Author: RWSN Secretariat
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My experience of Life in Dodowa and the T-group Project
By: Alimamy Kolipha Kamara from T-group.science Yes, it was a period of intensive fieldwork which included the daunting task of collecting, transporting, and concentrating huge volumes of groundwater samples, inspecting sanitary facilities, etc., but life in Dodowa and the project house at Salem left a balanced memory between fieldwork and the social interaction that was…
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Finalising Obed’s fieldwork in Dodowa
By: Obed Minkah Final fieldwork activities in Dodowa included the establishment of monitoring network which consist of 40 wells to monitor groundwater fluctuation and to help us determine the groundwater flow direction. In order to know the groundwater flow direction, the monitoring wells were levelled to each other using a total station. It was daunting task…
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Water quality is interesting!
By: Carlos Enrique Aponte Rivero on T-group.science Yes! It is very interesting for these kids, obviously amazed by the strange equipment put into the water. As soon as I started to set up the probes and to do the water quality measurements, I was suddenly surrounded by children, getting closer and closer trying to find out…
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Exploring cases of community participation in (ground)water governance in Dodowa
By: Shona Jenkins (from t-group.science) By the end of February, I will have spent 3 weeks conducting interviews with community members, community leaders and representatives from the local government across 11 communities in Dodowa. Throughout the interview process, I have attempted to better understand the water reality in each community: what sources of water are…
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Can a rural handpump tell you it’s not well?
Heloise Greeff, Doctoral Researcher, Water Programme, Computational Health Informatics Lab and Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford Predictive health monitoring is widely used in engineering applications to detect damage to infrastructure as early as possible. Forecasting failure rather than merely detecting failure once it occurs helps to reduce the downtime of…
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How do you solve a problem like a broken water pump?
World Water Day 2016 article on The Guardian by Katherine Purvis, 22/03/2016 Long considered a symbol of development aid, up to 40% of handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa are broken at any one time. Technology is offering smart solutions. Over the past few decades, the humble handpump has become the go-to option for rural water supply…
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African aquifers can protect against climate change
Floods and droughts, feasts and famines: the challenge of living with an African climate has always been its variability, from the lush rainforests of the Congo to the extreme dry of the Sahara and Namib deserts. In north western Europe, drizzle and rain is generally spread quite evenly across the year, as anyone who has…
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10 things to know about groundwater: 9 & 10
Hidden Treasure: 10 reasons to know more about groundwater / 2 priorities to take seriously – briefing note What to find out more or get involved? Join the RWSN Sustainable Groundwater Development community on Dgroups. 9. In rural areas groundwater is often the cheapest source of safe drinking water The capital cost of a borehole…
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10 things to know about groundwater: 8
Hidden Treasure: 10 reasons to know more about groundwater / 2 priorities to take seriously – briefing note 8. More people use groundwater for drinking than use rain water or surface water About half the population of Africa and Asia use groundwater directly from springs, wells and boreholes, while an unknown additional number served by…
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10 things to know about groundwater: 7
Hidden Treasure: 10 reasons to know more about groundwater / 2 priorities to take seriously – briefing note GROUNDWATER is the water stored in the pores and other openings in rocks below ground. It is a precious resource which must be safeguarded for the benefit of mankind 7. In some cases recharge does not occur…
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