Developing Groundwater: A Guide for Rural Water Supply

by Alan MacDonald, John Chilton, Roger Calow, Jeff Davies

Overview

"In many rural areas, groundwater is the only feasible way of providing safe, reliable water supplies. However, developing groundwater is not always straightforward. To meet the targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals, more attention needs to be paid to finding and developing groundwater in a sustainable, cost-effective and participatory manner. Developing Groundwater provides a user-friendly guide to this key topic, bringing together for the first time the wide range of techniques required to develop groundwater for community water supplies. This practical manual gives information on effective techniques for siting wells and boreholes, assessing the sustainability of sources, constructing and testing the yield of boreholes and wells, and monitoring groundwater quality. The authors set the technical aspects of rural water supply firmly in their socio-economic context, so that readers can take proper account of community concerns as well as purely engineering questions. Packed with helpful illustrations this book is indispensable for all rural water supply project staff in developing countries. Alan MacDonald, Jeff Davies and John Chilton are hydrogeologists at the British Geological Survey with more than 75 years' experience amongst them. They have worked extensively in Africa, Asia and the Pacific in partnership with government departments, NGOs, research institutes and rural communities. Much of their work has focussed on the practical issues of developing groundwater resources for rural water supply. Roger Calow is a water resource economist and policy specialist with the British Geological Survey, and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia and the Middle East on rural water supply and management projects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853395963
Publisher:	Practical Action Publishing
Publication date:	06/28/2005
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 30.00(d)

About the Author

Alan MacDonald is a hydrogeologist at the British Geological Survey. He has worked extensively in Africa, Asia and the Pacific in partnership with government departments, NGOs, research institutes and rural communities. Much of his work has focused on the practical issues of developing groundwater resources for rural water supply.

Jeff Davies is a hydrogeologist at the British Geological Survey. He has worked extensively in Africa, Asia and the Pacific in partnership with government departments, NGOs, research institutes and rural communities. Much of his work has focused on the practical issues of developing groundwater resources for rural water supply.

Roger Calow is Head of the Water Policy Programme at the UK's Overseas Development Institute (ODI), specializing in water resource governance, and was Director of the RiPPLE programme from 2009 to 2011.

Table of Contents

Introduction; PART I BACKGROUND: Groundwater; A project manager’s guide to developing groundwater
PART II TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPING GROUNDWATER: General reconnaissance; Socio-economic aspects; Siting wells or boreholes; Drilling and constructing wells and boreholes; Testing borehole and well yield performance; Rudimentary groundwater quality assessment
PART III GETTING THE MOST FROM THE PROJECT: Planning the technical aspects of a rural water supply project; Storing and using information; Ensuring sustainability: ongoing monitoring and maintenance
Bibliography; Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'...an important field reference for engineers and others interested in tapping groundwater for domestic use in developing countries.' Simon Trace, Strategic Development Director, WaterAid. '...scientifically sound, richly illustrated and practically oriented, and thus an ideal referencework for those undertaking the essential field work in this area.' Dr Stephen Foster '...I would recommend this very affordable book to any person involved in rural water supply projects, especially for people from non-geosciences disciplines, who want to understand the basic prinicples of such project or new customers who want to learn from the wide range of expert experience.' K.T. Witthueser, Department of Geology, Universityof Pretoria, South Africa."