Tag: BGS

  • Threats to groundwater supplies from contamination in Sierra Leone, with special reference to Ebola care facilities
    Threats to groundwater supplies from contamination in Sierra Leone, with special reference to Ebola care facilities

    Although not an UPGro study, this is a relevant new paper by Lapworth, D.J.; Carter, R .C.; Pedley, S.; MacDonald, A.M.. 2015 Threats to groundwater supplies from contamination in Sierra Leone, with special reference to Ebola care facilities. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 87pp. (OR/15/009) Abstract: The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa…

  • Poster presentations about work in Zambia and Kenya (Video)
    Poster presentations about work in Zambia and Kenya (Video)

    At the IAH Congress, we asked two of the UPGro researchers to present their posters: Jacob Mutua, Rural Focus Ltd, Kenya, describing the “Risks and Institutional Responses for Poverty Reduction in Rural Africa” Catalyst project Dr Dan Lapworth talks about the project that he has been leading: “Mapping groundwater quality degradation beneath growing rural towns…

  • End of project workshop summary: Prospection for low-fluoride sources in Ethiopia
    End of project workshop summary: Prospection for low-fluoride sources in Ethiopia

    Report fluoride – Brief Report presenting main findings The “Improving access to safe drinking water_prospection for low-fluoride sources Groundwater“ Catalyst project has released a summary report of the main findings, presented in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in August.

  • Africa Groundwater Literature Archive – beta version now online

    Visit: www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas This archive of groundwater literature for Africa is being developed as part of the Africa Groundwater Atlas project, through the Unlocking the Potential for Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro) research programme. The Africa Groundwater Atlas project will make available an archive of groundwater literature related to Africa, searchable by country and keywords a…

  • UPGro research paper on Sketetal Fluorosis in Ethiopia

    New paper by Redda Tekle-Haimanot, Gebeyehu Haile, part of the “Improving access to safe drinking water_prospection for low-fluoride sources Groundwater” Catalyst Project ABSTRACT This study compared the occurrence of skeletal fluorosis in chronic consumers of locally brewed alcoholic beverages and their matched controls in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. The study revealed that chronic alcohol consumers…