OR/17/056 Foreword
| Lapworth, D J, Stuart, M E, Pedley, S, Nkhuwa, D C W, and Tijani, M N. 2017. A review of urban groundwater use and water quality challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/17/056. |
This report is the published product of a study ‘Mapping groundwater quality degradation beneath growing rural towns in Sub-Saharan Africa’ (NERC grant number NE/002078/1) led by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in collaboration with the University of Surrey, University of Zambia and University of Ibadan. It is an output from Work Package 1 of the project, to review groundwater quality studies in urban and peri-urban sub-Saharan Africa. A related article has recently been published by Lapworth et al. (2017)[1] in the Hydrogeology Journal. This study was funded through a Catalyst Grant awarded under the NERC programme ‘Unlocking the Potential for Groundwater for the Poor-Sub-Saharan Africa (UPGro)’. The work is jointly funded by UK's Department for International Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK Government’s official policies.
References
- ↑ LAPWORTH, D J, NKHUWA, D C W, OKOTTO-OKOTTO, J, PEDLEY, S, STUART, M E, TIJANI, M N, and WRIGHT, J. 2017. Urban groundwater quality in sub-Saharan Africa: current status and implications for water security and public health. Hydrogeology Journal, 25(4), 1093–1116.