AfriWatSan

African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW)’s Webinar on The role of groundwater in advancing Africa’s socio-economic development – 20th May 2021

• Prof. Cheikh Becaye Gaye (UCAD co-PI): How much do we know of African Groundwater Resources?

AfriWatSan Team at the 20th AfWA International Congress & Exhibition – 24 – 27 February 2020, Kampala, Uganda

• Taylor (PI, UCL) et al., Resilience of urban groundwater to contamination: evidence from allied observatories in Uganda, Senegal and Kenya
• Kanoti  (UoN PhD Student) et al., Extreme heterogeneity in the volcano-sedimentary aquifer system of Kisumu: challenges for groundwater development and management
• Nayebare (MUK PhD Student) et al., Observed controls on urban groundwater quality in a humid tropical environment
• Diaw, Mor T. (UCAD PhD Student), The relationship between on-site sanitation density and shallow groundwater quality: evidence from remote sensing and in situ observations in Dakar, Senegal
• Pouye, Abdoulaye (UCAD PhD Student) et al., Characterizing the hydraulic properties of quaternary sands attenuating faecal effluent in the Thiaroye Aquifer of  Dakar using pedo-transfer functions (Poster Presentation)

AfriWatSan Team at the 45th IAH Congress – IAH 2018, Daejeon, Korea – 9th to 15th September 2018

•  Dr. Simeon Dulo (UoN co-I): Groundwater supply and sanitation challenges in developing countries: Case studies from Kenya

3rd International Conference on Integrated Environmental Management for Sustainable Development (ICIEM 2018), 02-05 May, 2018

• Seynabou Cisse Faye (UCAD co-I): Rising groundwater levels and pollution in the Thiaroye aquifer of Dakar, Senegal: Historical background and current management initiatives

AfriWatSan 3^rd Annual Workshop, 10-14 July 2017

• Robinah Kulabako (MUK co-I): Investigation of occurrence of Salmonella typhi and Vibrio cholerae in spring water as potential risk factors for Typhoid and Cholera outbreaks in Lubigi catchment, Kampala-Uganda
• Ed Fottrell (UCL co-I): Revisiting Broad Street: health-focussed research priorities for urban WaSH in the 21st century
• James Sorensen (UCL PhD student): Real-time detection of faecally contaminated drinking water
• Seydou Niang (UCAD co-I): Sanitation systems adapted to flooded areas: wastewater treatment using wetlands and the earth auger toilet in Rufisque and Medina Gounas
• Luiza Campos (UCL co-I): Container-Based Sanitation: a sanitation solution for high water-table areas?
• Simeon Dulo (UoN co-I): Changing well demographics in Nairobi and Kisumu: a barometer for GW development
• Mamadou Leye (UCAD, PhD student): Health component: study of the population behavior in connection to hygiene and sanitation in Senegal and the willingness to pay for these services in peri-urban areas.
• Kellen J. Karimi (UoN MSc student): Antibiotic contamination of groundwater sources in Kisumu, Kenya: An emerging health threat?
• Asha Sitati (UCL MSc student): Projected impact of climate change on rainfall in Kisumu: evidence from CMIP5.
• Jacintha Nayebare (MUK PhD student): Loading and mobility of faecal and chemical contaminants in shallow groundwater systems in Lukaya Town Council, Kalungu district, central Uganda
• Abdoulaye Pouye (UCAD PhD student): The mechanisms of water and solute transport in the unsaturated zone of the Thiaroye aquifer
• Japhet Kanoti (UoN PhD student): The Geometry, Hydrogeochemistry and Vulnerability of Kisumu Aquifer to Contamination
• Mor T. Diaw (UCAD PhD student): Assessing of the impact of on-site sanitation on man-induced recharge and groundwater quality in the Thiaroye aquifer of Dakar, Senegal
• Daniel Olago (UoN co-PI): AfriWatSan-Kenya: Highlights of Preliminary Findings
• Michael Owor (MUK co-PI): AfriWatSan – Uganda: Highlights of Preliminary Findings
• Cheikh B. Gaye (UCAD co-PI): AfriWatSan Senegal -Highlights of Preliminary Findings
• Susan Kanga (WSUP): Water and Sanitation for Urban Poor in Kisumu
• Richard Taylor (UCL PI): AfriWatSan: sustaining low-cost, urban water supply and sanitation systems in Africa

UCL-ISR Water SDGs and Future Water Management, 8-9 November 2016

• Richard Taylor (UCL PI): Global Water Scarcity, Food & Storage: a critical review

G-WADI Global Conference “G-WADI more than a decade enhancing water and sustainable development for arid regions” 25-27 October 2016, Beijing, China.

• Cheikh Becaye Gaye (UCAD co-PI & DGR, Senegal): Challenges for the sustainable management of urban water supply and sanitation systems – Case of the Thiaroye aquifer

43rd IAH CONGRESS Montpellier, France 25-30 September 2016

• S. Cissé Faye; C.B. Gaye, R. Taylor, M. Diédhiou, M.T. Diaw, S. Faye, O.C. Diouf: Identification of groundwater natural recharge areas in the productive Thiaroye urban aquifer (Dakar, Senegal)
• Jacintha G. Nayebare, Michael Owor, Robinah Kulabako, John Ssempebwa, Richard Taylor: Loading and mobility of faecal contaminants in shallow groundwater systems in Lukaya Town Council, Kalungu District, Central Uganda: sustaining urban water supplies
• Taylor, R., Gaye, C.B., Olago, D. and Owor, M.: Dependence of low-cost urban water and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa on conjunctive use of groundwater and shallow subsurface: a town/city/mega-city inter-comparison
• Japhet Kanoti, Daniel Olago, Nobert Opiyo-Akech, Christoper Nyamai: Analysis of groundwater hydrodynamics and hydrostratigraphy of the Kisumu aquifer, Kenya: sustaining urban water supplies
• Japhet Kanoti, Daniel Olago, Nobert Opiyo-Akech, Christoper Nyamai: An overview of groundwater and sanitation challenges in Kisumu City, Kenya
• Simeon Dulo and Linus Nato: Challenges to sustainable management of urban groundwater in Nairobi County, Kenya

African Water Week 2016 – Dar es Salam 19th July 2016

• Cheikh Becaye Gaye (UCAD co-PI, DGR Senegal): The role of science and policy in achieving SDG targets on water quality and wastewater in Africa