4 March 2020 | SADC-GMIBotswana Launches Integrated Groundwater Resources Data Management System Project to Improve Data Sharing More than 50 key stakeholders from the government representatives, NGOs and private organizations attend the launch of the project Sharing of groundwater data between the Botswana Department of Water and Sanitation and other key stakeholders such as decision…
11 December 2019 | SADC-GMIBorehole Sustainable Yield Test For Water Supply Training 2020 CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 24 JANUARY 2020 Anyone who owns a borehole is interested in knowing the maximum discharge rate at which they can abstract/pump groundwater in such a way that they can be assured of continuously getting…
14 October 2019 | SADC-GMIConjunctive Water Management for Food Security and Resilience The SADC Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are implementing a 3 year USAID funded project aimed at strengthening cooperation on the conjunctive management of surface…
8 October 2019 | SADC-GMISolar Powered Groundwater Monitoring Project in Eswatini Water is still a challenge in certain parts of the Kingdom of Eswatini. Approximately 400 000 people in Eswatini are still without clean and safe drinking water, children are being deprived good education due to lack of access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.…
6 October 2019 | SADC-GMI2nd SADC Groundwater Conference Key Messages and Recommendations More than 120 delegates from across the SADC region and beyond gathered at the 2nd SADC Groundwater Conference which was held at the Southern Sun hotel, OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, 04 – 06 September 2019, under the theme “Groundwater’s Contribution to the…
6 October 2019 | SADC-GMIInternational Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers: 21 October > 22 December 2019 The governance and protection of fresh water is one of the biggest challenges facing the planet over the next decade. With the steady increase of the world’s population, urbanization and environmental degradation, the competing demands of…
11 September 2019 | SADC-GMISADC-GMI signs a Memorandum of Understandingwith the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Forming strategic partnerships is a corner stone for both SADC-GMI and IWMI. Both Institutes strongly believe in collaboration in order to fulfil their bold mandates and deliver to their stakeholders. On 10 September 2019 both SADC-GMI and IWMI,in support of their future…
6 September 2019 | SADC-GMI2nd SADC Groundwater Conference with Focus on Achievement of SDGs in SADC Region Groundwater to increase food security? Groundwater to lessen the devastation of natural disasters? Groundwater in times of drought and flood? Groundwater to ensure electricity in Southern Africa? These were just some of the questions on the agenda as…
5 September 2019 | SADC-GMIThe Well – September 2019 Newsletter Read or Download the official SADC-GMI Newsletter, The Well, for September 2019. Click here for all the previous editions of the SADC-GMI Newsletters, as well as additional papers and publications.
5 September 2019 | SADC-GMI2nd Groundwater Conference Kicks Off in Johannesburg with Focus on the Achievement of SADC SDGs Groundwater to increase food security? Groundwater to lessen the devastation of natural disasters? Groundwater in times of drought and flood? Groundwater to ensure electricity in Southern Africa? These were just some of the questions on the…