Category: UPGro in the news
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Merti aquifer: Kenya’s largest water source faced with resistance
By Peter Mutai NAIROBI (Xinhua) —Wajir town in Northern Kenya has never had a regular water supply system forcing majority of the residents to use water drawn directly from shallow wells that exposes them to many potentially harmful elements.
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“When wells run dry” Prof. Richard Taylor writes in Nature
“A global analysis reveals growing societal dependence on the use of non-renewable freshwater resources that depletes groundwater reserves and undermines human resilience to water scarcity in a warming world” Full article available for Nature subscribers (paywall): Nature, 516, 179–180, (11 December 2014) doi:10.1038/516179a In the short article, Prof. Taylor raises concern about groundwater depletion, as…
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A tale of two cities: How can we provide safe water for poor people living in African cities?
Dan Lapworth, Jim Wright and Steve Pedley are working to find out. Reproduced from Planet Earth Winter 2014, p 22-23 Across much of Africa, cities are growing quickly. Current projections estimate that by 2050, 60 per cent of the population will be living in urban areas – half of them in slums. Many of these…
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UPGro featured in “Mining, People and the Environment” magazine
Groundwater in Africa is a vital resource, and one that can be damaged, so that is why we are delighted that UPGro is featured in the July 2014 issue of Mining, People and Environment Magazine. Many thanks to Ruth Green, from the editorial team!
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