November 16, 2018
Posted by Tom Gleeson
I am on sabbatical with Thorsten Wagener’s group at University of Bristol, and on campus I stumbled upon this quote from Nelson Henderson (a farmer from Manitoba) which encapsulates what I have been thinking about groundwater sustainability for a number of years:
For me, as a hydrogeologist, I would re-write it to be something like:
Groundwater—the world’s largest freshwater store— is a life-sustaining resource that supplies water to billions of people, plays a central part in irrigated agriculture and influences the health of many ecosystems. Water Underground is a groundwater nerd blog written by a global collective of hydrogeologic researchers for water resource professionals, academics and anyone interested in groundwater, research,
teaching and supervision. The blog, started and led by Tom Gleeson, is the first blog hosted on both the
EGU blogs and the AGU blogosphere.
As Myanmar (Burma) Hydrogeologist, I want clean and clear groundwater for public, it not harmful; whilst I see my well is discharging potable water to drink make me happy.