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 page Hydrosolutions GmbH, external page Geopraevent AG, external page Photrack AG, and the external page University of the Arts in Zurich (ZHdK).

On the Chinese side the partners are external page GIWP Beijing, external page CIGEM, external page CAREERI (external page Chinese Academy of Sciences), and external page University of Lanzhou as well as local water authorities in Zhangye and Handan.

The multi-year project is supported by the external page Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, external page Ministry of Water Resources in China and external page Chinese Academy of Sciences.