Our partners
Since the group's creation in 2014, we continuously engage in active national and international networking and initiate new contacts to institutions worldwide, among them top universities, research centers, governmental and non-governmental organisations, private companies and professional associations. Through intensive collaboration with our partners, we strive to consolidate the impact of our research on the international stage and therewith to promote a sustainable and responsible management of water resources.
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🌐 WORLDWIDE
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| United Nations University, Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) | Partner in DIGIRES project: stakeholder engagement for the promotion of managed aquifer recharge in Latin American countries; co-supervision of M.Sc. students together with Dr. Serena Caucci. |
| International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) | Since May 2019, Dr. Catalin Stefan is the Co-Chair of the Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. |
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Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) |
Since 2016, member of Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP); since 2022, Dr. Catalin Stefan is Assistent Editor of GRIPP Case Profile Series hosted by SLUB Dresden. |
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🌐 MIDDLE EAST & NORTHERN AFRICA
Collaboration with Egypt (partcipation in the project FEMAR), Israel (research stay in Israel of INOWAS group member, collaboration in joint research project SAT-Planner, exchange visits), Lebanon (research project MEWAC-FEMAR, invited webinar talks) and Tunisia (collaboration in the AGREEMAR project and associated activities).
🇪🇬 Egypt
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| National Research Center (NRC), Egypt | Partner in definition project FEMAR (June - December 2021): assessing the pre-feasibilty of managed aquifer recharg at different sites in Egypt and preparation of a full research proposal under the lead of adelphi research gGmbh). |
🇮🇱 Israel
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR) | Partner in SAT-Planner project (July 2017 - December 2020): experimental investigations for charaterisation of water flow and transport processes during soil-aquifer-recharge (SAT) systems. More. One-month research stay of BIDR student Shany Ben Moshe at INOWAS in September 2018. |
| TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology, Center for Research in Environmental & Water Resources Engineering, Haifa, Israel | Partner in SAT-Planner project (July 2017 - December 2020): experimental investigations for characterisation of water flow and transport processes during soil-aquifer-recharge (SAT) systems. Prof. Alex Furman was member of the doctoral examination commission of Dr. Jana Sallwey (September 2020). |
🇱🇧 Lebanon
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| American University of Beirut (AUB), Department of Geology | Partner in MEWAC-FEMAR project (since July 2021): assessing the feasibility of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in the Upper Litani Basin using stakeholders' analysis, geospatial mapping of areas suitable for MAR and numerical modelling of MAR processes. More. Invited speaker in international online seminar about the potential of MAR in Lebanon (March 2022). More. |
🇹🇳 Tunisia
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Université de Carthage, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie |
Hosting Dr Anis Chekirbane (post-doctoral researcher) at TU Dresden for three months between November 2020 - January 2021. Partner in AGREEMAR project starting in June 2022: assessing the feasibility of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in Chiba watershed, stakeholders interractions, groundwater modelling and negociation of specific aquifer agreements for long-term MAR implementation. Read more. |
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🌐 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Hosting a doctoral researcher from Ghana at TU Dresden and supporting her research activities in the Volta catchment (Northern Ghana), including joint publications; contributions to a joint research project in South Africa (MultiRisk) and participation in bilateral workshops, hosting a researcher from South Africa at TU Dresden for three months.
🇬🇭 Ghana
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| University for Development Studies (UDS), Department of Environment, Water and Waste Engineering | Dr. Lydia Kwoyiga (UDS) completed her doctoral studies with the INOWAS group (April 2020) on assessing the institutional feasibility of managed aquifer recharge for climate change mitigation in Atankwidi sub-basin of Volta catchment (Northern Ghana). Joint publications. More. |
🇳🇬 Nigeria
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE) | Collaboration on capacity development for NIWE members: Catalin Stefan gave an invited talk in April 2023 on Groundwater Restoration using Managed Aquifer Recharge. More |
🇿🇦 South Africa
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Regional Office in Pretoria | Membership in Groundwater Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) since February 2016, co-editing the online publication GRIPP Case Profile Series, co-supervision of TUD's MSc students, joint publication. More. Hosting a two-month research stay of Dr. Girma Yimer Ebrahim at INOWAS between October - December 2017. |
| University of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein | Partner of the CLIENT II definition project MultiRisk (under the coordination of TUD's Chair of Hydrology): contributions to the co-development of resilient technologies for improved water and land use management under multiple hydro-meteorological extreme events in South Africa (including participation in a workshop in Bloemfontein in February 2017). More. |
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🌐 CENTRAL ASIA
The collaboration with institutions from Central Asia started in November 2015 with a trip to Almaty and lectures given at German Kazakh University, followed by collaboration with institutions from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the research projects TERESA (since February 2021) and FARM (since October 2023).
