Thotakura, T.Sunil, B.M.2026-02-032025Environmental Geotechnics, 2025, 12, 3, pp. 178-182https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.23.00090https://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/20316This briefing presents an overview of inland aquaculture scenario that focuses on challenges of aquaculture farming, contaminant transport and the future of aqua farming in a broader perspective of environmental geotechnics. Un-engineered aquaculture practices are a cause of concern, and special attention is necessary in waste water management, cross-contamination with the adjacent environment, sludge-subsoil interaction, pond embankment slope failure, leachate migration into the vadose zone, geoenvironmental remediation strategies and geotechnical engineering aspects of engineered pond construction. © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved.AquacultureContaminationFarmsGeochemistryGroundwaterSoilsWaste managementWater managementAquaculture pondsEmerging contaminantEnvironmentResearch opportunitiesSustainable citiesSustainable communitiesUN SDG 11: sustainable city and communityUN SDG 15: life on landUN SDG 3: good health and well-beingWell beingLakesaquacultureaquaculture industrygeochemistryresource developmentSustainable Development Goalwastewater management