Africa water storage project

What is water storage in Africa?

For many, water storage is synonymous with lakes or reservoirs, such as the Great African Lakes, Lake Nasser and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (figure S11) and water transfer with large rivers, such as the Nile, Niger or Zambezi, or interbasin transfer schemes in southern Africa.

What is the African water facility (AWF) strategy?

This document presents the June 2021 revision of the Strategy of the African Water Facility for the period 2017-2025. The African Water Facility (AWF) is a special fund established in 2004, and hosted and managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the request of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW).

What is the Africa water investment action plan?

African Union Member States, international development partners, and civil society have outlined priority actions for the Africa Water Investment Action Plan, which will accelerate the implementation of the United Nations (UN) 2023 Water Action Agenda on the continent.

What is the African Water Fund (AWF)?

As the African water sector’s primary instrument aimed at mobilising resources to bridge the huge investment gap, the AWF offers a unique value proposition to African governments and the development community: It has leveraged €32 for every €1 spent.

Is water storage a siloed facility?

Most often, water storage is evaluated, designed, developed, and managed as independent facilities for specific stakeholders, resulting in siloed arrangements that are unsustainable and inefficient. • Poor planning of water storage comes with a price.

Are irrigated areas increasing in northern African aquifers?

Although irrigated areas in northern African aquifers represent only ∼0.2%–2% of the total land area, vegetated areas delineated by satellite data have increased by 17%–∼ 90% from 2001 to 2019 (table S26), suggesting increased irrigation and related water abstraction (table S1 (h)).