Delineating river network quinary catchments for South Africa and allocating associated daily hydrological information
Nested hierarchical catchments are employed in a wide range of applications (e.g. water resource management, conservation planning, environmental impact or flow assessments, climate change or ...
Unifying weather and climate variability predictions – an operational seamless forecasting system for Southern Africa at time scales from days to seasons
This project was aimed at developing the seamless forecasting system, for predicting weather and climate at multiple time scales. In this regard, the defensible and actionable multi-decadal regional ...
Modular Wastewater Treatment Plants
WPM designs, manufactures and installs a wide range of industrial and institutional water treatment solutions in the medium to large range (1m3/hr to 100m3/hr). We have worked in Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Handbook on adaptive management strategies and options for the water sector in South Africa under climate change
South Africa is characterised by a highly variable climate added to an already stressed water situation and an imperfect governance system. It became clear that projected amplification of the effects ...
Mobile Water Management
Mobile Water Management (MWM) is the only monitoring method registering water levels, groundwater levels, gate openings and water quality tests by simply taking a picture with a mobile device. ...
IBM Internet of Things platform
The Internet of Things offers new solutions for improving water management, to maximize efficient use of this precious resource. Comprehensive water management strategies can reduce water costs by up ...
Improving Productivity and Environmental Performance of Aquaculture
Fish—including finfish and shellfish—are an important item in the human food basket, contributing 17 per cent of the global animal-based protein supply in 2010. They are an especially valuable food ...
Protecting Fish Habitat
Preserving fish habitat is often just a matter of proper planning and following a few simple rules as you carry out projects along your shoreline ...
Water Quality and Agriculture: Meeting the Policy Challenge
The key challenges for policy makers in addressing water quality issues in agriculture are to reduce farm contaminant lost into water systems while encourage agriculture to generate or conserve a ...
Opportunities for optimization of in-field water harvesting to cope with changing climate in semi-arid smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe
In-field water harvesting for improved crop yields in the semi-arid regions is one approach that has been used to adapt to changing the climate. ...
BRACED: Resilience Exchange
An increased and stable income, supported by access to appropriate financial services, can help build people’s capacity to manage hard times, particularly if they are linked to climate services that ...
Groundwater allocation (river based organisations)
The OECD recently released a report Groundwater Allocation: Managing Growing Pressures on Quantity and Quality that analyses how the distinctive features of groundwater (as compared to surface water) ...
Groundwater allocation (water utilities)
The OECD recently released a report Groundwater Allocation: Managing Growing Pressures on Quantity and Quality that analyses how the distinctive features of groundwater (as compared to surface water) ...
Resource guidelines for rainwater harvesting
The guidelines provide guidance on the design, installation of the catchment system and yield, and also how to select and size a storage tank taking into account different climatic zones and water ...
Weather Modification
Weather Modification: weather modification “is taken to mean artificially produced changes in the composition, motion, or dynamics of the atmosphere, whether or not such changes may be predictable ...
Global Water Partnership (GWP) Integrated Water Resources Management ToolBox
Global Water Partnership (GWP) Integrated Water Resources Management ToolBox. The IWRM ToolBox is a free and open database with a library of background papers, policy briefs, technical briefs and ...
Improving the Quantity, Quality and Use of Africa’s Water
According to the 2006 UNDP Human Development Report, governments need to spend about one per cent of GDP on water and sanitation. Additionally, increased international aid would play a very crucial ...
Water governance decentralization in Africa: a framework for reform process and performance analysis
Over the past 20 years most African countries reformed their water laws and restructured their institutional and governance framework accordingly. While much effort and good will was put into ...
Solutions
Do you have a solution that matches one of the identified water-related needs of African stakeholders? Please submit it to the AfriAlliance Solutions Hub here.