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| [[Africa Groundwater Atlas Home | Africa Groundwater Atlas]] >> [[Additional resources | Additional resources]] >> Groundwater Management
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| Sustainable management of groundwater resources is critical to ensuring the long-term supply of good quality groundwater supplies.
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| There are many papers and reports on various aspects of groundwater management, both in Africa and more generally. Some of them are referenced below, but there are many more.
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| The [http://upgro.org/ UPGro] programme, funded in the UK by DFID and NERC, is funding research that combining a social and natural science approach in order to better support sustainable use of groundwater for the benefit of the poor in Africa.
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| The following organisations are among those who produce information on managing water resources, including groundwater. Some examples of their reports and videos with information on groundwater management are shown below; others can be found on their websites.
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| The [http://www.groundwatergovernance.org '''Groundwater Governance Programme''']
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| '''[http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/ RWSN'''] - the Rural Water Supply Network, which produces many resources that support groundwater management. For example, the following report that addresses sustainable groundwater development:
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| Furey, S G, and Danert, K. 2014. [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/resources-top/details/371 Sustainable Groundwater Development: use, protect and enhance]. RWSN Publication 2014-9, 1, Skat/SDC/UNICEF/DFID, DEW Point, RWSN, St Gallen.
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| The '''[http://www.agw-net.org/ Africa Groundwater Network'''] (AGW-Net) has produced a training manual, [http://www.agw-net.org/literature.htm The Integration of Groundwater Management into Transboundary Basin Organizations in Africa], in both English and French. The manual is designed to support the international river basin organisations in Africa to manage their transboundary groundwater issues. AGW-Net carries out a range of other activities relating to its key aims of increasing awareness of the potential and value of groundwater across Africa, and contributing to capacity building in the groundwater sector in Africa. [http://www.agw-net.org/home.htm AGW-Net] promotes communication within the African groundwater community, with active participation from across the continent.
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| '''[http://www.wateraid.org/uk WaterAid'''] produces information on managing water resources, including groundwater. This recent [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9BB0XdRxEA video] gives an example of managing groundwater resources to reduce the vulnerability of communities to water stress. Other WaterAid publications can be found on its [http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications website].
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| '''[https://iah.org/ International Association of Hydrogeologists]''' (IAH), works to raise awareness of groundwater issues, and works with national and international agencies to promote the use of groundwater. IAH publishes academic research through the [http://link.springer.com/journal/10040 Hydrogeology Journal] and the [https://iah.org/iah-book-series IAH Book Series].
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| ===Other references===
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| * Tuinhof, A, Foster, S, van Steenbergen, F, Talbi, A, and Wishart, M. 2011. [http://www.un-igrac.org/dynamics/modules/SFIL0100/view.php?fil_Id=205 Appropriate Groundwater Management Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa in face of demographic pressure and climatic variability]. Strategic Overview Series, No. 5, GW-MATE/World Bank/GWP/Water Partnership Program.
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| [[Category: Overview of Groundwater in Africa]]
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