Groundwater Management in IWRM. Training Manual.

There has been inadequate attention to groundwater management within the reforms towards an IWRM approach. Yet a fundamental observation of IWRM is that water is one (interlinked) resource requiring a holistic approach to management .

Cap-Net, the Africa Groundwater Network (AGW-Net) and GW-MATE (Ground Water Management Advisory Team) have collaborated to produce these training materials on groundwater management. An important objective is to address groundwater in the IWRM perspective. Groundwater is technically complex but the technical expert and the water manager must reach a common understanding. We hope that these training materials will assist in achieving that objective.

This manual was written by Dr Richard Owen, Dr Muna Mirghani, Dr Moustapha Diene, Dr Albert Tuinhof and Dr Paul Taylor. For most of the modules the manual has drawn liberally from the excellent series of Briefing Notes written by members of GW-MATE, a World Bank programme.

The manual is available in English and is in the process of translation into other languages. A CD version will include all available languages PowerPoint slides and references.

English

Chapter	Title	Downloads
	Training Manual	4MB   4MB
	Introduction	3.7MB
Module 1	IWRM AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK	1.1MB
Module 2	AQUIFER SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT	1.2MB
Module 3	INTEGRATED GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE	1.3MB
Module 4	GROUNDWATER LEGISLATION AND REGULATION	1MB
Module 5	GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION AND LICENSING	1.4MB
Module 6	ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT	250KB
Module 7	STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT	203KB
Module 8	GROUNDWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT	5.6MB
Module 9	GROUNDWATER MONITORING	1.6MB
Module 10	GROUNDWATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE	2MB
Module 11	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION	1.9MB