Tag: Urban Groundwater
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UPGro Science: Participatory, community-led approaches, such as Transition Management, can provide new and collaborative ways of using and managing urban groundwater [S13]
Transition Management has shown to enhance social learning, empower communities to develop solutions, and build trust between stakeholders.
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Groundwater could be the solution to contaminated Kampala slum water crisis
by Isaiah Esipisu After a recent study discovered traces of dangerous viruses including cancer causing pathogens in shallow groundwater in Kampala slums, residents of Makerere 2 Zone C can finally breathe a sigh of relief as further studies indicate that deeper groundwater in their area could be safe for drinking. In collaboration with a community…
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Dodowa residents prone to diseases from contaminated wells – Research
by Gifty Amofa/Christabella Arkvi, Ghana News Agency More than 12,000 people are likely to contract water-borne diseases if they continue to use water from their contaminated dug wells in Dodowa, in the Greater Accra Region, according to a research report. Samples of water were tested for rotavirus, bacteriological quality and others, with about 27 percent…
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Policy priorities for the boom in urban private wells – IWA The Source
Rapid urban population growth has led to a boom in private well construction to access groundwater supplies. Evidence from four Indian cities highlights the need for coherent public policy to harmonise private and public investment in urban water supply. By Mohammad Faiz Alam and Stephen Foster. Read on: https://www.thesourcemagazine.org/policy-priorities-for-the-boom-in-urban-private-wells/
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Cutting-edge discovery on viruses in groundwater: T-GrouP at EGU press conference
Associate Professor Jan Willem Foppen, leader of the T-GroUP project will be presenting his team’s work on mapping DNA viruses in groundwater under African cities at a press conference on Monday 8th April at 14:00 CEST. This is part of the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), that will be held in Vienna,…
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Developing short, medium and long term actions for improving water, sanitation and waste management in Dodowa (Ghana)
re-posted from T-GroUP.science On 28th and 29th of March and on 23rd and 24th of May 2018, the Dodowa Transition team supported the inhabitants of a number of Dodowa communities taking part in the Transition Management process to develop short, medium and long term actions supporting the improvement of water and sanitation services in their communities. In order to…
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:: New UPGro paper :: Participatory scenario analysis for urban water and sanitation: Kisumu, Kenya case study
“A participatory methodology for future scenario analysis of sub-national water and sanitation access: case study of Kisumu, Kenya” by Heather Price, Lorna. G. Okotto, Joseph Okotto-Okotto, Steve Pedley & Jim Wright: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1500343 from the UPGro Catalyst Project “Sustaining groundwater safety in peri-urban areas” Context: Many cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and other low and middle income…
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How are multiple actors identifying and discussing the main problems affecting their community? Insights from the Transition Management process in Kawala community, Kampala (Uganda)
Sixteen participants belonging to Kawaala community participated in the first Transition Management arena with the aim to define the most urgent and priority problems in their communities. The participants arrived on time and shared since the beginning of the meeting their motivation to participate. Most of the participants already knew the T-GroUP research team since…
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Safe water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of self-supply and water quality monitoring
Millions of people in towns and cities across Sub-Saharan Africa depend on groundwater day-to-day – but is it safe to drink? How can we measure the safety quickly, cheaply and accurately? In this RWSN-UPGro webinar, Dr Jenny Grönwall (SIWI/T-GroUP) and Dr Dan Lapworth (BGS) present the latest updates on their research into urban groundwater monitoring…
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The Transition Management process is underway in Dodowa (Ghana)
by Giorgia Silvestri, reposted from t-group.science The Dodowa local transition team organised the first Transition Management arena meetings, which took place on 28th and 29th of September 2017 in four different communities of the Dodowa peri-urban area. These first meetings represented the starting point of the overall Transition Arena process consisting of a series of monthly meetings.
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