John | Conceptual hydrogeological model testing and refinement using numerical modelling in a complex glaciated environment |
| 10:30–10:45 | 395 | Guillemoto, Quentin | Hydrogeological modelling of the nord–artois–picardie chalk hydrosystem for sustainable water management: multidisciplinary approach for conceptual and structural controls |
| 10:45–11:00 | 479 | Rolf, Lukas | Characterizing a multilayer aquifer system with a multiphase pumping test using a shifted reference time approach |
| 11:00–11:15 | 246 | Fekri, Maziar | Trustworthy recharge estimates from pastas: a practical framework for robust recharge estimation from time series analysis of groundwater level data |
| 11:15–11:30 | 772 | Marin Rivera, Carlos Felipe | How can radiocarbon data assimilation improve estimates of sustainable abstraction volumes in confined aquifer systems? a case study from the aquitaine basin |
| 11:30–11:45 | 315 | Standen, Kath | Efficient adjoint analysis for estimation of stream capture to support groundwater abstraction management in the UK |
| 11:45–12:00 | 235 | Olasz, Tamás | Decision support tool in goldsim for managing and optimizing remediation activities |
| 12:00–12:15 | 196 | Fienen, Michael | Beyond streamflow: managing tradeoffs between economy and ecology in high-capacity well evaluation |
| 12:15–12:30 | 427 | Comte, Jean-Christophe | Estimating aquifer dual-porosity transport properties through geoelectrical imaging of road salt plumes |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–16:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 422 | Petitjean, Zoé | Combining geological knowledge and observations to improve predictions of transport models |
| 15:00–15:15 | 267 | Moghimi Benhangi, Saman | Disentangling geological and parametric contributions to predictive uncertainty in groundwater flow models: a variance-based framework |
| 15:15–15:30 | 675 | García-Gámez, Marta | Geological characterization with stochastic modeling for a managed aquifer recharge site |
| 15:30–15:45 | 81 | Speijer, Lara | Can groundwater flux measurements constrain uncertainties in groundwater flow modelling for managed aquifer recharge assessment? |
| 15:45–16:00 | 128 | Hugman, Rui | Model emulation made simple with pyemu |
| 16:00–16:15 | 539 | Nienhuis, Philip | Effects of aquifer scheme choices on calibration reliability |
| 16:15–16:30 | 883 | Abdelshahid, Steven | Optimized geometric selection algorithms for large 3d datasets in groundwater modelling |
| 16:30–16:45 | 893 | Naumov, Emese | The role of geophysical data processing and integration in reducing uncertainty in groundwater modeling |
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 17 oral presentations
Part I · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 272 | Agudelo Mendieta, Tania | Climate collaboratorium: transdisciplinary groundwater modelling to support community-based climate change adaptation, case study of the mining region of rietschen (görlitz, Germany) |
| 10:15–10:30 | 265 | Joan, Campanya | Groundwater level forecasting for climate change adaptation in ireland |
| 10:30–10:45 | 242 | Arinaitwe, Miriam | Climate change impacts on groundwater recharge in the mitchells plain west catchment of the cape flats aquifer |
| 10:45–11:00 | 507 | Ndakola, Hilja | Assessing the impacts of climate and land use/land cover change on groundwater recharge and discharge patterns - a case study of the windhoek aquifer, namibia |
| 11:00–11:15 | 316 | Gros, Emile | Impact of climate change on the river flow dynamics over recent decades on a tropical volcanic island: the northeast of martinique |
| 11:15–11:30 | 108 | Bhattacharya, Ankita | Impact of groundwater in compound flood events: a case study of the conwy estuary in wales. |
| 11:30–11:45 | 653 | Bosserelle, Amandine | Mapping new zealand coastal shallow groundwater vulnerability to sea-level rise |
| 11:45–12:00 | 900 | Dorofeev, Ilia | Evaluation of the impact of agricultural practices on groundwater levels, mineralization and salt accumulation in the republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan |
