China Groundwater Management Project
The project entitled "Rehabilitation and management strategy for over-pumped aquifers under a changing climate" is a Sino-Swiss research project initiated by Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Kinzelbach and Dr. Haijing Wang in 2014 and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (DEZA).
It tackles the challenges posed by groundwater over-pumping in arid regions in the context of climate change on two pilot sites in China: the Heihe River Basin (Gansu Province) and Guantao County (Hebei Province, North China Plain).
The core element of the project is the implementation of a real-time groundwater monitoring, modelling and controlling system. The key notion is to explore the potential and the application of modern scientific knowledge and technology in the field of water resources on two real-world case studies (read more).
What do we do?
Read more about our project and our research
See our publications
Try out one of our tools: Interactive Online Groundwater Model
Where are our project sites located?
Read more about the two sites in Heihe and Handan (China)
Partners
On the Swiss side the partners are ETH Zürich, external pageHydrosolutions GmbH, external pageGeopraevent AG, external pagePhotrack AG, and the external pageUniversity of the Arts in Zurich (ZHdK).
On the Chinese side the partners are external pageGIWP Beijing, external pageCIGEM, external pageCAREERI (external pageChinese Academy of Sciences), and external pageUniversity of Lanzhou as well as local water authorities in Zhangye and Handan.
The multi-year project is supported by the external pageSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, external pageMinistry of Water Resources in China and external pageChinese Academy of Sciences.
