Overcoming constraints to the implementation of water demand management in southern Africa

Mwendera, E.J.; Hazelton, D; Nkhuwa, D.C.W.; Robinson, Peter; Tjijenda, K; Chavula, Geoffrey

doi:10.1016/j.pce.2003.08.002

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“…This lack of capacity is therefore the greatest barrier to efficient groundwater data management. This is consistent with the findings from Mwendera et al [20] within the WDM framework; but unlike that study, which highlights a lack of commitment to implement WDM guidelines, participants, certain Water Trust managers in particular, were found to have a strong desire to be trained and improve. This was also the case in a study by Gumbo et al [19], who found that demand for WDM training in Southern Africa was high, including among experienced water professionals.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…With high unaccounted-for water in many cities of Southern Africa, including Lusaka [18,19], WDM would highly benefit the poorest parts of the population [17]. Capacity building at all levels has been identified as a crucial need in WDM: it is essential that professionals are trained and enabled to transfer their know-how to end-users, and that WDM is conducted mainly at a local level [20,21].…”

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Groundwater Data Management by Water Service Providers in Peri-Urban Areas of Lusaka

Nussbaumer

Sutton

Parker

2016

Water

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Abstract:Groundwater management by water service providers in Lusaka, Zambia, includes borehole siting, drilling and on-going monitoring. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) and devolved Water Trust managers, in order to assess their needs and collect their suggestions to improve data management. The research found that both the Water Trusts and LWSC lacked the capacity to fully utilize hydrogeological information. Prior to the research, none of the ten Water Trusts collected water level data. Four have started to collect data recently and another four have plans to, and they would like to share this data more widely.

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Section: Lack Of Training and Capacitysupporting

confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

Groundwater Data Management by Water Service Providers in Peri-Urban Areas of Lusaka

Nussbaumer

Sutton

Parker

2016

Water

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“…Two principal factors that affect nitrate occurrence are firstly the prevailing redox conditions in groundwater, and secondly the residence time and vulnerability of the groundwater body. There are several examples of low nitrate groundwater (Table 3) which show evidence of faecal contamination (Gélinas et al 1996;Mwendera et al 2003;Nkhuwa 2003). This suggests the potential for denitrification in shallow groundwater.…”

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Urban groundwater quality in sub-Saharan Africa: current status and implications for water security and public health

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Groundwater resources are important sources of drinking water in Africa, and they are hugely important in sustaining urban livelihoods and supporting a diverse range of commercial and agricultural activities. Groundwater has an important role in improving health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An estimated 250 million people (40% of the total) live in urban centres across SSA. SSA has experienced a rapid expansion in urban populations since the 1950s, with increased population densities as well as expanding geographical coverage. Estimates suggest that the urban population in SSA will double between 2000 and 2030. The quality status of shallow urban groundwater resources is often very poor due to inadequate waste management and source protection, and poses a significant health risk to users, while deeper borehole sources often provide an important source of good quality drinking water. Given the growth in future demand from this finite resource, as well as potential changes in future climate in this region, a detailed understanding of both water quantity and quality is required to use this resource sustainably. This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the water quality status, both microbial and chemical, of urban groundwater in SSA across a range of hydrogeological terrains and different groundwater point types. Lower storage basement terrains, which underlie a significant proportion of urban centres in SSA, are particularly vulnerable to contamination. The relationship between mean nitrate concentration and intrinsic aquifer pollution risk is assessed for urban centres across SSA. Current knowledge gaps are identified and future research needs highlighted.

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“…The challenge in South African water management is to create an enabling environment first and foremost. This challenge is exceptionally difficult, however, as improved water provision and services have to be provided in an environment of poverty set within a weak/fragile institutional domain where there are limitations in centralised and hierarchical stakeholder participation, inadequate human resources and capacity, and where water pollution and water supply problems are increasing [19,20].…”

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Water sensitive cities in South Africa: developing a Community of Practice

Carden

Ellis

Armitage

2016

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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South Africa is a rapidly-urbanising developing country with complex water management challenges, both in terms of significant resource shortages as well as access to water-based services, with associated negative impacts on surface and groundwater quality. Alternative approaches to conventional water management which aim to facilitate a change from 'water-wasteful' to 'water-sensitive' environments are required if serious economic and socio-political threats are to be averted. As a first step towards advancing this vision for South African cities, a Water Sensitive Design (WSD) Community of Practice programme was established in 2014, with the aim of highlighting the critical linkages between the various aspects of this new paradigm through engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. The main focus areas have been the establishment of a project register to aid in the broad consolidation of WSD practices throughout the country, the development of an information transfer system, awareness-raising and training activities (using the recently-published implementation framework and guidelines for the adoption of WSD in South Africa, and including the development and monitoring of appropriate Learning Alliances and other information-exchange platforms), and scoping studies to identify the main drivers and barriers associated with implementing WSD into the planning and implementing environment at local and national government level. Initial findings indicate that the Community of Practice programme has the potential to generate a new understanding about innovative practices and reflexive learning within WSD in South Africa, and to develop knowledge connected to policy development and change to influence planning and design towards water sensitive cities.

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Overcoming constraints to the implementation of water demand management in southern Africa

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Groundwater Data Management by Water Service Providers in Peri-Urban Areas of Lusaka

Groundwater Data Management by Water Service Providers in Peri-Urban Areas of Lusaka

Urban groundwater quality in sub-Saharan Africa: current status and implications for water security and public health

Water sensitive cities in South Africa: developing a Community of Practice

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