| 12:00–12:15 | 607 | Kovács, Balázs | Decline of groundwater resources in the Pannonian Basin - the impact of climate change on a vulnerable aquifer system |
Part II · Friday, 2026-09-18 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 224 | Schuler, Philip | Mapping the vulnerability of groundwater to drought using ensemble-based reconstructed groundwater level time series |
| 10:45–11:00 | 408 | Redaelli, Agnese | Irrigation practice changes versus meteorological drought: a numerical modeling assessment of aquifer depletion |
| 11:00–11:15 | 734 | David, Boutt | The emerging threat of water table rise |
| 11:15–11:30 | 510 | Gizzi, Martina | Hydrogeological analysis of a mountain spring in the aosta valley (nw italy): insights from harmonic and isotopic approaches |
| 11:30–11:45 | 389 | Mourot, Frederique | Enhancing groundwater recharge projections insights by learning from the past |
| 11:45–12:00 | 155 | Upton, Kirsty | Forecasting yields from public water supply boreholes |
| 12:00–12:15 | 871 | Mohammed, Sarkhel H. | An integrated framework for groundwater potential mapping and spatiotemporal trend assessment in the erbil regional groundwater basin, north of iraq |
| 12:15–12:30 | 40 | Szűcs, Péter | Possible solutions for the extreme water management situations in Hungary |
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 7 oral presentations
Complete session · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–11:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 16 | Mumberg, Tabea | Understanding pfas in MAR systems – insights into seasonal variations, mobility, and local sources |
| 10:15–10:30 | 135 | Chow, Reynold | Enhancing groundwater resilience to drought through integrated modelling, earth observation and managed aquifer recharge: insights from the aquigrow project |
| 10:30–10:45 | 170 | Schultze, Anne | Securing water supply for agriculture with storm-water based managed aquifer recharge |
| 10:45–11:00 | 457 | de Louw, Perry G.B. | Large-scale groundwater abstraction beneath a freshwater lake for long-term sustainable drinking water supply |
| 11:00–11:15 | 43 | Brody, Sigal | Quantifying effluent residence time in a large-scale sat system: insights from a large scale field tracer test |
| 11:15–11:30 | 604 | Janik, Krzysztof | Integrated monitoring reveals hydrochemical shifts in a riverbank filtration system under sustained river impoundment |
| 11:30–11:45 | 387 | Liu, Fengying | Research on key areas of major aquifers and groundwater reserves in china |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 18 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 885 | la Vigna, Francesco | Revealing rome’s hidden waters: innovation and urban hydrogeology in carg thematic sheet no. 374 |
| 10:45–11:00 | 619 | Batelaan, Okke | Conceptual uncertainty: the elephant in the room |
| 11:00–11:15 | 464 | di Curzio, Diego | Transient time-series analysis to identify anomalous aquifer recharge in the shenzhen megacity, china |
| 11:15–11:30 | 598 | Schirmer, Mario | Changes in groundwater recharge under urban development: an increase in quantity is the rule |
| 11:30–11:45 | 290 | Javaran, Mohammad Reza Hajizadeh | 3D framework for integrated urban groundwater management |
| 11:45–12:00 | 882 | Moraru, Irina | Integrated urban groundwater modelling for sustainable subsurface planning: tei area, bucharest case study |
| 12:00–12:15 | 227 | Hastreiter, Nele | Warming up the subsurface: how buildings shape underground temperatures in changing urban environments |
| 12:15–12:30 | 301 | Egidio, Elena | Assessing and comparing subsurface urban heat island intensity across european cities: towards a harmonised framework |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 14:45–15:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 382 | Dohmwirth, Verena | Subsurface thermal patterns |
| 15:00–15:15 | 302 | Hirsch, Florian | Groundwater reservoirs as central components of a sponge city: basic principles, concepts and new approaches |
| 15:15–15:30 | 358 | Jehanno, Lucas | Characterization of uncontrolled groundwater drainage by sewer network in an urban catchment, using monitoring data and modelling: a case study in a chalk aquifer (northern france) |
