Social Aspects of Groundwater Use and Management in the Wa West District
Francis Issahaku Malongza Bukari,
Dominic Degraft Authur,
Pealore Zachary
Abstract:Despite the relevance of groundwater to the rural safe drinking water needs, inadequate description of its distinctive social aspects in the policy documents and empirical literature makes it difficult to assess its specific contribution towards the achievement of policy targets. This paper used a mixed research design to assess the social characterisation of groundwater in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Findings indicated that boreholes and dug wells constituted the major forms of wat… Show more
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