The Ministry of Water and Environment, with funding from the World Bank under the Integrated Water Management & Development Project (IWMDP), contracted ELARD and its partners HSC & IO to conduct a consultancy on assessing and managing the utilization of groundwater resources and developing a strategy and policy for the sustainable development and management of groundwater resources in Uganda.
The overarching objective of the assignment is to evaluate the potential of groundwater to meet various demands and propose guidelines, strategies, and policies for the sustainable development and management of groundwater sources.
The consultancy has reached its finalization phase and the consultant submitted the draft policy document (deliverable 9) to the Ministry of Water and Environment for approval.
A stakeholder workshop was convened recently at the Silver Springs Hotel to review and validate the proposed policies.
Participants including representatives from from Academia, the Hydrogeological Association of Uganda, Academic and District Local Governments, the Ministry of Energy, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, and the Ministry of Water and Environment’s regional and central offices, as well as the Consultant Team, Earth Link and Advanced Resources Development (ELARD) attended the meeting.
Furthermore, on the 27th and 28th November, the contract management team and the consultant’s team reviewed the previous deliverable 6 as well as 8 and 9 to ensure that the content was appropriately contextualized to inform the final policy document.