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Nazarbayev University (NU), Department of Civil Engineering | Partner in CLIENT II project TERESA (since February 2021): assessing the surface water - groundwater interractions in Nur-Sultan city through isotop signatures, co-developing of a virtual computer model for urban water management. |
| Astana Innovations Joint Stock Company | Partner in CLIENT II project TERESA (since February 2021): support in stakeholders' engagement for needs assessment and project implementation in Nur-Sultan city. |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin under the President of Uzbekistan (IICAS) | Partner in FARM project (since October 2023): co-development of sustainable groundwater management solutions (including adapted managed aquifer recharge techniques) for rural farming communities in the Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan. |
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🌐 SOUTHEAST ASIA
The collaboration with Vietnamese institutions dates back to 2005 when Dr. Catalin Stefan participated to first EU-funded project of the institute. The collaboration with SUSTEC in China started during the 1st INOWAS Summer School on MAR in 2016 and continued since 2019 with co-chairing of IAH-MAR Commission together with Prof. Yan Zheng.
🇨🇳 China
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTEC) | Contributions to the realisation of the Global MAR Portal; participation of SUSTEC students in the 1st International Summer School on MAR in September 2016, co-chairing the IAH-MAR Commission together with Prof Yan Zheng from SUSTECH (since May 2019). |
🇻🇳 Vietnam
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Vietname Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) | Collaboration for the publication of Special Issues in the Journal of Vietnamese Environment and participation of Dr. Catalin Stefan as keynote speaker at several DAAD Alumni Workshops organised by VAST in Hanoi, Vietnam. |
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🌐 EUROPE
In Europe, the Research Group INOWAS works together with several institutions from Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain. The activities focus on collaborations within joint research projects and mobility programs.
🇧🇪 Belgium
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Université de Mons (UMONS), Geology and Applied Geology | Partner in DIGIRES project (May 2019 - December 2021): numerical simulations of managed aquifer recharge scenarios in Boa Viagem and Cabo aquifers of Recife, Brazil - model development and implementation. Read more. |
| Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering |
Initiation of proposals for a MSCA DN research grant with Prof Marijke Huysmans (August - November 2023), participation of VUB student in the internatinoal summer school series on MAR (July 2023), invited speaker to EUTOPIA Groundwater Conference (April 2024). |
🇨🇾 Cyprus
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| University of Cyprus (UCY), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Partner in SMART-Control project: advanced groundwater monitoring and web-based modelling of managed aquifer recharge scheme in Ezousa, Cyprus. More. |
| ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) | Partner in AGREEMAR project: mapping the feasibility of managed aquifer recharge in the Republic of Cyprus using a combination of GIS-based techniques, numerical modelling and adaptive governance frameworks. |
| Geological Survey Department (GSD) | Stakeholders consultations and needs assessment on MAR feasibility mapping in Cyprus within the projects SMART-Control and AGREEMAR. |
| Water Development Department (WDD) | Stakeholders consultations and needs assessment on MAR feasibility mapping in Cyprus within the projects SMART-Control and AGREEMAR. |
🇫🇷 France
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) | Partner in SMART-Control project (since February 2019): collaboration on development of a numerical groundwater flow model for the AQUARENOVA scheme in Hyères, southern France. |
🇩🇪 Germany
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Partner in SMART-Control (February 2019 - July 2022) and AGREEMAR (June 2022 - May 2025) projects: assessingt the replication potential of project outcomes, facilitating stakeholder involvement in the project and co-creation of participative research activities. | |
| Partner in SMART-Control project (since February 2019): co-development of real-time monitoring and modelling solutions for groundwater management applucations. | |
| Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH (KWB) | Partner in SMART-Control project (since February 2019): collaboration on development of web-based tools for MAR assessment. |
| Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden (HTW Dresden), Lehrgebiet Wasserwesen | Collaboration on capacity development: contributions to the International Summer Schools on Managed Aquifer Recharge (2021-2023). More. |
| Institut für technisch-wissenschaftliche Hydrologie GmbH (itwh) | Partner in the TERESA project: joint development of solutions for sustainable management of urban water resources in Astana, Kazakhstan (February 2021 - January 2024). More. Collaboration on simialar topics in Vietnam (2012 - 2018). |
🇳🇱 Netherlands
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC) | Development of web-GIS portal of managed aquifer recharge schemes (read more); joint supervision of Master's students (since 2016). |
| IHE Delft Institute for Water Education | Development of a data-driven modeling web tool for short and long term predictions of the groundwater balance at the local scale (research stay of Aybulat Fatkutdinov at IHE). Contributions to the joint Master's Programme "Groundwater and Climate Change" (GroundwatCH). |
🇵🇹 Portugal
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) | Partner in AGREEMAR project (starting June 2022): co-development of research methodology for MAR feasiblity assessment and groundwater modelling at Algarve and Alentejo regions in South Portugal. |
🇵🇱 Poland
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| University of Silesia in Katowice | Hosting Dr. Sławomir Sitek for a three-month research visit at TU Dresden between September - November 2022; joint elaboration of proposals for research grants since 2022. |
🇪🇸 Spain
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
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Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) |
Partner in AGREEMAR project (starting June 2022): collaboration on development of research methodology for mapping the feasibility of MAR in two waersheds of the Júcar Water District of Spain; organising the mid-term project meeting in September 2023. |
| TRAGSA Group | Co-chairing the Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-MAR Commission) with Dr. Enrique Fernandez Escalante from Tragsa Group (since May 2019). |
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🌐 OCEANIA
Contact with Australian institutions initiated in 2012 during a research visit of Dr. Catalin Stefan at Flinders University and other Australian institutions.
