Title | Baseline report of groundwater development in pilot watersheds Amhara, Ethiopia |
Publication Type | Research Report |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Mekonta, L, James, AJ, Butterworth, J |
Pagination | 42 pages |
Date Published | June 2018 |
Publisher | IRC |
Place Published | Addis Ababa |
Publication Language | English |
Keywords | Amhara, baseline studies, ethiopia, research, self supply, shallow wells, WASH |
Abstract | The aim of the REACH Fragile Environments Observatory is to evaluate the contribution of Sustainable Land Management practices to water security in fragile ecosystems and to share results for evidence-based up-scaling. The REACH project is financed by DFID and implemented by the University of Oxford. The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) of Addis Ababa University is the lead implementing partner in Ethiopia and the SLM-focused activity is implemented in two learning watersheds (Aba Gerima and Debreyacob) located in two districts (Bahirdar Zuria and Mecha) of the Amhara National Regional State. In the two selected learning watersheds, IRC is supporting the WLRC to further understand the groundwater component of the water balance This report presents the baseline information from May 2017 covering 799 wells (758 family wells and 41 community wells) and includes data on 41 water samples. The following results have been found: |
Citation Key | 86895 |