The latest from the Hidden Crisis project: Highlights Functionality classifications were used to assess the role of physical factors on handpump borehole (HPB) performance. Hydrogeology, borehole configuration and handpump (HP) components were examined by dismantling 145 HPBs. Handpump components are…
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Eight UPGro papers have been cited in the new IPCC Working Group Report (August 2021) As widely reported, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has laid out a stark warning on the threat of climate change across the…
Reserves of groundwater in much of the populated parts of Africa are being replenished at rates that could help to protect communities against the damaging effects of climate change and sustain widespread groundwater pumping for drinking water, a new study…
UPGro reflections: Heloïse Greeff
Early Career Researchers from UPGro Gro for GooD reflect on their time with the programme with Nancy Gladstone (University of Oxford) - Núria Ferrer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Jacob Katuva reflects on his time with the UPGro programme
Early Career Researchers from UPGro Gro for GooD reflect on their time with the programme What was your research focus in the Gro for Good project? During my MSc studies I joined the Gro for Good team to investigate health…
Interview with Wendso Awa Agathe Ouédraogo from the Pan African University for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI), Kenya
from IGRAC A new version has been launched of The Groundwater Game. Within the framework of the GroFutures project, the previous version was further developed, resulting in an improved integration of game results in the presentation and the development of two apps. …
Read More New version released of serious game ‘The Groundwater Game’
Open Access here: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8031 Groundwater provides a vital source of drinking water for rural communities in many parts of Africa, particularly in the dry season when there are few safe alternative sources. This paper summarises results from a study (n…
Read More New paper: Drinking water quality from rural handpump-boreholes in Africa
UPGro - African Groundwater 2020 