Resumé
This report is the final report and details the progress towards implementation of the Southern African Development Community Groundwater Drought Vulnerability Mapping (SADC- GWDVM) component.
The important role of groundwater in drought protection and management has been increasingly recognized in the SADC as part of larger scale initiatives to collaborate on water management across the region, particularly manifested in the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management (RSAP-IWRM) from 1998 and housed within the SADC Water Division.
However, proper drought protection and management and climate change adaptation in the region is hampered by lack of coordinated data and tools to support best practices and to facilitate better integration of groundwater, as an overriding and strategic resource, into planning and management of water resources in the region. The present project aims to contribute to the development of such shared and integrated tools.
As part of the larger strategy of RSAP-IWRM, a dedicated programme on groundwater was developed, entitled Groundwater Management Programme in SADC, encompassing various components. To support the data and knowledge base on groundwater, one component focussed on the compilation of a regional hydrogeological map and atlas (HGMA) for the SADC (European Union and GTZ, 2009a, b). The present sub-component, entitled Regional Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping under the project Groundwater and Drought Management in SADC, which is also a priority project under the Groundwater Management Programme initiated in 2005, further develops the regional groundwater mapping tools by drawing up drought vulnerability maps related to the groundwater resources and their use in the region.
SADC awarded the component to a consortium consisting of GEUS, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Denmark); GRAS (Denmark); DMI, Danish Meteorological Institute (Denmark); and CSIR, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa). GEUS is the lead consultant. The SADC Project Steering Committee members are thanked for the active participation in the project. The SADC Water Division, Infrastructure and Services Directorate representative, Mr. Phera Ramoeli, and the Project Manager, Mr. Philip Beetlestone, are acknowledged for their input to the consultancy. Finally, we are grateful to the World Bank and GEF for their financial support to the project.
The important role of groundwater in drought protection and management has been increasingly recognized in the SADC as part of larger scale initiatives to collaborate on water management across the region, particularly manifested in the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management (RSAP-IWRM) from 1998 and housed within the SADC Water Division.
However, proper drought protection and management and climate change adaptation in the region is hampered by lack of coordinated data and tools to support best practices and to facilitate better integration of groundwater, as an overriding and strategic resource, into planning and management of water resources in the region. The present project aims to contribute to the development of such shared and integrated tools.
As part of the larger strategy of RSAP-IWRM, a dedicated programme on groundwater was developed, entitled Groundwater Management Programme in SADC, encompassing various components. To support the data and knowledge base on groundwater, one component focussed on the compilation of a regional hydrogeological map and atlas (HGMA) for the SADC (European Union and GTZ, 2009a, b). The present sub-component, entitled Regional Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping under the project Groundwater and Drought Management in SADC, which is also a priority project under the Groundwater Management Programme initiated in 2005, further develops the regional groundwater mapping tools by drawing up drought vulnerability maps related to the groundwater resources and their use in the region.
SADC awarded the component to a consortium consisting of GEUS, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Denmark); GRAS (Denmark); DMI, Danish Meteorological Institute (Denmark); and CSIR, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa). GEUS is the lead consultant. The SADC Project Steering Committee members are thanked for the active participation in the project. The SADC Water Division, Infrastructure and Services Directorate representative, Mr. Phera Ramoeli, and the Project Manager, Mr. Philip Beetlestone, are acknowledged for their input to the consultancy. Finally, we are grateful to the World Bank and GEF for their financial support to the project.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Forlag | GEUS |
| Antal sider | 127 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2011 |
Programområde
- Programområde 2: Vandressourcer