Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark

DV-WIND: De-risking Vietnamese offshore wind farm development by using onsite seabed conditions and optimizing locations using marine spatial planning

Research project At present, there is a worldwide demand for clean energy and this demand is even growing in the next decades. A way to create more clean energy is to develop new offshore wind farms (OWFs). This will also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and f ...
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Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Use in South Africa – ESGUSA-2

Research project Much of Southern Africa is semi-arid, subject to low (400-650 mm/year) and erratic rainfall, implying severe challenges in providing growing populations with sustainable water supplies for domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. The situation is ... First year report The project has been subject to complications and delays. As of now, it has not been possible to get a MoU in place between the project and the local authorities. This has been a hindrance for installing a Grundfos AQtap in a loc ...
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Building climate-resilience into basin water management

Research project Anthropogenic activities including illegal and uncontrolled mining and logging have seriously degraded the landscapes of many river basins in West Africa posing significant challenges to sustainable water resources management (WRM). Climate change (C ... Midterm report Over the past 3 years, the project has made significant progress in all the key research areas of climate, hydrology, ecosystem valuation, water system optimization and water governance. Comprehensive literature reviews on water gov ...
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Managed aquifer recharge in South Africa (MARSA)

Research project Existing freshwater resources are threatened by overexploitation due to population growth, urbanisation, and climate change and many regions experience water shortage. South Africa is a water-scarce country and during the 2017-19 Southern African dro ... Midterm report Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the purposeful recharge of water to aquifers for subsequent recovery, is used globally to replenish over-exploited groundwater resources. MARSA aims to develop technologies that allow for a wider rang ...
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Integrated water resources assessment of Udaipur District

Research project Water resources in India are under increasing pressure due to increase in population, intensified agricultural production, changing food habits with growing income and industrial development, as well as pollution of the surface and subsurface waters. ... Midterm report Collection of historical data, data from global databases and data from satellite platforms has been completed and made available via a data support system (DSS). The system facilitates storing and visualization of existing and new ...
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Managed Aquifer Recharge in the North China Plain

Research project The long term objective of the project is to prepare experts and water managers in China with the best possible knowledge base in order to make informed decisions on large scale MAR implementation in the North China Plain (NCP) as a tool for alleviat ...
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Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Use in South Africa

Research project Groundwater is an increasingly important source of water supply for agriculture, households, and industry. With population growth and increasing climate variability, this water resource plays an increasingly important role in South Africa (RSA) to en ... Extra midterm report Two field sites for detailed hydrogeological observations have been established at Mamadila and Kalkfontein in the Hout catchment. Seven monitoring wells are equipped for automated logging/monitoring of groundwater levels, gen ...
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Ground Water Development and Sustainable Agriculture

Research project This project will strengthen research capacity in Ghana on hydrogeological research and develop an improved understanding of the groundwater resources in the White Volta Basin in Northern Ghana. A groundwater flow model will be developed to support q ...
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