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Information resources on groundwater in Africa

These pages provide background information on many different aspects of groundwater and hydrogeology, with particular relevance to Africa, and links to more detailed resources.


An overview of groundwater in Africa

A brief background to groundwater resources and hydrogeological environments in Africa


Supporting geological and environmental information

These pages have information on the geological and other environmental maps and graphs on the country pages: how they were developed, and links to original data sources.

- Country boundaries and land surface elevation
- Geology
- Climate
- Land cover
- Soil
- Surface water


Key hydrogeological processes

An overview of key hydrogeological processes, with particular relevance to Africa:

- Aquifer properties
- Recharge in Africa
- Groundwater quality in Africa


Overview of groundwater and hydrogeological maps of Africa

- Groundwater and hydrogeological maps of Africa
- The Africa Groundwater Atlas country hydrogeology maps


Developing groundwater resources

- Introduction to groundwater development procedures
- Borehole Drilling, including professionalising drilling
- Manual drilling
- Siting Boreholes
- Siting Boreholes:Reconnaissance
- Assessing source yield
- Assessing water quality


Groundwater management

- Groundwater management organisations
- Groundwater data
- Groundwater monitoring
- Groundwater use in Africa
- Groundwater quality


Groundwater data

Information on and links to sources of groundwater data in Africa.

- Groundwater monitoring
- Inventory of national groundwater databases in Africa


Key groundwater issues

- Groundwater quality
- Urban groundwater in Africa
- Groundwater and irrigation in Africa
- Transboundary aquifers


Case studies

- A series of case studies that illustrate different groundwater understanding and management issues across Africa.


Groundwater Research in Africa

Information on key current and past groundwater research themes and projects in Africa.


Groundwater Training and Educational Resources

Information and resources on online training courses and course material for water professionals, and educational resources to help explain groundwater issues and hydrogeology.


Groundwater Organisations in Africa

Links to some of the many professional networks and organisations offer support to those working in groundwater and hydrogeology in Africa.


UN Year of Groundwater

Solar Groundwater Pumping in Africa

Climate Change Projections

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