3rd SADC Groundwater Conference (SADC-GMI)

Parts of Sub Saharan Africa makes little use of its groundwater resources, which contributes only 1% of total renewable water resource withdrawals for agriculture. Projected and continuing changes to the amount, intensity and predictability of rainfall in much of Southern Africa will lead to changes in the way the region views its groundwater resources.
24 Nov 2020 08:00 - 26 Nov 2020 15:30
Windhoek,Namibia
Conference
  • Groundwater
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Hydrogeology

Event description

Parts of Sub Saharan Africa makes little use of its groundwater resources, which contributes only 1% of total renewable water resource withdrawals for agriculture. Projected and continuing changes to the amount, intensity and predictability of rainfall in much of Southern Africa will lead to changes in the way the region views its groundwater resources.


About this event

BACKGROUND

Parts of Sub Saharan Africa makes little use of its groundwater resources, which contributes only 1% of total renewable water resource withdrawals for agriculture. Projected and continuing changes to the amount, intensity and predictability of rainfall in much of Southern Africa will lead to changes in the way the region views its groundwater resources. Increasing water scarcity will be particularly difficult for smallholder farmers who produce 90% of Africa’s food who haven not access to central water supply infrastructure. Currently, only 6% of the total cultivated land in Africa is irrigated. It has been estimated that irrigation could boost agricultural productivity by 50%. Moreover, population growth and economic development will increase the demand for water across sub Saharan Africa, currently estimated at around 50 litres per capita, compared to 10 times that amount in the USA.The challenges of a dynamic and declining water availability situation will lead to greater pressure to exploit unrealised and little-known groundwater resources, particularly for rural smallholder farmers who will be under pressure from competing water users such as commercial agriculture, urban development and energy production (the Nexus challenge).

This conference seeks to advocate for a more central and pronounced role for groundwater in the WEFE Nexus dialogue as a way of minimizing shocks, risks, and vulnerability to climate change. The conference will be offered parallel to the 8th Africa Water Week, and also align with the theme of the 8th Africa Water Week. Both the 3rd SADC Groundwater Conference and the 8th Africa Water Week (AWW8) are aimed at rallying Africa’s water sector towards a common voice as the world prepares for the 9th World Water Forum (9WWF) to be held in Dakar, Senegal in March 2021.

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Conference Theme

Enhancing Water and Food Security through Sustainable Groundwater Development in the SADC Region.

Speakers

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Dr Kevin Pietersen

Senior Lecturer

Dr Kevin Pietersen has over twenty-five years of experience in the groundwater field. He is an Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Water Studies at the University of the
Western Cape and was formerly Director of SLR Consulting (South Africa), a leading international environmental consultancy, in South Africa. He is currently the team leader for the consultancy services for Water Resources Management Research in the Eastern Kalahari Karoo Basin Transboundary Aquifer funded by the SADC-GMI.

Event Schedule

Day 1

Day 2

08:00 am - 08:30 am
Registration of participants
09:15 am - 09:35 am
Opening Keynote Address: Dr Kevin Pietersen
09:35 am - 09:45 am
COMFORT BREAK
09:45 am - 10:00 am
Hector Chilimani, Muthi Nhlema, Steve Kumwenda, Given Nyasulu, Edward Maferano, Nicholas
Mannix, Shaun MacLeod, Jamie Rattray, Helen Robinson and Robert Kalin. ‘Doing So Much More’-
Maximizing Artesian Groundwater for Community-Led Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study
from the Jordani Project, Malawi.
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Vanessa Lusuekikio. The Hydrochemical characterization of Otavi dolomite aquifer, Northwest
Namibia.
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Syed Md Touhidul Mustafa, Oluwaseun Franklin Olabode, Luis Artur, Zareen Bharucha, Annatoria
Chinyama, Farisse Chirindja, Rosie Day, Fulvio Franchi, Josie Geris, Stephen Hussey, Edward
Nesamvuni, Alcino Nhacume, Alfred Petros, Hanne Roden, Melanie Rohse, Sithabile Tirivarombo,
Anne Van Loon and Jean-Christophe Comte. Increasing resilience to floods and droughts
in the Limpopo river basin: development of a basin-scale hydrological model to support
sustainable groundwater management.
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Marcus Fahle and Mumba Kolala. Trends of irrigated land in the Kafulafuta Catchment and
Mpongwe Karst, Zambia, in recent years.
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Mabvuso Christopher Sinda, Kawawa Banda and Richard Owen. Preliminary investigation of
Ground Water Response to Conservation Agriculture Practices on Maize-Legume Intercrop
Systems.
11:00 am - 11:20 am
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
11:20 am - 11:35 am
COMFORT BREAK
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Daina Mudimbu, Kawawa Banda, Christopher S. Mabvuso, Willy Namaona, Richard Owen, Bentje
Brauns, Dan J. Lapworth and Alan M. MacDonald. Review of comparative studies on estimating
groundwater recharge under conservation agriculture versus conventional tillage
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Zaheed Gaffoor, Ashley Gritzman, Kevin Pietersen, Nebo Jovanovic, Antoine Bagula and Thokozani Kanyerere. Localising transboundary data sets using Big Data Analytics : A case study of the Ramotswa/NW Dolomitic aquifers.
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Lars Skov Andersen, Significant danish advances in groundwater management and use
12:20 pm - 12:35 pm
Kwazikwakhe Majola, Yongxin Xu and Thokozani Kanyerere, Reviewing the assessment of
impacts of global change on groundwater-dependent ecosystems in reference to the
Tuli-Karoo transboundary aquifer.
12:35 pm - 12:50 pm
Shoopala Uugulu and Heike Wanke. An isotopic study of groundwater at Waterberg, Namibia
12:50 pm - 01:00 pm
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
01:00 pm - 01:30 pm
LUNCH
01:30 pm - 01:40 pm
Brighton Munyai: Welcome remarks
01:40 pm - 02:00 pm
Prof Piet Kenabatho, University of Botswana - Overview of the GRETTA Phase 1 and 2
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm
Dr Alice Aureli, Chief Groundwater Systems and Settlements Section, UNESCO – IHP Overview of
the GGRETA Phase 3.
02:30 pm - 02:50 pm
Panel Discussion: Lessons learnt from GGRETA Phase 2: Discussion with National
Coordinators. Moderated by James Sauramba
02:50 pm - 03:40 pm
Panel Discussion:
How to replicate lessons learned from STAS in other RBOs/TBAs
Panel: IGRAC, IWMI, Hans Beekman, SADC-Secretariat, South Africa, ORASECOM, ZAMCOM.
Moderated by Brighton Munyai
03:40 pm - 04:00 pm
James Sauramba: Conclusions of the workshop and way forward

