Category: Announcement
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UPGro early careers researchers share experiences on an international platform
Compiled by Isaiah Esipisu, PAMAC news agency http://www.pamacc.org Five African early career research scientists took to stage at the 41st Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)’s International Conference at the Egerton University in Kenya to showcase ongoing research achievements so far under the UPGro project. Drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and Ethiopia, the young researchers…
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New paper helps unravel the mysteries of groundwater recharge in Benin
A new paper entitled: Relationships between rainfall and groundwater recharge in seasonally humid Benin: a comparative analysis of long-term hydrographs in sedimentary and crystalline aquifers has been published by the GroFutures team in collaboration with the GRIBA project (Groundwater Resources In Basement rocks of Africa), Belgian NGO – PROTOS, and Via Water in the Netherlands. Key Points: Groundwater Recharge –…
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New paper: No evidence found of large scale groundwater depletion in major African aquifers
A new paper has been published by the GroFutures team as part of a Special Issue “Remote Sensing of Groundwater from River Basin to Global Scales” Key Points : – GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite can be used to estimate changes in water storage on time resolution of 1 month and a spatial…
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New Research Digests – get up to speed…fast
If missed recent papers published from the UPGro Gro for GooD study, then you can get up to speed with the key points in these new briefs from Oxford University: Risk factors associated with rural water supply failure: A 30-year retrospective study of handpumps on the south coast of Kenya Brief Journal paper A critical…
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Safe water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of self-supply and water quality monitoring
Millions of people in towns and cities across Sub-Saharan Africa depend on groundwater day-to-day – but is it safe to drink? How can we measure the safety quickly, cheaply and accurately? In this RWSN-UPGro webinar, Dr Jenny Grönwall (SIWI/T-GroUP) and Dr Dan Lapworth (BGS) present the latest updates on their research into urban groundwater monitoring…
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Debating real-world community-based management of water points
Community-management has been the mainstay of rural water supplies in Africa, and in many other parts of the world, but is it the only way? Are there better alternatives? In this lively webinar, researchers from the UPGro Hidden Crisis project discuss their research with RWSN members: Do you have anything to add? Leave your comments…
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Golden Jubilee Award for T-GroUP researcher: Dr Robinah Kulabako
On 8th March, Dr Robinah Kulabako, Makerere University and UPGro T-GroUP project, was awarded a Golden Jubilee Media during International Women’s Day by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. The award recognises her contribution to research and teaching in environmental engineering and natural sciences and that she is an internationally recognised expert she is an inspiration…
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UPGro webinar today: Safe #water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of #self-supply and water quality monitoring
A quick reminder that today’s RWSN webinars feature presentations from UPGro research: “Safe water in towns and peri-urban areas – challenges of self-supply and water quality monitoring” Tuesday, 24th April 2.30 pm CEST (Paris)/ 1.30 pm BST (UK)/ 8.30 am EDT (Washington DC) Webinar in English: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=MEC5JM6L2PG15ELV2E4KRNLG40-BUDR “ La salubrité de l’eau dans les villes…
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Has Africa run out of water? | Prof. Alan MacDonald | TEDxHeriotWattUniversity
Professor Alan MacDonald (BGS/UPGro Hidden Crisis and GroFutures) gave a talk at a recent TEDx event at Heriot Watt University in Scotland. Watch it on YouTube:
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African governments acknowledging the Hidden Crisis
Survey results of rural water points in Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi presented to government ministry chiefs ‘Functionality’ of a water point is more than a binary is water flow at the time of inspection? YES/NO Government partners see the value in how the research can improve monitoring and evaluation of rural water supplies
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