Senior Researcher

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Hydrology

Oester Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K

+45 38 14 20 00

kgv@geus.dk

Research interests:

Groundwater management
Groundwater contamination, from agrochemicals and salinization
Climate change
Impacts of climate change on groundwater

Advisor for PhD students:

Yunqiao Shu
Meththika Vithanage

Key publications:

Villholth, K.G., K.H. Jensen, and J. Fredericia, 1998. Flow and transport processes in a macroporous subsurface-drained glacial till soil. I: Field investigations. J. Hyd., 207, 98-120.

Villholth, K.G. and K.H. Jensen, 1998. Flow and transport processes in a macroporous subsurface-drained glacial till soil. II: Model analysis. J. Hyd., 207, 121-135.

Villholth, K.G., 1999. Colloid characterization and colloidal phase partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in two creosote-contaminated aquifers in Denmark. Env. Sci. Techn., 33(5); 691-699.

Villholth, K.G., N.J. Jarvis, O.H. Jacobsen, and H. de Jonge, 2000. Field Investigations and Modelling of Particle-Facilitated Pesticide Transport in Macroporous Soil. J. Environ. Qual., 29, 1298-1309.

Villholth, K.G., 2006. Groundwater assessment and management: implications and opportunities of globalization. Hydrogeol. J., 14: 330–339.

Sharma, B.R. and K.G. Villholth (Eds), 2006. Groundwater Research and Management: Integrating Science into Management Decisions. Proceedings of IWMI-ITP-NIH International Workshop on: "Creating Synergy between Groundwater Research and Management in South and Southeast Asia", Feb. 8-9, 2005, Roorkee, India. Groundwater Governance in Asia Series. International Water Management Institute, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India, 270 pp.

Giordano, M. and K.G. Villholth (Eds.), 2007. The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Opportunities and Threats to Development. CABI, in ass. w. IWMI. 419 pp. ISBN-13: 978 1 84593 172 8.

Illangasekare, T., S.W. Tyler, T.P. Clement, K.G. Villholth, A.P.G.R.L. Perera, J. Obeysekera, A. Gunatilaka, C.R Panabokke, D.W. Hyndman, K.J. Cunningham, J.J. Kaluarachchi, W. W-G. Yeh, M-R Van Genuchten, and K.H. Jensen, 2006. Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami on Groundwater Resources in Sri Lanka. Water Resources Research, 42(5). W05201, doi:10.1029/2006WR004876.

Sun, R., Jin, M., M. Giordano, and K.G. Villholth, 2009. Urban and rural groundwater use in Zhengzhou, China: Challenges in joint management. Hydr. J. - DOI 10.1007/s10040-009-0452-0.

Villholth, K.G. and L.D. Rajasooriyar, 2009. Groundwater resources and management challenges in Sri Lanka – An overview. Water Res. Mgt., 24(8), 1489-1513, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9510-6.

Mukherji, A., K.G. Villholth, B.R. Sharma and J. Wang, 2009. Groundwater Governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins: Realities and Challenges. Series: IAH – Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, Volume 15. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 325 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-46580-9.