Accidental infrastructure for groundwater monitoring in Africa

Predicting Groundwater Depth Using Handpump Accelerometry Data

Safe and reliable access to groundwater is a necessity for people in rural Africa. Many rely on handpumps, for which there is often no system of maintenance in place, leading to around one third being out of use at any given time. Many places are experiencing increased demand for groundwater, leading to the need for a system to monitor groundwater levels. This paper presents a novel approach to...

Foreword to special section: groundwater in Africa.

The vast continent of Africa is a land of contrasts—from the sophisticated urban and industrial centers of Cape Town and Johannesburg to the rural bushlands and mountains of Zimbabwe and Kenya. As in the rest of the world, groundwater resources in Africa are critical to human livelihood, agricultural and industrial development, and maintenance of aquatic ecosystems. Widely available scientific ...

Implementation of a Sustainable Groundwater Quality Monitoring Program in Rural Benin, West Africa

ارزیابی عدم قطعیت در تغییرپذیری زمانی و مکانی تراز آب زیرزمینی با آنالیز توأم آنتروپی و زمین‌آمار

To continue or develop the exploitation of underground water for different different uses and purposes, as well as building any water structure, set of quantitative features of aquifers can be detected. To achieve this goal, quantitative monitoring of groundwater level is only possible. Accordingly, this study compared the impact of both the concept of marginal entropy and ordinary kriging for ...

Evaluation of meteorological, hydrological and groundwater resources indicators for drought monitoring and forecasting in a semi-arid climate

     Drought as a natural phenomenon characterized by a significant decrease of water availability during a period of time and over a large area. In recent years, droughts and its frequent in arid and semi-arid regions like Iran on the one hand, and water demand has been rising on the other hand and, as a result, their impacts are being aggravated. Therefore, the meteorological and hydrological...