a project to join

The Sustainable Development Department of the Geological Institute of Romania (IGR – Institutul Geologic al României), Romania's national public research institute for geosciences, seeks to join a Water4All 2026 consortium as a research partner.

IGR holds Romania's national geological, hydrogeological, and geochemical datasets and has extensive experience in geological mapping, subsurface characterisation, and environmental assessment. Our department links this geoscience knowledge with sustainable resource management, territorial planning and the science-policy interface.

We can contribute to:

• hydrogeological characterisation and groundwater assessment, including aquifer vulnerability and groundwater–surface water interactions;
• integration of geological, geochemical and geospatial (GIS, Earth Observation) data into monitoring frameworks and decision-support tools;
• assessment of water quality impacts from mining legacy sites and other anthropogenic pressures;
• identifying where nature-based solutions are suited to local geological and hydrogeological conditions;
• policy coherence analysis and engagement with Romanian authorities, water managers and local communities;
• case studies and pilot sites in Romania, including the Danube basin and Carpathian catchments.

Topic 1. Integrated Monitoring and Assessment for Sustainable Water Management
Topic 2. Nature-Based Approaches for Resilient Water Management at Hydrological and Hydrogeological System Scale
Topic 3. Smart, Secure and Adaptive Water Infrastructures for Sustainable Water Management
Topic 4. Resilient Water Systems Through Systemic Change, Policy Coherence and Inclusive Governance

IGR is interested in joining a Water4All 2026 project because sustainable water management depends on understanding the subsurface: aquifers, geology and ground stability. We want to bring this geoscience perspective to integrated monitoring, nature-based solutions, smart infrastructure, and water governance, and to address shared European water challenges with international partners.

Joining a consortium would allow us to connect Romania's national geological and hydrogeological data with European monitoring and decision-support frameworks; to test and validate new approaches in Romanian pilot sites (Danube basin, Carpathian catchments); support Romanian authorities and communities in adopting climate-resilient water management.

hydrogeology, groundwater monitoring, groundwater–surface water interactions, real-time geosensor monitoring, geological and geospatial data, gis, mine-impacted water, geohazards and climate risk, sustainable development, science-policy interface

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