Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries

Traditionally, the spread and extent of human settlement beyond the major riparian zones of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and across many other arid regions of the world, has been determined by availability of groundwater supplies, accessed through hand-dug wells andsprings. In more recent times, groundw...

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Autores principales: Pavelic, Paul, Giordano, Mark, Keraita, Bernard N., Ramesh, Vidya, Rao, T.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36540
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author Pavelic, Paul
Giordano, Mark
Keraita, Bernard N.
Ramesh, Vidya
Rao, T.
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Ramesh, Vidya
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description Traditionally, the spread and extent of human settlement beyond the major riparian zones of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and across many other arid regions of the world, has been determined by availability of groundwater supplies, accessed through hand-dug wells andsprings. In more recent times, groundwater is the preferred means of supplying water to meet the growing demand of the rural, dispersed communities and the small urban towns across SSA. It is estimated that about 100 million of the rural population throughout SSA areserviced by groundwater for domestic supplies and livestock rearing (Adelana and MacDonald, 2008), with most of the villages and small towns having access to groundwater supplies (Masiyandima and Giordano, 2007).
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spelling CGSpace365402025-11-07T08:22:15Z Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries Pavelic, Paul Giordano, Mark Keraita, Bernard N. Ramesh, Vidya Rao, T. groundwater development groundwater potential groundwater recharge aquifers groundwater irrigation irrigated farming groundwater policy groundwater extraction water availability water storage water quality water use domestic consumption livestock case studies wells boreholes pumps costs drainage socioeconomic environment hydrogeology legal aspects water rights Traditionally, the spread and extent of human settlement beyond the major riparian zones of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and across many other arid regions of the world, has been determined by availability of groundwater supplies, accessed through hand-dug wells andsprings. In more recent times, groundwater is the preferred means of supplying water to meet the growing demand of the rural, dispersed communities and the small urban towns across SSA. It is estimated that about 100 million of the rural population throughout SSA areserviced by groundwater for domestic supplies and livestock rearing (Adelana and MacDonald, 2008), with most of the villages and small towns having access to groundwater supplies (Masiyandima and Giordano, 2007). 2012 2014-06-12T13:48:59Z 2014-06-12T13:48:59Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36540 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Pavelic, Paul; Giordano, Mark; Keraita, Bernard; Ramesh, Vidya; Rao, T. 2012. Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 274p. doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.213
spellingShingle groundwater development
groundwater potential
groundwater recharge
aquifers
groundwater irrigation
irrigated farming
groundwater policy
groundwater extraction
water availability
water storage
water quality
water use
domestic consumption
livestock
case studies
wells
boreholes
pumps
costs
drainage
socioeconomic environment
hydrogeology
legal aspects
water rights
Pavelic, Paul
Giordano, Mark
Keraita, Bernard N.
Ramesh, Vidya
Rao, T.
Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
title Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
title_full Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
title_fullStr Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
title_full_unstemmed Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
title_short Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
title_sort groundwater availability and use in sub saharan africa a review of 15 countries
topic groundwater development
groundwater potential
groundwater recharge
aquifers
groundwater irrigation
irrigated farming
groundwater policy
groundwater extraction
water availability
water storage
water quality
water use
domestic consumption
livestock
case studies
wells
boreholes
pumps
costs
drainage
socioeconomic environment
hydrogeology
legal aspects
water rights
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