Thanks Laurie Goering for your insightful article on the importance of #groundwater and information gaps news.trust.org/item/202010191… ! This creative film about unlocking Africa's groundwater potential may interest you too: youtube.com/watch?v=hLJxw6…

Seeking panelists (English & French speakers) for the #RWSN #webinar on Water Well #Drilling Associations on the 24th November. If you have experience, either as a member, running an association, or working with one, please let me know ASAP. Thanks! rwsn.blog/2020/06/04/the…

About 150 million urban inhabitants (~32% of the total urban population) in continental #Africa are likely to use #groundwater obtained via self-supply. youtube.com/watch?v=61xcz2…… This shows need for investment in public awareness-raising, groundwater data AND training drillers.

1/ Very important to keep in mind that we've essentially reached #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 testing capacity in #Switzerland. Tests have plateaued but positivity is still >20%. This makes it *very difficult* to read anything into the case numbers. I would urge caution with all analyses.

A wee exhibition in an old telephone box in St. Gallen, Switzerland with Rahel Flückiger - raising awareness on the human right to water - accompanied by reflections on the responsibilities of a young women carrying water in Aweil, South Sudan in 2014. ask-for-water.ch/?p=293

Older Lives Matter - OLMa in St Gallen. Abstand, Hygiene, Verzicht und Masken - AHV&M. Ein kleiner Beitrag. Weniger Leiden und Weniger Tod in Kanton und Stadt St. Gallen bitte. Tagblatt.ch St.Gallen Schweiz

Some inspiration for dealing with the climate emergency - practical actions including those of the Walker Institute on rainwater and #groundwater UPGro Programme

2012: Africa groundwater storage maped, storage 100x surface water flow, z question at the time was is it renewable? Ten years latter.... 2021: Af Groundwater recharge/renewability mapped! Resilient and vulnerable regions to CC determined. With recommendations!

In a new paper, Kerstin Danert and I argue that households are a key actor in the provision of drinking water supplies in towns and cities across Sub-Saharan Africa, but that they are largely overlooked by officially reported data. #UKRIFLF #selfsupply doi.org/10.3390/w13040…

Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit is now also available in French ! rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/d… and rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/d… UNICEF Water RWSN IAHgroundwater

Now to the placings Our 3rd prize goes to Chloe Brimicombe of UoR - Geography and Environmental Science and Walker Institute for their four-part entry “Climate change is happening” This series of images aims to challenge the "othering" of climate-linked hazards by depicting everyday objects and places in the home

Congratulations Chloe Brimicombe of Walker Institute for your engaging climate change is happening images. These pictures are so clever. Keep up your amazing work!

For anyone familiar or not with the The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award award scheme founded by the late Duke of Edinburgh, let me share my memory with you. In my own case it was transformative. Thank you! dofe.org/memories/stori…

A tribute to the medical profession in this pandemic - Joanna is a close family friend. Thank you for appreciating the medics. youtube.com/watch?v=EyerPe…

Just launched a survey on Groundwater Pumps as part of the "Stop the Rot" study on handpump corrosion and hardware quality. Also want to learn about experiences of solar and other motorised pumps. Please take the survey and share widely. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#Stoptherot Handpumps have revolutionised access to safe, reliable water supplies in low-income countries, particularly in rural areas but challenges with rapid corrosion and quality remain. Action is needed. Learn more in my blog for PLOS: latitude.plos.org/2022/03/stop-t… #WWD2022

Happy #WorldWaterDay! ⁦Kerstin Danert⁩ breaks down (pun intended) the evidence on boreholes in sub-Saharan Africa, where half of households rely on groundwater point sources. latitude.plos.org/2022/03/stop-t…

Thank you UN-Water !

Free online course on Groundwater Resources Management - Application closes on 11th April. If you want to learn about this topic, please apply via: cap-net.org/grm/

Applications are being now taken for the 2022 online course on professional drilling management hosted by Cap-Net UNDP 2022. cap-net.org/pdm/