| 15:30–15:45 | 845 | Kazi Matin Uddin, Ahmed | Transformation of gazipur from agricultural hub to industrial-urban hotspot and consequential adverse impacts on underlying groundwater |
Part III · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 16:45–18:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 16:45–17:00 | 829 | Jianxiu, Wang | New stage groundwater recharge stragety optimizaition to control land subsidence in shanghai |
| 17:00–17:15 | 682 | Maldaner, Carlos | Fiber optic distributed temperature sensing deployment scenarios for high-resolution hydrogeologic characterization and monitoring |
| 17:15–17:30 | 332 | Taucare, Matías | Hydrogeochemical responses to urbanisation in an estuarine aquifer: insights from río valdivia estuary (southern chile) |
| 17:30–17:45 | 1001 | Aceves Padilla, Danael | Urban growth and groundwater recharge decline in Monterrey |
| 17:45–18:00 | 752 | Freitas, Lívia | Looking at the micro level to address macro nitrate contamination problems in the bauru aquifer system (brazil) |
| 18:00–18:15 | 511 | Makahane, Rendani | Assessing shallow groundwater occurrence in lebowa granite suite: winterveld, north west, south africa |
Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 28 oral presentations
Part I · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 10:00–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 62 | Pearson, Andy | New highlights on MAR implementation worldwide from the 2026 update of the managed aquifer recharge (MAR) portal |
| 10:15–10:30 | 222 | Alam, Mohammad Faiz | Assessment of small-scale managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in india |
| 10:30–10:45 | 515 | Baumann, Thomas | Stormwater managed aquifer recharge in pre-alpine catchments |
| 10:45–11:00 | 320 | Meggiorin, Mara | Managed aquifer recharge and volumetric water benefit accounting for sustainable water management in northeast italy |
| 11:00–11:15 | 229 | Petitta, Marco | Hydrogeological monitoring for the assessment of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) techniques: a case study in the alban hills region (rocca priora, rome, italy) |
| 11:15–11:30 | 388 | Montecinos, Claudia Medina | From science to policy: an action plan to adopt agricultural managed aquifer recharge as a drought adaptation measure in lombardy, italy |
| 11:30–11:45 | 25 | Engelhardt, Irina | Managed aquifer recharge in confined multi-layer aquifers: a methodological framework for drought-resilient water management |
| 11:45–12:00 | 716 | Prayag, Ankita | Integrated hydrogeophysics and hydrogeological modelling to support managed aquifer recharge and climate-resilient groundwater supply |
| 12:00–12:15 | 649 | Stefan, Catalin | Assessing the feasibility of MAR for climate-resilient water supply in humanitarian contexts: the case of dollow, somalia |
| 12:15–12:30 | 811 | Chen, Zhao | An integrative approach focusing on MAR to increase the climate resilience of the water supply in the european city of görlitz-zgorzelec on the German-polish border |
Part II · Wednesday, 2026-09-16 · 14:45–17:15
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 57 | Lee, Sang-Il | Groundwater dams as a strategy for water supply diversification: efforts in south korea |
| 15:00–15:15 | 333 | Gutierrez, Alexis | Enhancing water supply through MAR systems at jijiga, somali region, ethiopia |
| 15:15–15:30 | 648 | Matta, Jay | Enhancing groundwater sustainability in northern iraq: lessons from managed aquifer |
| 15:30–15:45 | 139 | Augustin, Lea | Automated operation of a rural stormwater-based MAR scheme |
| 15:45–16:00 | 540 | Hartog, Niels | Considerations for well design and operation of aquifer storage and recovery of fresh water in saline aquifers |
| 16:00–16:15 | 297 | Marroquín, Marylidia Villagrán | Aquifer storage, transport and recovery for water reuse: a case study of the natalie project in Belgium |
| 16:15–16:30 | 542 | Schout, Gilian | Asr well-field optimization: injection rates, well distancing and recovery efficiency |
| 16:30–16:45 | 861 | Benavides Höglund, Nikolas | A combined pastas and MODFLOW approach for characterizing groundwater recharge and MAR potential on öland |
