Guidance for Professional Drilling – Overview – Jose Gesti & Kerstin Danert UNICEF / Skat Foundation Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT • Dependence on groundwater for domestic supply: 45% globally / 75% in Africa • Potential of groundwater development for irrigation: additional 20-49% in Africa • Borehole construction key for achievement of SDG 6 (and beyond) Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
SUSTAINABILITY IS A CONCERN DROP OF FUNCTIONALITY OF WATER POINTS BY AGE 15-30% OF WATER POINTS NON FUNCTIONAL AFTER 1 YEAR Source: TINCANI ET AL, 2015 Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
UNDERLYING CAUSES OF FAILURE SECONDARY REASONS Lack of access to spare parts Lack of basic maintenance Poor siting Operation and management Inappropriate materials too difficult Inappropriate design Vandalism and accidental Poor construction of damage borehole or pump Low groundwater potential Low capacity of community management Groundwater chemistry UNDERLYING CONDITIONS OF FAIL Lack of clear procedures of Insufficient access to external supervision and geological input support (DWO, NGO, local and Corruption to siting, design and construction national government) of boreholes Poor/inappropriate contract Lack of community management Long term trends – changes in understanding SOURCE: water demand, climate, Lack of knowledge to inform BONSOR ET AL groundwater availability and Lack of enforced standards and policy and WASH programmes (2015) quality regulation Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
RAISING PROFESSIONALISM Source: UNICEF/Skat Foundation (2016) Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT (I) Promote initiatives to: • Improve national (or state) policies, regulation, Institutional standards and procedures of borehole drilling frameworks • Clarify roles and responsibilities Promote initiatives to: • Ensure drilling records are collected, quality- Groundwater assured and collated information • Make this readily available to inform future borehole siting, design, and groundwater management Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT (II) Promote initiatives to: • Improve the design, implementation and Project design, implementation monitoring of specific borehole projects and monitoring • Ensure that documentation of the process and results is readily available Promote initiatives to: • Raise the skills and knowledge of groundwater development practitioners Capacity • Encourage the availability of suitable equipment in the country Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT (III) Promote initiatives to: • Foster dialogue between government agencies, Dialogue & drilling contractors, consultants, NGOs, development awareness partners and civil society • Raise awareness of decision-makers and the public about groundwater potential management Promote initiatives to: • Invest adequate financial resources to improve Investment and sustain professional groundwater development Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
– Thank You – Kerstin Danert Kerstin.Danert@skat.ch & Jose Gesti jgesticanuto@unicef.org Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
QUESTION À QUESTION TO THE L'AUDIENCE: AUDIENCE: Que pouvez-vous partager What can you share about sur l'amélioration du raising drilling professionnalisme de la professionalism, including construction des forages, groundwater regulation in tenant en compte aussi la your country? réglementation des eaux souterraines dans votre pays? Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)
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