Committee

The IAH Urban Groundwater network
Committee

Radu Gogu, Romania
Director

Prof. Dr. Radu C. Gogu 

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Contact: radu.gogu@utcb.ro

Ken Howard
Co-Director: CANADA

During the past 40 years, Ken Howard has worked on groundwater projects around the world, authoring or co-authoring over 150 articles including 6 books. His interests range from aquifer recharge assessment and regional groundwater modelling to contaminant migration, seawater intrusion and the impact of climate change on global water resources. He has a special interest in the management and protection of groundwater in urban areas, and the importance of good urban water governance. He has been a Professor of Hydrogeology at the University of Toronto since 1981 and served as elected President of the International Association of Hydrogeology (IAH) 2012–16.

Stephen Foster
Co-Director, UNITED KINGDOM

Stephen Foster is Visiting Professor of Hydro-geoscience at University College London, and both a Chartered Environmental Engineer and Chartered Geologist. He has long-standing and significant international experience in groundwater assessment, management and protection, and has held the following senior posts : WHO-Groundwater Advisor for Latin America and Caribbean (1986–89), British Geological Survey-Divisional Director (1990-99), World Bank-Groundwater Management Team Director (2001–11) and Global Water Partnership-Senior Adviser (2012–15). He has served as International Association of Hydrogeologists Vice-President (Western Europe) during 2000–04 and President during 2004–08. He was also one of three founders of the UK Groundwater Forum (a multi-stakeholder cross-sector platform) and a member of the EC-Groundwater Working Group during 1998–2006.