T3 S3 | Water Sustainability through Community-Driven Approaches and Nature-Based Solutions
Session Details
| Moderator: | Björn Weeser & Fabia Codalli |
| Date/Time: | 11.10.2024, 11:30 – 13:00 |
| Location: | Margarete-Bieber-Saal |
Description
This session highlights the importance of community-driven initiatives and nature-based solutions in advancing water sustainability and resilience. Presenters will demonstrate how citizen science and local participation can effectively bridge data gaps, inform decision-making, and empower communities to address pressing water challenges. In addition, the session showcases cutting-edge applications of geospatial technologies and machine learning to optimize water use in regions facing scarcity. From groundwater monitoring to rainfall tracking, these studies demonstrate the power of combining community efforts with technology and nature-based interventions to enhance water management practices in diverse settings, from semi-arid regions in India to the Galapagos Islands.
The studies presented in this session (1) show how citizen science initiatives are helping to monitor and manage groundwater resources, (2) evaluate the use of nature-based solutions to enhance water recharge and improve water quality, (3) apply geospatial data and machine learning to optimize water use in semi-arid regions, (4) highlight a community-centric approach to rainfall monitoring that improves urban water security by addressing critical data gaps through citizen engagement, and (5) investigate the impacts of El Niño using citizen-generated data, enhancing understanding of climate variability and its effects on water resources.
Speaker
| Time | ID | Name | Title |
| 11:30 - 11:35 | --- | Moderator | Welcome & Introduction |
| 11:35 - 11:50 | 175 | Heriberto Gonzalez Sanchez | Groundwater and Citizen-Science: Making Visible the Invisible |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | 271 | Antonio Cardona | Assessing the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions as Interventions for Catchment Management: Calera Aquifer, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | 361 | Aariz Ahmed | Achieving Sustainable Water Use in Semi-Arid Regions in India Using Geospatial and ML Methods |
| 12:20 - 12:35 | 399 | Salman Khan | Bridging Data Gaps for Informed Decision-Making: Community-Centric Rainfall Monitoring for Improved Urban Water Security |
| 12:35 - 12:50 | 410 | Maria Lorena Orellana Samaniego | Analyzing the 2023-2024 El Niño Event in the Galapagos Islands Using Data from the DARWIN Citizen Science Program |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | --- | All | Group Discussion & Closing |