Tag: Urban Water Supply
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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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:: 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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UPGro webinar today: Safe #water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of #self-supply and water quality monitoring
A quick reminder that today’s RWSN webinars feature presentations from UPGro research: “Safe water in towns and peri-urban areas – challenges of self-supply and water quality monitoring” Tuesday, 24th April 2.30 pm CEST (Paris)/ 1.30 pm BST (UK)/ 8.30 am EDT (Washington DC) Webinar in English: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=MEC5JM6L2PG15ELV2E4KRNLG40-BUDR “ La salubrité de l’eau dans les villes…
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Is the Cape Town Time-bomb coming your way? Water Ministries and Operators need to do more to keep the water flowing
by Sean Furey (Skat) & Dr Anne Bousquet (GWOPA/UN-Habitat) With water shortages in Cape Town, South Africa, hitting headlines worldwide, it was timely that the African Water Association (AfWA) convened their 19th Congress in Bamado, Mali around the theme of “Accelerating access to sanitation and water for all in Africa amidst the challenges of climate change”.…
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New UPGro paper calls for city planners and utilities in Africa to diversify water supply solutions
A UPGro paper has been published by Dr Jenny Grönwall (SIWI) and Dr Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng (KNUST) of the T-GroUP project, entitled “Groundwater as a strategic resource for improved resilience: a case study from peri-urban Accra” Water insecurity is a growing concern globally, especially for developing countries, where a range of factors including urbanization are putting pressure…
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New UPGro studies explore links between groundwater and poverty in rural and urban Africa
Thanks to additional support from NERC at the beginning of 2017, some of the world’s leading experts on groundwater and poverty were brought together to test the assumptions that we make about how much we know and understand about the links between groundwater access and poverty. Does improving groundwater access reduce poverty? Or are their…
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10 things to know about groundwater: 9 & 10
Hidden Treasure: 10 reasons to know more about groundwater / 2 priorities to take seriously – briefing note What to find out more or get involved? Join the RWSN Sustainable Groundwater Development community on Dgroups. 9. In rural areas groundwater is often the cheapest source of safe drinking water The capital cost of a borehole…
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