2nd International INOWAS Summer School on MAR in Dresden successfully completed

The Junior Research Group INOWAS initiated in September 2016 a series of annual summer schools aimed to promote sustainable groundwater management techniques and practices. Following the first event in 2016, the 2nd International INOWAS Summer School on Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) was organised from 4 to 15 September 2017 at the Department of Hydrosciences of the Technische Universität Dresden with financial support provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. During the two-week long courses, 20 participants from 17 countries were equipped with basic understanding of the benefits of MAR as an important component of sustainable water management. Different MAR technical solutions were presented from a very practical perspective enabling the participants to design, simulate and discuss different aspects of MAR implementation. Besides technical content, an overview was offered on the financial and economic aspects of MAR, as well as legal framework regulations and policies at European and international level. The content of the summer school was rounded up by three technical trips to MAR schemes in Pirna, Dresden and Berlin.