🇦🇺 Australia
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| Flinders University | Research visit in October 2012 within the ICE WaRM EU-Australia Students and Staff Exchange Program. |
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🌐 NORTH AMERICA
Collaboration with research institutions and public authorties from Canada (development of groundwaer models), Mexico (doctoral research of a Mexican PhD student at TU Dresden, joint publications, lecures and meetimgs) and USA (research stay of INOWAS group member).
🇨🇦 Canada
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC); Département des Sciences Appliqquées | Development and implementation of analytical models for characterisation of groundwater transport processes (2016). One early-career researcher from UQAC attended the first INOWAS Summer School on MAR (September 2016). Some analytical equations are integrated in the INOWAS modelling platform. Read more. |
🇲🇽 Mexico
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| National Water Commission (CONAGUA), Yucatan | Assessment of groundwater pollution in Yucatan; data and information supporting the doctoral studies of Dr. Miguel Moreno. CONAGUA Project Manager attended the INOWAS Summer School on MAR in September 2016. |
| Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), Engineering Faculty | Collaboration on characterisation of vulnerability to pollution of karstic aquifer in Yucatan: Dr. Miguel Moreno (INOWAS) was guest researcher and lecturer at UADY and Dr. Julia Pacheco (UADY) reviewed the dissertation of Dr. Moreno at TUD. |
| Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA) | Contributions by INOWAS to a book on MAR; contributions by IMTA to MAR inventory in Latin America. Read more. |
| Yucatan Scientific Research Centre (CICY) | Instrumentation and logistig support provided to Dr. Miguel Moreno for his field investigations for the characterisation of Yucatan karst aquifer in Merida and Hunucma. Read more. |
🇺🇸 U.S.A.
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| University of California Riverside (UCR), Department of Environmental Sciences | In 2017, Dr. Jana Glass visited for one month the department of Prof. Jirka Šimunek (read more) and worked on the adaptation of HYDRUS code for
modeling variably-saturated water flow and solute transport in soils (read paper). |
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🌐 CENTRAL AMERICA
Collaboration with institutions from Costa Rica (research project GREAT, workshops and training courses, doctoral research of a Costa Rican PhD student at TU Dresden), Cuba and Guatemala (research project DIGIRES, bilaterail visits and experience exchanges).
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) | Key stakeholder in the research project GREAT between TU Dresden and UNA Costa Rica. Several meetings, workshops and also guest presentations. |
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Servicio Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas Riego y Avenamiento (SENARA) |
Key stakeholder and associated partner in the project GREAT between TU Dresden and UNA Costa Rica. Join realisation of a numerical groundwater flow model, participation in workshops and online seminars. |
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Universidad Nacional (UNA): Centro de Recursos Hídricos para Centroamérica y el Caribe (HIDROCEC) and Centro Mesoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible del Trópico Seco (CEMEDE) |
Main partner in the project GREAT, exchange of students and staff members, joint organisation of public events, stakeholder needs assessment, technical workshops and training courses. |
🇨🇺 Cuba
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| Partner in DIGIRES project. |
🇬🇹 Guatemala
| Institution | Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG); Centro de Centro de Estudios Ambientales y de Biodiversidad (CEAB) | Partner in DIGIRES project: co-editing a bi-lingual broshure containing a collection of MAR practices in Latin America. Read more. |
| Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) | Partner in DIGIRES project: co-design of pilot-scale MAR system in USAC campus and compilation of traditional groundwater management practices in Guatemala. |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Guatemala; Rural Development and Adaptation to Climate Change Program (ADÁPTATE) | Feasibility of MAR for Guatemala; site identification and preliminary planning phase for a MAR pilot project. Several bi-laterial visits, field trips and collaboration in DIGIRES project. |
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🌐 SOUTH AMERICA
The collaboration with institutions from South America concentrates on two public universities from Brazilian northeastern states of Pernambuco and Paraiba in the framework of SMART-Control and DIGIRES research projects.
🇧🇷 Brazil
| Institution | Collaboration |
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| Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) | Partner in SMART-Control and DIGIRES projects: using groundwater modelling and digital solutions for the promotion of managed aquifer recharge in Brazil. |
| Partner in SMART-Control project in close collaboration with Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). | |
| Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) | Invited participant at the 10th Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology Symposia 2019 (BRAGFOST) organised by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. |