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partnerships with the University of the Free State in South Africa, to identify shared groundwater challenges and inform joint
Mzuzu University in Malawi, University of Botswana, and University management. Additionally, hydro-census studies in the Songwe
of Namibia to collect technical assessments, research papers, Basin (Malawi and Tanzania) and the Inco-Maputo Basin (Eswatini,
published conference proceedings, and manuals in groundwater Mozambique, and South Africa) provided detailed inventories of
management and to enhance engagement with students and groundwater users and infrastructure. These tools have been
other stakeholders. The SADC-GLA has experienced consistent integral in supporting evidence-based groundwater governance
growth in user engagement, with 10,473 unique visitors and 12,679 and sustainable use across the region.
total visits recorded between January 2024 and May 2025. This
translates to an average of approximately 698 unique visitors SADC‑GMI began a new study in partnership with the Zimbabwe
and 845 visits per month. Government to enhance groundwater monitoring and water
supply at the Manika Land—Middle Sabi Alluvial Aquifer, a
The project completed critical research studies across several nationally strategic resource shared with Mozambique. The
TBAs, which enhanced the understanding of groundwater initiative is intended to revitalize monitoring of this crucial aquifer,
dynamics and contributed to management strategies and which has been hampered by aging infrastructure and limited
sustainable use. The team applied a suite of tools to enhance resources. It is enabling the two countries to learn about their
groundwater understanding and management across several shared groundwater resources and install a 7-kilowatt (kW) solar-
TBAs in the SADC region. Groundwater monitoring systems powered borehole pump for the Middle Sabi community.
were assessed and developed in the Stampriet TBA (shared by
Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa), Aquifer V in Mauritius, and Seventy‑one percent of stakeholders reported using knowledge
a coastal sedimentary aquifer shared by Angola and Namibia. projects developed by the project, leading to enhanced
RS techniques were applied in the Coastal Sedimentary Basin collaboration and capacity.
IV (Angola and Namibia) to analyze large-scale groundwater-
related indicators. A Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis was
conducted in the Save Alluvial TBA (Mozambique and Zimbabwe)

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