A regional project to build Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States is under preparation by the SADC Secretariat with the support of the World Bank. With the challenges of climate change, pollution and rapidly growing water demand in southern Africa, the project will aim to strengthen the management and development of groundwater for social and economic development. The project will support activities at regional, basin and national levels.
There are over 30 shared aquifer systems identified across southern Africa and Member States often share similar groundwater challenges.The project will implement priority actions in the work-programme for groundwater in the SADC Regional Strategic Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management (RSAPIII, 2011–2015).
