Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply – UPGro

UPGro at 44th IAH Congress

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 27/09/201727/09/2017in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, AMGRAF: Adaptive management of groundwater resources for small-scale irrigation in SSA, Event, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub Saharan Africa, Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply

Once again, UPGro has a strong presence at the annual congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, which this year is in Dubrovnik, Croatia. UPGro highlights this year include: T2.2. THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER IN REDUCING POVERTY Conveners: Alan Macdonald…

New UPGro paper: Better map-making for manual drilling in West Africa

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 18/08/2017in Announcement, New publication, Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply

In a new open paper in the Hydrogeological Journal, Dr Fabio Fussi and his UPGro Catalyst team present work done in Senegal that looks at how improving hydrogeological data, maps and understanding can improve the success of manually drilled boreholes.…

UPGro at the RWSN Forum

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 23/11/2016in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, AMGRAF: Adaptive management of groundwater resources for small-scale irrigation in SSA, Event, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, UPGro Ambassador, Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply

Groundwater is critical to rural water supply - for many uses and in many parts of the world, not just in Africa. Therefore understanding of aquifers and how to use them sustainably is essential to tackling rural poverty. So that…

The magic and mystery of groundwater data

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 01/12/201522/01/2016in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Africa Groundwater Atlas, Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply, Webinar, Webinars and Films

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…

UPGro invited by UNICEF to present at the UN Zaragoza Conference

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 21/01/201523/01/2015in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Catalyst Project News, Event, IN-GROUND: Inexpensive monitoring of Groundwater pollution in Urban African Districts, Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply2 Comments

(with thanks to John Chilton, Sharon Velasquez-Orta and Jose Gesti-Canuto) The UN-Water Annual Zaragoza Conferences serve UN-Water to prepare for World Water Day, which in 2015 will focus on "water and sustainable development" and celebrated the end of the International…

High-Tech meets Low-Tech: Using remote sensing to help manual drilling

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 29/09/201430/09/2014in Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply

Drilling for water can be expensive: it can cost up to £10,000 to drill a borehole that will have a £500 handpump installed on it. However, there are alternatives - manual drilling methods are often most effective and just as…