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 drou...

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Main Authors:	Tuinhof, Albert, Foster, Stephen, van Steenbergen, Frank, Talbi, Amal, Wishart, Marcus
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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