Author: RWSN Secretariat
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Hidden Crisis team reveal themselves in Edinburgh
reposted from: https://upgro-hidden-crisis.org/2016/12/07/2nd-project-workshop-meeting-edinburgh-21-24-nov-2016/ Overview and aims of the workshop Since our last project workshop, held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia in September 2015, the first main survey phase of the project (to survey the functionality and performance of a sub-sample of water points and committees) has been completed within each of the three countries, alongside a rapid…
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Field update from Kenya
by Prof. Dan Olago, University of Nairobi in Gro for Good newsletter 2 2016 Welcome to the second edition of our project newsletter. There has been a lot of activity in recent months including: the completion of the installation and commissioning of the climate and hydrological monitoring network; two groundwater sampling campaigns in March and June; geophysical…
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From Tyneside to Abidjan: UPGro @ 7th RWSN Forum
Pictured: Prof. Richard Carter on the UPGro stand at the 7th RWSN Forum I had the pleasure of recently attending the 7th RWSN Forum, held from 29th November to 2nd December 2016 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The conference is only every five years so I am fortunate that it fell during the third year of…
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UPGro at the RWSN Forum
Groundwater is critical to rural water supply – for many uses and in many parts of the world, not just in Africa. Therefore understanding of aquifers and how to use them sustainably is essential to tackling rural poverty. So that is why we will be at the 7th RWSN Forum next week in Abidjan, Cote…
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Invitation to the The Walker Institute “Big Event”
We are delighted to invite you to The Walker Institutes ‘Big Event’ at the University of Reading on Wednesday 14 December 2016. An occasion not to be missed, the event will showcase creative and entertaining approaches to communicating about climate change challenges. This is an opportunity to network with Walker Institute researchers and our partners…
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Join Future Climate for Africa at COP22
Join our sibling research programme, Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) at the COP22 conference in Morocco: At this event, South SouthSouthNorth and our partners, the Met Office, bring together a diverse panel of experts to discuss how Africa can increase its climate resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extremes. This event will look at…
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This is why there is a handpump in the car park – and what it has in common with a jet engine
On 17th September, the mystery surrounding the Samrat handpump which has been installed in the car park of Oxford University’s School of Geography and the Environment was revealed. Learn more about the pump’s research purpose at www.oxwater.uk/oxford-smart-handpump.html or download the presentation below. handpumpcarpark_17oct2016_final
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W. Mike Edmunds Memorial Lecture
Prof Alan MacDonald of the British Geological Survey to deliver the first W. Mike Edmunds Memorial Lecture on the theme of ‘groundwater and climate resilience’ 3 November 2016, 5:00pm Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church In a career spanning almost 50 years, Professor W. Mike Edmunds made an extraordinary contribution to water science and water resource…
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Why is there a handpump in the car park?
Invitation to launch event 17 October at 5-6pm About the Smart Handpump Delivering reliable drinking water to millions of rural people in Africa and Asia is an elusive and enduring global goal. A systematic information deficit on the performance of and demand for infrastructure investments limits policy design and development outcomes. Since 2010, the ‘Smart Handpump’…
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Awards for UPGro researchers
During the first day of the 43rd IAH Congress in Montpellier, France the 2016 Awards of the International Association of Hydrogeologists were announced: “At the Annual General Meeting in the evening, the new Applied Hydrogeology Award was presented to Dr Richard Carter (pictured) in recognition of his life time research in applied hydrogeology in Africa and…
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