Currently, hundreds of millions of people in Africa depend on groundwater for their basic needs. Farmers, communities, industries and towns will increasingly rely on this resource. Sean Furey explains how it is managed and shared in the future will be central to securing people’s lives and livelihoods.
Handpumps used by rural communities do not withdraw a lot of water, and the shallow aquifers that they rely on, generally receive enough recharge
24 August 2020
From 2013 to 2020 researchers, citizens, governments, the private sector and NGOs from Africa and beyond came together in a UK-funded research programme called UPGro, which set out to Unlock the Potential...
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Unlocking Africa's groundwater potential: new insights and opportunities
Currently, hundreds of millions of people in Africa depend on groundwater for their basic needs. Farmers, communities, industries and towns will increasingly rely on this resource. Sean Furey explains how it is managed and shared in the future will be central to securing people’s lives and livelihoods.
Handpumps used by rural communities do not withdraw a lot of water, and the shallow aquifers that they rely on, generally receive enough recharge
From 2013 to 2020 researchers, citizens, governments, the private sector and NGOs from Africa and beyond came together in a UK-funded research programme called UPGro, which set out to Unlock the Potential...
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