Author: RWSN Secretariat
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10 things to know about groundwater: 5&6
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. 5. Some of the groundwater recharge can be…
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10 things to know about groundwater: 3 & 4
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. 3. If no abstraction (pumping) takes place, then…
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10 things to know about groundwater: #2
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. 2. However, from a water resource point of…
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10 things to know about groundwater:#1
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. Groundwater comprises 96% of all liquid fresh water…
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Gro for GooD open for business in Bomani, Kenya
DOWNLOAD: Gro for GooD newsletter Q1 2016 “Groundwater is increasingly important for Kwale’s growth and development. It is a widely available water resource of high quality and low cost. Rural communities know this well and have relied on groundwater for generations managing the resource sustainably. With increasing variability in rainfall which supplies small and large…
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Who gets what water in Arusha?
from: http://t-group.science/2016/01/who-gets-what-water-in-arusha/ By Shabana Abbas Arusha is officially a small city of over 400,000 people (according to official census) but urban authorities believe this to be vastly underestimated and the number could be over 700,000. As part of my research on urban water supply, I visited some of the most unplanned and low-income parts of Arusha city…
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A little story of an abandoned – but busy- borehole
By Carlos Enrique Aponte Rivero and Michelle Kooy @ http://t-group.science Osunyai is one of the newest Wards of Arusha city. The Ward is next to our project areas of Unga Ltd and Sombetini and shares many of the same characteristics in terms of water access. Most of the residents in Osunyai are low – income, and…
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Tropical groundwater resources resilient to climate change
Tropical groundwater may prove to be a climate-resilient source of freshwater in the tropics as intense rainfall favours the replenishment of these resources, according to a new study published in Environmental Research Letters.
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The magic and mystery of groundwater data
To be effective, drinking water programmes relying on groundwater need good quality and well managed groundwater data. Unfortunately this is an overlooked, “techy domain”. The presentations and discussants on this webinar explain the typical problems of groundwater data collection, management and use. They draw on first hand examples of: groundwater data use in Uganda and…
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El Niño Monitoring in Tanzania
from Grofutures The GroFutures team is working with the Tanzanian Ministry of Water to establish automated, high-frequency monitoring to examine how heavy rains associated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) replenish vital groundwater resources. The team from Sokoine University of Agriculture (Japhet Kashaigili, PhD student Richard Festo) and UCL (Richard Taylor, PhD Student David Seddon)…
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