Results from field experiments and the subsequent processing and analyses of data will inform not only evaluations of available groundwater resources in these regions of the Iullemmeden Basin but also stress-testing of groundwater development pathways, developed by stakeholders, through numerical modelling.
Tag: Fieldwork
Water monitoring upgraded in Upper Great Ruaha, Tanzania
re-posted from GroFutures The GroFutures Team, working with the Tanzanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation, expanded monitoring infrastructure in the Upper Great Ruaha Observatory (UGRO) to include interactions between groundwater and surface water. An outstanding question regarding the sustainability of groundwater withdrawals…
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Participants of the Arena in Arusha, Tanzania, identified a multitude of interconnected problems
by Jan Willem Foppen, re-posted from T-GroUP Arusha is one of the faster-growing cities in Tanzania. The urbanization process is causing multiple interconnected problems. The first arena meeting organized as part of the T-Group Arusha Transition Management process was held…
Facilitating community members in Dodowa to envision their communities in the future
by Jan Willem Foppen (Re-posted from T-GroUP) End of 2017, the Dodowa Local Transition Team facilitated the process of envisioning, one of the most important steps in the Transition Management process, through the organisation of (four) workshops for (four) local…
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Supporting community members to structure local problems and reflect upon them. The case of four communities in Bwaise area in Kampala.
by Giorgia Silvestri, re-posted from t-group.science In March 2018 the local transition team in Kampala organized the first three Transition Management arena meetings engaging participants from seven communities of an informal settlement area of the city. These first community meetings aimed…
The Transition Management process is underway in Dodowa (Ghana)
by Giorgia Silvestri, reposted from t-group.science The Dodowa local transition team organised the first Transition Management arena meetings, which took place on 28th and 29th of September 2017 in four different communities of the Dodowa peri-urban area. These first meetings represented the starting…
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Knowledge dissemination at community level in Kampala
by JW Foppen, IHE Delft/T-GroUP, re-posted from t-group.science Every first Sunday of the month, Kawaala zone holds community meetings in which various topics are discussed. The meetings are facilitated by mr. Wilberforce Sserwaniko, the local chairman, and his committee and…
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BRAVE Student – Community Research Exchange
from the latest BRAVE newsletter The BRAVE project brings a unique approach of integrating both the social and physical sciences and working, in partnership with, local communities to support effective translation and uptake of research activities. Co-benefits result in the…
Investigating water governance arrangements in Balaka District, Malawi – news from the field
by Naomi Oates, Grantham institute, UPGro Hidden Crisis My first impressions of Malawi? It is hot! Temperatures are reaching 37°C in Balaka district at the moment. Around midday it is particularly difficult to move around in the scorching sun – much…
Manage what you measure: Better groundwater monitoring comes to West Africa
re-posted from BRAVE by David MacDonald, British Geological Survey A key component of water resource management is the sound scientific understanding of water flows and storage. Where water supplies are sourced through wells and boreholes in the underlying rocks, we…
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UPGro - African Groundwater 2020 