Category: Webinars and Films
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New UPGro Film: Unlocking Africa’s Groundwater Potential
Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro), has been a seven-year international research programme (2013-2020), funded by the UK Department for International Development, Natural Environment Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council. Nearly 200 of the world’s best researchers from more than 50 organisations across Africa and Europe have been focused…
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How is the Transition Management approach applied in Dodowa peri-urban area? Have a look at these short videos!
Re-posted from T-Group.science The first video shows a number of insights and key moments from the first Transition Management arena meeting organised by the local transition team. Participants first reflected on and discussed the main problems affecting their communities. Their inputs were collected and problems were prioritized. In the majority of the meetings, inadequate sanitation…
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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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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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New UPGro YouTube Channel!
You can now find a wealth of interviews, presentations, field vlogs and more at the UPGro YouTube Channel.
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Grofutures launches in Tanzania
Under the heading “Using groundwater to reduce poverty” the GroFutures Team in Tanzania led by Japhet Kashaigili, Andrew Tarimo and Devotha Mosha hosted the GroFutures Inception Workshop in Iringa on March 31st 2016. It was opened by the District Commissioner for Iringa, Hon. Richard Kasesela, and was attended by national, basin-level and local stakeholders…
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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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Overcoming the Rural Water Supply Scandal of Handpump Corrosion
Handpump corrosion has been known about for over 30 years, the fact that it is a common problem in over 25 countries is a scandal and reflects badly on donors, implementers and governments. In this webinar, Bony Etti and Jacinta Nekesa from WaterAid Uganda describe their shocking findings from investigating boreholes and pumps (as part…
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