The problem: Extending groundwater supply to more people is expensive using conventional technologies. Manual well drilling offers cost-saving opportunities, but the techniques involved can only be used in specific ground conditions.
The approach: Development of a systematic methodology for combining remotely sensed data with direct data from drilling records, to map the potential for manual drilling.
Key findings: Software has been developed to integrate drilling data and remotely-sensed data to map manual drilling potential in Senegal. Further validation of the approach is still needed.
Where? Guinea, Senegal
Consortium grant? No.
Principal Investigator: Robert Colombo, University of Milano Bicocca
Research Team:
- Fabio Fussi, University of Milano Biococca
- Francesco Fava, University of Milano Biococca
- Letizia Fumagalli, University of Milano Biococca
- Gayane Faye, University of Milano Biococca
- Hamidou Barry, SNAPE
- Souleye Wade, University Cheick Anta Diop
- Cheik Hamidou Kane, University Cheick Anta Diop
Research Organisations:
- University of Milano Biococca – Grant NE/L002167/1
- SNAPE, Guinea
- University Cheick Anta Diop
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- Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply
- Utiliser la télédétection et les modélisations de terrain afin d’identifier les zones propices au forage manuel en Afrique et de contribuer à l’approvisionnement en eau à faible coût
- Presentations from final workshop in Dakar, Senegal, April 2015 (in French)
- Use of remote sensing and terrain modeling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply, presented at UN Water Conference, Zaragoza, January 2015
- [Presentation] Fussi F., X. Gras, B. Hamidou, J.Labas, T. Bonomi, F. Fava, L. Fumagalli, L. Patra, A. Keita, Roberto Colombo (2014) “Promotion of manual drilling in Guinea”, at 37th WEDC International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014
- [Abstract] Fussi F., X. Gras, B. Hamidou, J.Labas, T. Bonomi, F. Fava, L. Fumagalli, L. Patra, A. Keita, Roberto Colombo (2014) “Promotion of manual drilling in Guinea”, at 37th WEDC International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014
- F. Fussi, L. Fumagalli, T. Bonomi, F. Fava, C.H. Kane, M. Niang, S. Wade, G. Faye, B. Hamidou, R. Colombo (2014) “Estimation of suitability for manual drilling in Northern Senegal from textural and hydraulic parameters of shallow aquifers” at 37th WEDC International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014
- F. Fava, B. Di Mauro, C. H. Kane, M. Niang, S. Wade, B. Hamidou, R. Colombo, T. Bonomi (2017) Classifying zones of suitability for manual drilling using textural and hydraulic parameters of shallow aquifers: a case study in northwestern Senegal, Hydrogeol J DOI 10.1007/s10040-017-1642-9
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