UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

Unlocking Africa’s Groundwater Potential

Tag: Urban Water Supply

Policy priorities for the boom in urban private wells – IWA The Source

Posted by on in Knowledge Broker, UPGro in the news

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…

Read More Policy priorities for the boom in urban private wells – IWA The Source

3 new UPGro papers + Groundwater to be the UN-Water theme for 2022

Posted by on in Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, New publication, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

We are delighted to report that UN-Water, the coordinating body for water issues across the United Nations, in a meeting this week agreed to make the theme of the 2022 World Water Development Report and World Water Day: “Groundwater: making…

Read More 3 new UPGro papers + Groundwater to be the UN-Water theme for 2022

:: New UPGro paper :: Participatory scenario analysis for urban water and sanitation: Kisumu, Kenya case study

Posted by on in Announcement, New publication, Sustaining groundwater safety in peri-urban areas

“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…

Read More :: New UPGro paper :: Participatory scenario analysis for urban water and sanitation: Kisumu, Kenya case study

UPGro webinar today: Safe #water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of #self-supply and water quality monitoring

Posted by on in Announcement, Sustaining groundwater safety in peri-urban areas, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa, Webinar, Webinars and Films

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…

Read More UPGro webinar today: Safe #water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of #self-supply and water quality monitoring

Is the Cape Town Time-bomb coming your way? Water Ministries and Operators need to do more to keep the water flowing

Posted by on in Consortium Project News, Event, Knowledge Broker

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…

Read More Is the Cape Town Time-bomb coming your way? Water Ministries and Operators need to do more to keep the water flowing

New UPGro paper calls for city planners and utilities in Africa to diversify water supply solutions

Posted by on in Announcement, New publication, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

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…

Read More New UPGro paper calls for city planners and utilities in Africa to diversify water supply solutions

New UPGro studies explore links between groundwater and poverty in rural and urban Africa

Posted by on in Announcement, New publication

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…

Read More New UPGro studies explore links between groundwater and poverty in rural and urban Africa

10 things to know about groundwater: 9 & 10

Posted by on in Groundwater Basics1 Comment

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…

Read More 10 things to know about groundwater: 9 & 10