The annual Burdon Lecture will be on Tuesday 4th February 2025 at 6pm (with tea & coffee from 5:30pm) at the Arup office, 50 Ringsend Road, Dublin 4.
The lecture is entitled “Challenges and experience of hydrogeology in the World’s largest refugee camp: Kutupalong, Bangladesh” and will be given by Clodagh Gillen, a member of Groundwater Relief’s Rapid Response Unit.
Amidst the Covid pandemic in 2021, Clodagh went to Kutapalong Refugee Camp to work with Medecins Sans Frontieres and BRAC, supported remotely by Groundwater Relief members.
Key work included capacity building with BRAC for borehole forensics and rehabilitation, groundwater sampling, borehole drilling, and data management. It was challenging but highly rewarding, and in this lecture, Clodagh will outline some of the hydrogeological work and challenges faced in the World’s largest refugee camp.
Following the talk they will go for dinner at McKenzie’s, Grand Canal. If you intend on joining the dinner, please email burdon@iah-ireland.org.