Category: Announcement

  • 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…

  • Why is there a handpump in the car park?
    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’…

  • 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…

  • The RWSN Forum – a once in every five-year opportunity!

    Originally posted on Rural Water Supply Network – blog: The 7th RWSN Forum in Abidjan is only two months away. Most of the authors of papers, posters and films have now been informed of their acceptance, and we are progressing well with the logistics for the event. I have to say that the team spirit…

  • Plenty of interest in the Africa Groundwater Atlas in Montpellier

    The room is packed as more than 50 people sit and stand to listen to Brighid O Dochartaigh present the Africa Groundwater Atlas. Interest in this initiative this week at the 43rd IAH Congress in Montpellier is high; but I think that this is merely a drop in the ocean and interest will grow in…

  • The Past, Present and Future of Groundwater – Inspiration from the IAH Congress

    by Kerstin Danert, RWSN/Skat The 43rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) brings together 800 specialists from all around the world. It is the first morning, and I am already inspired. Although the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) has worked alongside and interacted considerably with IAH over its history, I personally only joined…

  • Prof. Richard Carter scoops IAH Award
    Prof. Richard Carter scoops IAH Award

    We are delighted that Professor Carter, a member of the UPGro Knowledge Broker team and Hidden Crisis project, received the first ever “Applied Hydrogeology Award” from the International Association of Hydrogeologists: ‘for “a groundwater professional who has made an outstanding contribution to the application of hydrogeology, preferably in developing countries or in support of international…

  • UPGro at the 43rd IAH Congress, Montpellier

    Many UPGro researchers will be assembling in Montpellier, France for the 43rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). If you are going, looking out for the following presentations (the abstract links won’t work until after 25 September). You can find the full online programme on the event website: www.60iah2016.org/en/programme/final-programme

  • Grofutures launch in transboundary Iullemmeden basin
    Grofutures launch in transboundary Iullemmeden basin

    re-blogged from GroFutures GroFutures was launched in the transboundary Iullemmeden Basin at a workshop held at Abdou Moumouni University (UAM) of Niamey in Niger on 23rd August 2016. The workshop was opened by the Vice Chancellor, Hon. Professor Amadou Boureima, and welcomed by the Director General of Water Resources in the Ministry of Hydraulics and…

  • With no access to piped water, residents of Accra meet their own water needs. Here’s how.
    With no access to piped water, residents of Accra meet their own water needs. Here’s how.

    re-blogged from SIWI: http://www.siwi.org/news/siwi-explores-complexities-of-groundwater-governance-in-peri-urban-accra-ghana/ Low accountability and complex governance landscape complicate understanding of reliance on groundwater in peri-urban Accra, Ghana, finds article by SIWI’s Dr. Jenny Grönwall. Poor urban dwellers tend to be disadvantaged in terms of public service delivery, often relying instead on groundwater through self-supply, but their specific needs and opportunities—and own level…