| 16:45–17:00 | 525 | Mamo, Julian | Valley dams as in-channel MAR in Mediterranean intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: monitoring recession and recharge in Malta |
| 17:00–17:15 | 898 | Valdes, Danièle | Recharge project: recharge: opportunities and limits of nwrms to promote groundwater recharge: toward a transdisciplinary co-constructed research-action |
Part III · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 10:00–12:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:00–10:15 | 660 | Ridavits, Tibor | A MAR-supported riverbank filtration system – challenges and opportunities |
| 10:15–10:30 | 501 | Grischek, Thomas | Effects of climate change and pond management on bank filtration at sdier, Germany |
| 10:30–10:45 | 567 | Colombo, Paolo | Irrigation–groundwater interactions as allies in climate change adaptation: results from an ag-MAR application |
| 10:45–11:00 | 426 | Panday, Sorab | Decision support tools for scientific story telling |
| 11:00–11:15 | 327 | Rodriguez Lache, Erika | Assessing the impact of adjustable weirs on groundwater availability and crop performance in flanders, Belgium. |
| 11:15–11:30 | 520 | Mustafa, Syed | MAR as a sustainable solution? co-creating groundwater management strategies to improve salinity resilience in deltas |
| 11:30–11:45 | 392 | Li, Zhengyan | Enhancing baseflow resilience through managed aquifer recharge: quantifying groundwater system response to ecological water replenishment in the north china plain |
| 11:45–12:00 | 386 | Karthikeyan, Brindha | Assessment of groundwater recharge by irrigation tanks in weathered hard rock regions |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 12 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 543 | Adamson, James | Groundwater mapping interrupted: lessons from two contrasting hydrogeologic regions in haiti |
| 10:45–11:00 | 467 | Petre, Marie-Amélie | Governance pathways for transboundary groundwater cooperation: lessons from zambia |
| 11:00–11:15 | 99 | Dodd, Carla | The thirst for data – establishing a robust o- and h-isotope record for a water-stressed region in the southern hemisphere |
| 11:15–11:30 | 161 | Rakotondrabe, Miora Harivony | Hydrogeological monitoring of water resources during kéré drought events in androy, southern madagascar (1991 and 2015) |
| 11:30–11:45 | 667 | Holliday, Laura | Hydrogeological typologies of the aquifer systems underlying lagos state, nigeria |
| 11:45–12:00 | 620 | Händel, Falk | Numerical water balance and groundwater modeling as part of regional MAR feasibility assessment in dollow, somalia |
| 12:00–12:15 | 330 | van den Berg, Harmen | Hydrogeology beyond the textbook - verifying deep aquifer potential in arid somalia |
| 12:15–12:30 | 287 | Mondal, Mijanur | Integrating isotopes, hydrogeochemistry, and the water–society nexus to evaluate coastal aquifer salinization and water security under hydroclimatic and socioeconomic stress: insights from the indian sundarbans |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 14:45–15:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 823 | Evans, Paul | Groundwater for water security in the agro-pastoral lmic setting of northern côte d’ivoire |
| 15:00–15:15 | 404 | Mishra, Pratibha | Are the groundwater levels recovering in the indo-gangetic basin? |
| 15:15–15:30 | 905 | Ewers, Lorenz | Beyond infrastructure: structuring social engagement for sustainable MAR in fragile contexts |
| 15:30–15:45 | 824 | Koshliakova, Tetiana | Groundwater depletion following the destruction of the kakhovka dam (ukraine): hydrogeological consequences and emerging risks |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 12 oral presentations
Part I · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 49 | Adams, Shafick | Groundwater as a socio-hydrogeological system: lessons from community-led multiple-use water services in rural south africa |
| 10:45–11:00 | 447 | Black, Alastair | When groundwater models leave the modeller: evidence, precaution and decision |
| 11:00–11:15 | 621 | Zambelli, Barbara | Microplastics in groundwater: exploring the risk perception of domestic water users in italy |
