Interview with Hezron Philipo, GroFutures by Sean Furey, Skat Foundation Hezron Philipo has a BSc in Geology (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), MSc in Water Resources and Environmental Management (University of Twente at ITC, The Netherlands) and is currently…
Read More The Baseflow Detective looking to uncover the secrets of Tanzania’s rivers
A new paper entitled: Relationships between rainfall and groundwater recharge in seasonally humid Benin: a comparative analysis of long-term hydrographs in sedimentary and crystalline aquifers has been published by the GroFutures team in collaboration with the GRIBA project (Groundwater Resources In Basement rocks of…
Read More New paper helps unravel the mysteries of groundwater recharge in Benin
A new paper has been published by the GroFutures team as part of a Special Issue "Remote Sensing of Groundwater from River Basin to Global Scales" Key Points : - GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite can be used…
Following an UPGro Catalyst Grant, over the last three years much work has gone into making use of roads for water management. Roads have in many areas an enormous impact on hydrology. Now often negative with roads causing erosion and…
Floods and droughts, feasts and famines: the challenge of living with an African climate has always been its variability, from the lush rainforests of the Congo to the extreme dry of the Sahara and Namib deserts. In north western Europe,…
Read More African aquifers can protect against climate change
Hidden Treasure: 10 reasons to know more about groundwater / 2 priorities to take seriously – briefing note GROUNDWATER is the water stored in the pores and other openings in rocks below ground. It is a precious resource which must…
Tropical groundwater may prove to be a climate-resilient source of freshwater in the tropics as intense rainfall favours the replenishment of these resources, according to a new study published in Environmental Research Letters. As climate observations show that global warming…
Read More Tropical groundwater resources resilient to climate change
Roads can devastate a landscape - scarring it, creating barriers for wildlife and accelerating stormwater so that valuable farmland, habitats and homes get washed away or polluted. What if didn't have to be that way? What if roads would work…
Read More How to… design roads for water harvesting and groundwater recharge
from the WaterChannel: Question: How can dusty roads provide water? Answer: By harvesting and storing rainwater when it falls on them. A 30 mm rainfall over a 1-kilometre stretch of road can produce up to 100,000 litres of water. This number…
Read More Roads for Water: Effecting Change in Tigray, Ethiopia
A new paper by Diego Garcia-Landarte Puertas, Kifle Woldearegay, Lyla Mehta, Martin Van Beusekom, Marta Agujetas Peréz and Frank Van Steenbergen from the Catalyst Project: Optimising Road Development for Groundwater Recharge and Retention Download the open access Waterlines paper from…
UPGro - African Groundwater 2020 