SADC-GMI’s core mandate is to promote sustainable groundwater management and provide solutions to groundwater challenges across the SADC region for improved livelihoods and socio-economic development.
Going Beyond Talk: Creating the Next Generation of Female Hydrogeologists Going Beyond Talk: Creating the Next Generation of Female Hydrogeologists Article by BASEFlow From left to right – Florence Bianca Chirwa, Gloria Maliani, and Gloria Musopole are the student interns that were part of the Revitalization of the Groundwater Monitoring network in the Shire River…
Sub-grant Projects Component 3 of the Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States project Phase 2 speaks to Building Resilient Livelihoods and Inclusive Groundwater Management. Under this component, SADC-GMI awarded small grants to Member States to implement pilot projects that can be scaled up in the future. To date, the following Member States have submitted…
The Development of Groundwater Monitoring Systems in Strategic Aquifers in Southern Africa Challenges to sustainable management and utilization of aquifers emanate from a limited understanding of the aquifers due to limited or inadequate groundwater monitoring data within the Member States. To increase understanding of the aquifers, and their sustainability and promote their effective management and…
Establishment of the National Focal Groups (NFGs) in Member States During the implementation of phase 1 of the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) in SADC Member States Project, 5 National Focal Groups were established in the following countries: Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. The primary objective of the National Focal Groups is to serve as…
The Development of the Limpopo Groundwater Strategy The Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM) Groundwater Committee resolved that a groundwater strategy for the basin is required to promote the recognition of the strategic value, equitable access, and sustainable use of groundwater. As a result, SADC-GMI in collaboration with the Limpopo River basin riparian Member States (Botswana, Mozambique,…
Grey Literature Archive Project 2nd Phase In 2020, the SADC-GMI Groundwater Management Institute initiated a project to update the SADC Groundwater Literature Archive to make it a fully functional online archive of groundwater literature for the SADC region. Following the initial update, the platform consisted of 4530 records available to users. As part of the…
Groundwater Information Portal Enhancement The SADC-Groundwater Information Portal enhancement project is aimed at augmenting the SADC Groundwater Information Portal that was first revived in 2019/2020 with more features, for example incorporating time series data, ability to generate graphs, maps and where data is missing, applying big data analytics and machine learning to generate useful information…