Author: RWSN Secretariat

  • UPGro Knowledge Broker, Kerstin Danert, wins IAH Award
    UPGro Knowledge Broker, Kerstin Danert, wins IAH Award

    Dr Kerstin Danert, Skat Foundation, who is a member of the UPGro Knowledge Broker team and Chairs UPGro’s Programme Coordination Group (PCG) has been given the “Distinguished Associate Award, 2017” by the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) for her outstanding contribution improving the use of groundwater worldwide. Kerstin has been a driving force behind the Rural…

  • GRIPP: Invisible treasures – Groundwater for Africa

    This piece is from an original coverage  in April 2017, in German in the magazine Africa Wirtschaft (Africa Economy)  Reliable access to water is still a problem in Africa. The Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), a group of 30 international partners, is committed to providing greater security of supply and sustainable management. The focus: groundwater.  Africa’s economy is growing. Technical developments, a broader middle class and…

  • BRAVE presented at Fifth iLEAPS Science Conference, Oxford, September 11-14

    BRAVE was featured in a presentation by Dr Peter Cook at the Fifth Annual iLEAPS (Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study Conference.  iLEAPS is a global research project of Future Earth.  This year’s theme, “Understanding the impact of land-atmosphere exchanges,” organised by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology of the National Environment Research Council. Dr Cook presented recent…

  • UPGro at 44th IAH Congress

    Once again, UPGro has a strong presence at the annual congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, which this year is in Dubrovnik, Croatia. UPGro highlights this year include: T2.2. THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER IN REDUCING POVERTY Conveners: Alan Macdonald (BGS/Hidden Crisis) and Viviana Re With presentations by: T2.2.1 Tim Foster: “A Multi-Decadal Financial Assessment…

  • Manage what you measure: Better groundwater monitoring comes to West Africa
    Manage what you measure: Better groundwater monitoring comes to West Africa

    re-posted from BRAVE by David MacDonald, British Geological Survey A key component of water resource management is the sound scientific understanding of water flows and storage. Where water supplies are sourced through wells and boreholes in the underlying rocks, we need to understand the volumes of water stored there and how natural climate variability and…

  • Uncovering how groundwater is used, in Tanzania
    Uncovering how groundwater is used, in Tanzania

    re-posted from: Grofutures.org The GroFutures team in Tanzania has just completed the data collection component of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise in the Great Ruaha Basin of Tanzania. The team comprised Andrew Tarimo, Devotha Mosha Kilave, Gebregziabher Gebrehaweria and Imogen Bellwood-Howard. Following initial training at Sokoine University of Agriculture, the team moved to the study site in Mbarali…

  • UPGro research on cover of Ambio
    UPGro research on cover of Ambio

    GroFutures water scarcity article featured on journal cover A critical review of water scarcity metrics written by UCL PhD student, Simon Damkjaer, and GroFutures PI, Richard Taylor, is featured on the cover of this month’s issue of Ambio. The article argues that current metrics including those used to track progress toward the UN Sustainable Development…

  • Agenda for Change: UPGro influencing systems thinking on WASH services
    Agenda for Change: UPGro influencing systems thinking on WASH services

    Agenda for Change is  a collaboration of organisations who recognise we can achieve more by working together. Launched in May 2015 by Aguaconsult, IRC, WaterAid, Water For People and Osprey Foundation, Agenda For Change sets out what we think we need to do and how we need to act so that everyone, everywhere has water,…

  • New UPGro paper: Better map-making for manual drilling in West Africa
    New UPGro paper: Better map-making for manual drilling in West Africa

    In a new open paper in the Hydrogeological Journal, Dr Fabio Fussi and his UPGro Catalyst team present work done in Senegal that looks at how improving hydrogeological data, maps and understanding can improve the success of manually drilled boreholes. In a region where access to safe, affordable water is limited, manual drilling provides a…

  • BRAVE update 3 (Jul/Aug)

    BRAVE Newsletter Don’t forget to check out the BRAVE Website for additional blog posts, research information and supporting documentation. ~Happy reading! N’oubliez pas de consulter le site Web de BRAVE pour obtenir des publications supplémentaires, des informations de recherche et des documents à l’appui. ~ Bonne lecture! Partner Updates British Geological Survey Students from 2iE and…