Sustaining low-cost, urban water supply and sanitation systems in Africa

AfriWatSan is developing the scientific evidence to inform policies and practices sustaining low-cost, on-site water supplies and sanitation systems in urban Africa and to strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to conduct this vital research.

 

 

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LATEST NEWS

15/06/2021

Extreme rainfall events increase pollutant loads to shallow groundwater, brief says

A policy brief recently released by the AfriWatSan team at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar provides new  information on the hydrological impacts of extreme rainfalls. Indeed, new observations recorded in the AfriWatSan urban monitoring facility in the Thiaroye and Keur Massar suburb of Dakar show how extreme rainfalls…

AFRIWATSAN FOCUSES ON

Developing the scientific evidence to inform policies sustaining on-site water supplies and sanitation systems in urban Africa

Capacity-strengthening based on the the identified skills gaps of individuals and institutions

Developing practices to sustain low-cost, on-site water supplies and sanitation systems in urban Africa