| 11:15–11:30 | 472 | Plagnes, Valérie | From hydrogeology to perception: a participatory framework for co-producing water knowledge in a risk-prone mountain territory |
| 11:30–11:45 | 399 | Lee, Shih-Yao | Participatory groundwater management in a subsidence-prone region: from focus groups to scenario workshops in yunlin, taiwan |
| 11:45–12:00 | 188 | Cuthbert, Mark | What is groundwater? finding a way back to the source of a modern abstraction |
| 12:00–12:15 | 238 | Erostate, Mélanie | 20,000 Years underground, today in your glass: turning groundwater age into a public awareness movement in southwest france |
| 12:15–12:30 | 70 | Gleeson, Tom | Groundwater connected art: practicing arts-based research to enrich how hydrogeology engages people, place and other disciplines |
Part II · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 14:45–15:45
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 14:45–15:00 | 687 | Sadat-Noori, Mahmood | Who produces groundwater knowledge? global inequities and implications for sustainable water management |
| 15:00–15:15 | 415 | Moreno, Miguel | Drought in the central american dry corridor: a comparative regionalism perspective on impacts and the need for transboundary groundwater-based solutions |
| 15:15–15:30 | 338 | Guzman-Rojo, Mónica | Design principles and early evaluation of science communication resources for post-wildfire groundwater resilience in Bolivia: a pilot case in the Chiquitania lowlands |
| 15:30–15:45 | 326 | Zipper, Sam | Groundwater stress and emerging solutions in the u.s. High Plains Aquifer |
Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Thursday, 2026-09-17 · 13:00–15:00
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 13:00–13:15 | 529 | Kalwij, Ineke | The groundwater project: global groundwater education |
| 13:15–13:30 | 101 | Misstear, Bruce | Hydrogeology education: the role of groundwater engineering |
| 13:30–13:45 | 747 | Woźnicka, Małgorzata | Hydrogeological education – optional knowledge or a higher necessity? |
| 13:45–14:00 | 453 | Sandhu, Cornelius | Development of higher education modules on managed aquifer recharge – a nexus approach |
| 14:00–14:15 | 722 | Tóth, Ádám | Educating for the green transition: embedding greencomp in groundwater education |
| 14:15–14:30 | 517 | Kuosmanen, Niina | Collaborative hydrogeology field school: integrating teaching, research, and professional training |
| 14:30–14:45 | 74 | Sapiano, Manuel | The thirsty knight - groundwater management in historic times |
| 14:45–15:00 | 944 | Erhardt, Ildikó | Students’ knowledge and attitudes towards groundwater and nature-based managed aquifer recharge – effects of a short educational intervention |
Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 8 oral presentations
Complete session · Tuesday, 2026-09-15 · 10:30–12:30
| Time | LID | Presenting author | Presentation title |
| 10:30–10:45 | 352 | Broda, Stefan | Pan-european groundwater assessment enabled by the european groundwater monitoring (eugm) database |
| 10:45–11:00 | 764 | Albert, Carolina Guardiola | Operational hydrogeology in extreme events: contributions from the disaster and emergency advisory group of the geological and mining institute of spain (igme-csic) |
| 11:00–11:15 | 651 | Gourcy, Laurence | Water resources expert group of the geological surveys of europe – role and activities |
| 11:15–11:30 | 664 | Kuczynska, Anna | Hydrogeological interventions - the role of the polish geological survey in supporting governmental institutions, local governments and society in field of hydrogeology |
| 11:30–11:45 | 578 | Püspöki, Zoltán | Geological mapping of unconfined quaternary fluvial aquifers aided by log-facies correlation and climato-stratigraphic methods |
| 11:45–12:00 | 154 | Gourcy, Laurence | Construction of groundwater vulnerability maps in a river basin with few data on groundwater and pressure in the dominican republic |
| 12:00–12:15 | 763 | Guardiola Albert, Carolina | Hydrogeologists at the spanish science–policy interface |
| 12:15–12:30 | 839 | Hinsby, Klaus | Eurogeosurveys: bridging geoscience and policy for groundwater and subsurface integrated spatial planning in a changing world |