Appropriate Groundwater Management Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa : In Face of Demographic Pressure and Climatic Variability

This paper provides an overview of major groundwater issues for Sub-Saharan Africa, with an assessment of their policy implications in terms of potential development and appropriate management. In terms of construction time, capital outlay and drought resilience, groundwater is the preferred source to meet most water-supply demands, despite hydro geological complexity, natural constraints on water well yields and quality, and institutional weaknesses. The 'new developmental agenda' relates to improving urban water-supply security and expanding irrigated agriculture to meet these challenges many countries need to undertake strategic assessment of their groundwater and prioritize investment on institutional strengthening so as to facilitate appropriately-managed groundwater development. Without effective use of available groundwater resources, improved livelihoods and climate-change adaptation will prove much more difficult to achieve.

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Main Authors:	Tuinhof, Albert, Foster, Stephen, van Steenbergen, Frank, Talbi, Amal, Wishart, Marcus
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ADEQUATE WATER, AERATION, AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL WATER, AGRICULTURE USING GROUNDWATER, ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUIFER, AQUIFER MANAGEMENT, AQUIFER RECHARGE, AQUIFERS, ARID REGIONS, ARSENIC, ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE, AVAILABILITY OF WATER, BASINS, BEDROCK LITHOLOGY, BEDROCK TYPE, BILATERAL DONORS, BOREHOLES, CALCIUM, CAPACITY BUILDING, CATCHMENT, CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION, CITY COUNCIL, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, COAGULATION, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY WATER, COMPACTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, COOLING, COOLING WATER, CROP IRRIGATION, CROP PRODUCTION, DAM CONSTRUCTION, DEEP WELLS, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DEWATERING, DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, DOMESTIC USE, DOMESTIC WATER, DRAINAGE, DRILLING RIG, DRILLING RIGS, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, EFFLUENT DISCHARGE, EFFLUENT DISPOSAL, ENGINEERING, FE, FLOODING, FLOW REGIMES, FLUORIDE, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, GARDEN WATERING, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION, GROUNDWATER BODIES, GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT, GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION, GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION, GROUNDWATER ISSUES, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, GROUNDWATER PUMPING, GROUNDWATER QUALITY, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, GROUNDWATER STORAGE, GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES, GROUNDWATER USE, GROUNDWATER USERS, GROUNDWATER · MANAGEMENT, HANDPUMPS, HIGH LEVELS, HYDROGEOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL USE, INDUSTRIAL USERS, INFILTRATION, INFILTRATION PONDS, INTENSIVE GROUNDWATER USE, ION EXCHANGE, IRON, IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION WATER, LAKES, LAND SURFACE, LARGE RESERVOIRS, LAUNDRY, LEAKAGE, LIVESTOCK WATERING, MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER, MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, MANGANESE, MARSHES, METALS, MINERALS, MINING, MONITORING PROCEDURES, MOTORIZED PUMPS, MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, MUNICIPAL UTILITY, MUNICIPAL WATER, MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICES, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES, NATURAL RECHARGE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS, OPERATORS, OXIDATION, PIPED WATER, PIT LATRINES, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER, POPULATION DENSITY, POROSITY, POTABLE WATER, PRECIPITATION, PRESSURE, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUMPING, PUMPING PLANT, PUMPS, PVC, QUALITY STANDARDS, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINWATER, RAINWATER COLLECTION, RAINWATER HARVESTING, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REVERSE OSMOSIS, RIVER BASIN, RIVER INTAKES, RIVERS, RUNOFF, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL WATER, SALINE INTRUSION, SAND BED, SAND DAMS, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SCREENS, SEDIMENTARY BASINS, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, SEDIMENTATION, SEEPAGE, SEPTIC TANKS, SERVICE PROVISION, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE SYSTEMS, SHALLOW WELLS, SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION, SOIL EROSION, SOILS, SPRINGS, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, STANDPOSTS, STORAGE CAPACITY, STREAMFLOW, SURFACE WATER, SWAMPS, URBAN ENVIRONMENT, URBAN SANITATION, URBAN WATER, WASTE, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER DISCHARGE, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DEMAND, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, WATER MAINS, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICES, WATER SHORTAGE, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TABLE, WATER TRANSFER, WATER TRANSMISSION, WATER TREATMENT, WATER UTILITIES, WATER VENDORS, WATER WELLS, WELL YIELD, WELL YIELDS, WELLHEAD PROTECTION, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/963871468202164562/Appropriate-groundwater-management-policy-for-Sub-Saharan-Africa-in-face-of-demographic-pressure-and-climatic-variability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27363
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