Day 3

08:30 am - 08:45 am
Jessie Mzati Kanyerere and Sumaya Israel. Assessing the Effectiveness of Groundwater
Remediation Technology to Improve Water Security in Urban Coastal Aquifers.
08:45 am - 09:00 am
Silas David, Production Boreholes water quality evaluation using GIS based Geostatistical
algorithms in Windhoek
09:00 am - 09:15 am
Raquel Sousa, Arnaud Sterckx, Stefan Siepman, Richard Taylor, James Jackson and John
Thompson: The Groundwater Game – a serious game to foster a shared understanding of
sustainable and equitable groundwater management
09:15 am - 09:30 am
Lindelani Lalumbe and Thokozani Kanyerere. Assessing concentration level of contaminants in
groundwater in the Soutpansberg region, South Africa.
09:15 am - 09:30 am
Vuyelwa Mvandaba, Evison Kapangaziwiri and Justinus Shadung. Assessment of wastewater
pollution of water resources in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, South Africa.
09:30 am - 09:45 am
Laurica Afrikaner, Liberty Moyo and Elise Mbandeka. Evaluation of temporal and spatial variations
of groundwater quality of the Swakop-upper Omatako Basin in Namibia.
10:00 am - 10:20 am
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
10:20 am - 10:30 am
COMFORT BREAK
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Nadia Chambal, Paulo Saveca and Cesário Cambaza, Evaluation of hydrochemical processes
and groundwater quality in the dry bed of the Limpopo River for agricultural irrigation in
Macarretane, Mozambique.
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Ndubuisi Igwebuike, Innocent Muchingami, Nebojsa Jovanovic and Thokozani Kanyerere. Using
hydrogeophysics and derivatives analyses for improved groundwater security, Western Cape,
South Africa.
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Lindelani Lalumbe and Fhedzisani Ramusiya. Groundwater quality status in South Africa for SDG
6.3.2: A case study of the Free State Province.
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Kevin Pietersen, Maryna Storie, Verno Jonker, Traci Reddy, Deepti Maharaj, Chiedza Musekiwa, Zaheed Gaffoor, Anya Eilers and Erika Braune. Assessment of Groundwater Resources Development Priority Intervention Areas in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region.
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Chiedza Musekiwa, Zaheed Gaffoor, Kevin Pietersen and Luc Chevallier. Revising the Groundwater Drought Risk Map: Role of GRACE data in mapping groundwater drought in the Southern African Development Community
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
COMFORT BREAK
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Silas David. Evaluation of Interpolation Methods for mapping pH for Windhoek Municipal
Boreholes
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Abongile Xaza, Thokozani Kanyerere and Sumaya Israel. Application of integrated geochemical
approach to evaluate hydrogeochemical processes influencing groundwater quality, Western
Cape, South Africa.
12:45 pm - 01:00 pm
Sivashni Naicker and Sue Janse van Rensburg, Maputaland – The Perfect Storm.
01:00 pm - 01:15 pm
Thandilizwe Bengeza. The use of basement water in urban areas.
01:15 pm - 01:30 pm
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm
LUNCH
02:00 pm - 02:20 pm
Karen Villholth (IWMI). Groundwater for Food in Africa – Aiming for Sustainability and Equity
02:20 pm - 02:40 pm
Riccardo Biancalani/ Livia Peiser (FAO). The food-water-energy nexus: the role of technology in
the management of groundwater resources
02:40 pm - 03:00 pm
Moshood Tijani and Paul Orengo (AMCOW). AMCOWs Pan-African Groundwater Program –
Addressing Food Security
03:00 pm - 03:20 pm
Marcus Wijnen, Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Natalia Limones Rodríguez, Javier Marzo Artigas, and Bruno Petrucci (World Bank and University of Sevilla). Water for Food in Central and Southern Angola - Role of Groundwater
03:20 pm - 03:40 pm
Barbara van Koppen (IWMI). Recognizing customary water tenure in groundwater development
and regulation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
03:40 pm - 04:00 pm
Open Discussion

