As we mark World Water Day 2022, REACH is posting a series of new resources featuring work to improve water security in schools, health care facilities and households. Read more below to find out more.
Climate resilience
Putting power, politics and people at the heart of climate resilience
In this explainer, Dr Catherine Fallon Grasham breaks down the concept of climate resilience, what it is and why it is political. She argues for anyone working on climate resilience to keep power, politics and people at the heart of policy and practice.
REACH Climate Resilience Report: Water security is critical to advance climate resilience
Dr Katrina Charles summarises key messages from REACH’s new Water Security for Climate Resilience Report. The report synthesis six years of interdisciplinary research on climate resilience and water security.
Policy reform for safe drinking water services for rural Bangladesh: The SafePani model
This blog presents the SafePani model, a new institutional framework for rural water service delivery in Bangladesh.
Improving urban water supply security through the integrated use of surface and groundwater resources
In this blog, Dr Birhanu argues the best water supply management option to improve urban water security, and protect groundwater resources, is the integrated use of surface and groundwater resources.
Monitoring socio-climatic interactions to improve rural water security in Africa
Rainfall variability and socioeconomic shocks pose a revenue risk to rural water services across Africa. A new paper by Andrew Armstrong et al. explores how water usage data combined with climate information can be used to generate warning signals of revenue risk and to improve policy response.
Extreme rainfall and management of the Turkwel Gorge Dam in Kenya
Recent news stories predict that the Turkwel Gorge Dam in northwest Kenya will overflow in November 2020. The potential flooding could affect over 300,000 people in an area accustomed to droughts. Understanding rainfall variability can provide lessons for managing dams in drylands to improve water security for energy, agriculture, environmental and human needs.
New funding to improve water security for 10 million people in Africa and Asia
New funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will support REACH to improve water security for 10 million people in Africa and Asia.
Climate resilience and water security: for whom, by whom and at what scale?
In February REACH hosted a workshop on water security and climate resilience in collaboration with Oxfam. In this blog, the authors report on the workshop and discuss where academics and practitioners working on water security can truly add value.
How Sustainable Land Management can improve water security in the Ethiopian Highlands
Following a trip to Aba Gerima, Ethiopia Alice Chautard sheds light on latest REACH research exploring the links between water security and poverty in the Ethiopian Highlands.
