Tag: Shallow Wells

  • Participants of the Arena in Arusha, Tanzania, identified a multitude of interconnected problems
    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 by the local transition team with the aim to identify the existing community problems in…

  • Promising new groundwater pollution sensor – New UPGro paper published
    Promising new groundwater pollution sensor – New UPGro paper published

    Shallow groundwater wells, are the main source of drinking water in many rural and peri-urban communities. The quantity and variety of shallow wells located in such communities make them more readily accessible than private or government operated deep boreholes, but shallow wells are more susceptible to faecal contamination, which is often due to leaching pit…

  • A little story of an abandoned – but busy- borehole

    By Carlos Enrique Aponte Rivero and Michelle Kooy @ http://t-group.science Osunyai is one of the newest Wards of Arusha city. The Ward is next to our project areas of Unga Ltd and Sombetini and shares many of the same characteristics in terms of water access. Most of the residents in Osunyai are low – income, and…