This piece is from an original coverage in October 2017, in German, in the magazine Africa Wirtschaft (Africa Economy). Reliable access to water is still a problem in Africa. The Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), a group of 30 international partners, is committed to providing greater security of supply and sustainable management. The focus: groundwater. Africa’s economy is growing. Technical developments,…
A new study from Eawag Aquatic Research in Switzerland reveals that many groundwater wells in the Indus Basin are showing levels of arsenic concentration as high as 200-500 µg/L, though WHO considers 10 µg /L to be the safe limit. Groundwater supplies in Pakistan are essential to over 50 million…
This is to update you on the latest and upcoming events that GRIPP are involved in. GRIPP was represented through RWSN and AGW-Net at the International Conference on Geology, Mining, Mineral and Groundwater Resources of the Sub-Saharan Africa, which was held in Livingstone, Zambia, in July 2017. UPGro and RWSN…
Groundwater is rising on the agenda of the Africa continent, as a source of water to increase water security and resilience in the continent, while also representing a potentially vulnerable resource if not developed and managed effectively. This was reflected in the agenda of the stakeholder meeting convened by the…
By Dr Elena Lopez-Gunn (ICATALIST and part of the OECD Water Governance Initiative) Facts of the OECD Water Governance Group and Initiative The OECD Water Governance Initiative (WGI) was established as a follow-up to the agreements made related to the ‘Good Governance’ theme at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille,…
Groundwater: A Common Resource – A Shared Responsibility The MARVI – ‘Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustaining Groundwater Use through Village-level Intervention’ project, funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and led by Western Sidney University, Australia, is working in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India since 2012 to strengthen…
A three-year USAID-funded project on ‘Groundwater Governance in the Arab Region: Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges’ implemented by IWMI and national partners across the Middle East-Northern Africa region investigated just that. Highlighted in a synthesis piece on the WLE Thrive Blog are five wicked problems that prevent the MENA…
7th GRIPP Partners Meeting will be held at the 44th IAH Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 28th September 2017. Register to join today!
IWMI, IGRAC, and others hosted a 4–day inception workshop for Phase 2 of the RAMOTSWA Project to support transboundary aquifer management in the SADC Region
The International Water Management Institute, in collaboration with partners from Lao PDR, Thailand and Japan have been working to assess the groundwater resources; identify existing groundwater use in agriculture; develop and test new community-managed groundwater irrigation schemes; and establish the potential for expanded use of groundwater. This, in turn, serves…
