Publication – UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

With no access to piped water, residents of Accra meet their own water needs. Here’s how.

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 05/09/2016in New publication, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa1 Comment

re-blogged from SIWI: http://www.siwi.org/news/siwi-explores-complexities-of-groundwater-governance-in-peri-urban-accra-ghana/ Low accountability and complex governance landscape complicate understanding of reliance on groundwater in peri-urban Accra, Ghana, finds article by SIWI’s Dr. Jenny Grönwall. Poor urban dwellers tend to be disadvantaged in terms of public service delivery,…

The classic – Developing Groundwater – now available online – free of charge

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 11/08/2016in Groundwater Basics

The classic book and practical manual Developing Groundwater: A guide for rural water supply by Alan MacDonald, Jeff Davies, Roger Calow and John Chilton is now available online from the Practical Action website for free download. Published in 2005 it…

Synthesis of the Catalyst projects now available

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 13/04/201513/04/2015in Announcement, Catalyst Project News

“Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro), is a seven-year international research programme funded by the United Kingdom. It focuses on improving the evidence base around groundwater availability and management in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to enable developing countries…