UN-Water – UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

Responding to UN-Water SDG6 synthesis on water and sanitation – value of groundwater needs stronger representation

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 30/05/201829/05/2018in Knowledge Broker

by Sean Furey, RWSN Secretariat/UPGro Knowledge Broker Team, re-posted from RWSN UN Water, the body that coordinates water issues across the United Nations, is currently running a consultation in its draft report: “SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation”.…

UPGro invited by UNICEF to present at the UN Zaragoza Conference

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 21/01/201523/01/2015in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Catalyst Project News, Event, IN-GROUND: Inexpensive monitoring of Groundwater pollution in Urban African Districts, Use of remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa and support low cost water supply2 Comments

(with thanks to John Chilton, Sharon Velasquez-Orta and Jose Gesti-Canuto) The UN-Water Annual Zaragoza Conferences serve UN-Water to prepare for World Water Day, which in 2015 will focus on "water and sustainable development" and celebrated the end of the International…