Tag: SADC
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Resilience of Rural Groundwater Supplies to Climate Change
Key Note Presentation by Prof. Alan MacDonald @ 1st SADC Groundwater Conference Keywords: (Drought, Climate, Change, Infrastructure, Groundwater Resources, Resilience). “Recent droughts have highlighted the need to understand and forecast the resilience of water supplies to climate variability. Resilience of groundwater supplies is determined by several factors: groundwater storage; long term recharge; permeability; and the infrastructure…
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Facing the groundwater threats and opportunities in Southern Africa
This week, regional and international water experts have converged on Johannesburg at the 1st Groundwater Conference of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The event has been convened by the SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI) in assocciation with a number of partners including GRIPP UPGro has a strong presence at the event as part of the…
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World Bank: Hidden and Forgotten: Managing Groundwater in Southern Africa
from The World Bank STORY HIGHLIGHTS People in southern Africa are largely dependent on groundwater shared between countries and communities for health and well-being, food production, and economic growth. As climate variability alters the amount of surface water that is available, people in the region are increasingly turning to groundwater, which is already challenged by…
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