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The Role of Isotope Hydrology in Supporting Water Management in Small Island Developing States

IWRA - 1st ISLANDS WATER CONGRESS
Monitoring, Data and Hard Innovation: Hard Innovation II (RS15)
Author(s): Yuliya Vystavna
Yuliya Vystavna, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Abstract...Through the Technical Cooperation Programme, Coordinated Research Projects, trainings and the Global Network of Water Laboratories (GloWAL), the International Atomic Energy Agency promotes the use of isotope hydrology in SIDS (Mauritius, Marshall Islands, Palau, Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago) and beyond (Malta and Cyprus), allowing national experts to better identify and assess water resources. Isotope hydrology provides valuable insights into the accessibility and sustainability of groundwater resources, as well as for sea water intrusion quantification...