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Overview

Karen G. Villholth is affiliated with the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 27 and 17 publications respectively in these fields.

The main subfields of their study include Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, and Geophysics. Their work covers a range of topics including Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water resources management and optimization, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Frequent coauthors in their publications are Mohammad Shamsudduha, Richard G. Taylor, Girma Yimer Ebrahim, Alan MacDonald, and Lawrence E. Stevens.

They have published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Hydrogeology Journal, and Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C, among others. The list of frequent publication venues also includes Journal of Hydrology and Water.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Surface water-groundwater interactions and local land use control water quality impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in a vulnerable semi-arid region of Sub-Saharan Africa," 2022, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Managed Aquifer Recharge in Africa: Taking Stock and Looking Forward," 2020, Water
  • "Ending groundwater overdraft without affecting food security," 2024, Nature Sustainability
  • "The influence of groundwater abstraction on interpreting climate controls and extreme recharge events from well hydrographs in semi-arid South Africa," 2021, Hydrogeology Journal

Best Publications

  • Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

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  • Observed controls on resilience of groundwater to climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa

    Mark O. Cuthbert;Richard G. Taylor;Guillaume Favreau;Guillaume Favreau;Martin C. Todd

  • Groundwater: a global assessment of scale and significance

    Tushaar Shah;J. Burke;K. Villholth;M. Angelica

  • The agricultural groundwater revolution: opportunities and threats to development.

    Mark Giordano;Karen G. Villholth

  • Impacts of the 2004 tsunami on groundwater resources in Sri Lanka

    Tissa H. Illangasekare;Scott W. Tyler;T. Prabhakar Clement;Karen G. Villholth

  • Processes of colloid mobilization and transport in macroporous soil monoliths

    M. Lægdsmand;K.G. Villholth;M. Ullum;K.H. Jensen

  • Modelling particle mobilization and leaching in macroporous soil

    N. J. Jarvis;K. G. Villholth;B. Ulén

  • Field Investigations and Modeling of Particle‐Facilitated Pesticide Transport in Macroporous Soil

    Karen G. Villholth;Nicholas J. Jarvis;Ole H. Jacobsen;Hubert de Jonge

  • Preferential flow and pesticide transport in a clay-rich till: Field, laboratory, and modeling analysis

    Peter R. Jørgensen;Peter R. Jørgensen;Martin Hoffmann;Jens P. Kistrup;Claus Bryde

  • Groundwater and Sustainable Development Goals: Analysis of Interlinkages

    Lisa Guppy;Paula Uyttendaele;Karen G. Villholth;Vladimir Smakhtin

  • Flow and transport processes in a macroporous subsurface-drained glacial till soil I: Field investigations

    Karen Grothe Villholth;Karsten Høgh Jensen;Johnny Fredericia

  • Flow and transport processes in a macroporous subsurface-drained glacial till soil II. Model analysis

    Karen G. Villholth;Karsten Høgh Jensen

  • Groundwater assessment and management: implications and opportunities of globalization

    Karen G. Villholth

  • Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes

    Karen G. Villholth

  • Colloid Characterization and Colloidal Phase Partitioning of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Two Creosote-Contaminated Aquifers in Denmark

    Karen G. Villholth

  • Groundwater Resources and Management Challenges in Sri Lanka–an Overview

    Karen Grothe Villholth;Lorraine D. Rajasooriyar

  • Mapping irrigation potential from renewable groundwater in Africa – a quantitative hydrological approach

    Yvan Altchenko;Yvan Altchenko;Karen G. Villholth

  • A Laboratory Analysis of the Effect of Macropores on Solute Transport

    D. Wildenschild;K. H. Jensen;K. Villholth;T. H. Illangasekare

  • The El Niño event of 2015–2016: climate anomalies and their impact on groundwater resources in East and Southern Africa

    Seshagiri Rao Kolusu;Mohammad Shamsudduha;Martin C. Todd;Richard G. Taylor

  • Community management of groundwater.

    E. Schlager;M. Giordano;K. G. Villholth

  • Integrated hydrological modeling of the North China Plain: Options for sustainable groundwater use in the alluvial plain of Mt. Taihang

    Yunqiao Shu;Karen G. Villholth;Karsten H. Jensen;Simon Stisen

  • Advances in groundwater governance

    Karen G. Villholth;E. López Gunn;K. Conti;A. Garrido

  • The groundwater recharge movement in India.

    Ramaswamy Sakthivadivel;M. Giordano;K. G. Villholth

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Høgh Jensen
Karsten Høgh Jensen University of Copenhagen
Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Peter Engesgaard
Peter Engesgaard University of Copenhagen
Vladimir U. Smakhtin
Vladimir U. Smakhtin United Nations University
Richard G. Taylor
Richard G. Taylor University College London
Mark O. Cuthbert
Mark O. Cuthbert Cardiff University
Paul Pavelic
Paul Pavelic International Water Management Institute
Mohammad Shamsudduha
Mohammad Shamsudduha University College London
Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald British Geological Survey

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