Day 4

08:30 am - 08:45 am
Luigi Simeone, The Compilation of a Geodatabase from the Hydrogeological Map of Lesotho
08:45 am - 09:00 am
Ester Gustavo and Winnie Kambinda, Groundwater management tools that enhance the role of
groundwater governance in water supply and security in Namibia.
09:00 am - 09:15 am
Rennie Chioreso, Bertram Swartz and Ramon Brentführer. The Country Support Tool: A
process to increase the contribution of groundwater to economical development and
livelihoods in Africa.
09:30 am - 09:45 am
Andersen, M., Aureli, A., Blake, D., Boving, T., Chambel, A., Delaire, C., Dottridge, J., Duerr, H.,
Hartog, N., Jawitz, J., Kebede Gurmessa, S., Klingbeil, R., Kreamer, D., Kukuric, N., Lapworth, D.,
Liu, J., Lytton, L., Misstear, B., Ouedraogo, I., Podgorski, J., Poulin, C., Qadir, M., Riemann, K., Ruz
Vargas, C., Scrinzi, L., Simmons, C., Smedley, P., Villholth, K., Wagner, F. Groundwater Quality
within the World Water Quality Assessment and its Relevance for the SADC Region.
09:45 am - 10:00 am
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
10:00 am - 10:10 am
COMFORT BREAK
10:10 am - 10:20 am
IUCN Alejandro Iza - Welcoming words
10:20 am - 10:40 am
IUCN Water Programme - The need for practical approaches to ensure water and food
security
10:40 am - 11:00 am
IUCN Environmental Law Centre - Ensuring environmental conservation, peace and regional
integration in transboundary river basins.
11:00 am - 11:40 am
IUCN - Guided interactive discussion on the need for cooperation to ensure water and food security(Includes guiding questions).
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
IUCN - Reflections on the guided discussions (Building a way forward to address water and food
security).
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
IUCN - Closing remarks
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
LUNCH BREAK
12:40 pm - 12:55 pm
Brighton Munyai - Welcome and Framing
12:55 pm - 01:25 pm
Projects and TDA
Jonathan Lautze - Tuli Karoo Transboundary Aquifer – TDA
Hans Beekman - Eastern Kalahari - Karoo Transboundary Aquifer – Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
01:25 pm - 01:55 pm
Hydrogeology and Monitoring
Sam Sunguro - Hydrogeology of the Eastern Kalahari-Karoo Transboundary Aquifer
Girma Ebrahim - Designing a Groundwater Monitoring Network for the Tuli Karoo
01:55 pm - 02:25 pm
Lessons Learned Panel Discussion
Moderated by Patience Mukuyu and Kevin Pietersen
Panellists: Brief intro and profile of each panellist by moderators then round of specific
questions (5 mins each) followed by 15 minutes Q&A discussion etc.
• Zione Uka (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Water Development - Malawi) –
Experience on developing the SAP for the Shire Basin
• Rapule Pule (ORASECOM) - Modalities for transboundary aquifer assessments in
RBOs institutional arrangements?
• Piet Kenabatho (University of Botswana) Common features and interventions across
the, Eastern Kalahari, Stampriet, Tuli Karoo TBAs
• Leonard Magara (CRIDF) – Planning integrated groundwater monitoring and
development in Zimbabwe – Tuli Karoo
02:25 pm - 02:40 pm
Jonathan Lautze - Final thoughts and Thank you
02:40 pm - 02:50 pm
COMFORT BREAK
02:50 pm - 03:05 pm
M. Gomo Publication Consideration.
03:05 pm - 03:20 pm
Chief Conference Rapporteur: Overview of the 3rd SADC-GMI Conference
03:20 pm - 03:30 pm
Vote of Thanks: SADC Secretariat

Day 5

08:30 am - 09:15 am
Official opening program
Facilitator: Phera Ramoeli Official opening:
• Welcome by the Executive Director of the SADC-GMI
• SADC Secretariat
• Chair of SADC (Mozambique)

Event Contacts

Full name Responsibility Contact number Sort descending Email address
Mr Brighton Munyai +27
+27
Dr Kevin Pietersen +27
Professor Piet Kenabatho +27
Professor Modreck Gomo +27
Dr Kirsty Upton +27
Mr Brighton Munyai: +27
Dr Karen Villholth +27
Ms Raquel Sousa +27
Ms Winnie Kambinda +27
Dr Kawawa Banda +27
Mr James Sauramba +27
Mr Bertram Swartz +27
Ms Franziska Wende +27

3rd SADC Groundwater Conference (SADC-GMI)

24 Nov 2020 08:00 - 26 Nov 2020 15:30
Windhoek,Namibia
Conference

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