Many of the world’s major aquifers are under severe stress as a result of deficits created by large imbalances between inflows and outflows. These deficits have led to widespread depletion and, in some areas, degradation of groundwater resources, which is of particular concern in areas where alternative water supplies are…
Several GRIPP partners came together in Madrid, Spain at the triennial international symposium on managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the tenth (ISMAR10), held at La Nave, 20-24 May, 2019. The symposium, organized by Grupo Tragsa and Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), and convened by Enrique Fernández Escalante from Grupo…
Invitation for pre-conference workshop at 46th IAH International Congress, Malaga, Spain International work on transboundary aquifers is reaching a noteworthy nominal 20-year anniversary. Around the turn of this century, the Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) programme set out to elucidate the prevalence and facts of transboundary aquifers globally. These…
Partners in the RAMOTSWA Transboundary Aquifer Project have come together for a workshop to mark the project’s official close. Held at the Avani Hotel in Gaborone, Botswana, on April 9-11, 2019, the event drew delegates from the governments of Botswana and South Africa: the Southern Africa Development Community – Groundwater…
Land use and other activities are putting greater pressure on groundwater in vulnerable but highly productive karst aquifers, such as the Ramotswa Aquifer, which is shared between Botswana and South Africa. This aquifer is representative of similar karst aquifers in Southern Africa, which generally provide a reliable supply of good…
The Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM), which coordinates shared international water issues among its four riparian states – Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe – recently formalized a cooperation mechanism focusing on groundwater resources and management. The mechanism will facilitate and promote the conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater resources…
The Early Carrier Hydrogeologists’ Network under the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), which is one of our GRIPP partners, has proudly developed a thought-provoking video alerting to the global issues of water scarcity – and specifically calling all to the need for supporting groundwater protection and proper exploitation in order…
The Southern African Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) is announcing the call for abstracts for its 2nd Annual Groundwater Conference, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 04-06 Sep, 2019 under the theme ‘Groundwater Contribution to SDGs in the SADC Region’. GRIPP is supporting SADC-GMI in the organization…
GRIPP partner United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) published a new report entitled ‘Cost and Efficiency of Arsenic Removal from Groundwater: A Review’, by Y. Shan, P. Mehta, D. Perera and Y.Varela that compares the cost and effectiveness of technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater.…
As communicated in the Final Communique of the 7thAfrica Water Week in Libreville, Gabon, on the 2nd Day of November 2018, the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW) resolved to set up an African groundwater knowledge sharing and policy coordination desk at its Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria for the promotion of increased…
