Water resources management and rehabilitation of dams in West-Africa
Water management in developing countries is a critical issue to deal with to guarantee the access to water for both local communities and agricultural activities. This extra curricular work refers to technical solutions for land and water management in the framework of cooperation projects managed by CISV-NGO (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) and LVIA-NGO (Issiolo, Kenya). To provide water for human activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, run-off discharges can be collected and stored in small dams or reservoirs for later use. However, rainfalls are characterized by short duration and high intensity, which give high rates of sediment transport on the surface run-off. Consequently, soil erosion and reservoir siltation are two of the major factors for land degradation and loss of water availability for agricultural purposes. To cope with these issues, water storage and the related reservoir siltation issues need to me managed at a catchment scale by means of soil and water conservation measures.
See for details:
Grimaldi S., Angeluccetti I., Coviello V., Vezza P., 2012. Cost-effectiveness of soil and water conservation measures on the catchment sediment budget - the Laaba watershed case study, Burkina Faso. Land Degradation & Development. DOI:10.1002/ldr.2212 (Grimaldi_et_al_2013_LDD.pdf)
Grimaldi S., Vezza P., Angeluccetti I., Coviello V., Koudougou S. 2014. Designing and building gabion check dams in Northern Burkina Faso. G. Lollino et al. (eds.), Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 3, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09054-2_109
[B2] Angeluccetti I., Steffenino S., Vezza P. 2014. Base cartography for land and water management in Sub-Saharan Africa. G. Lollino et al. (eds.), Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 3, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09054-2_108