Water and Cooperation within the Zambezi River Basin (WACOZA)(NUST Zimbabwe)

Evidence from National plans for water supply and sanitation indicate that in almost all the riparian countries of the Zambezi River basin, groundwater is the main source of rural water supply. It is also an important source of urban and peri-urban water supply for rural towns and some major cities (SADC-WD/Zambezi River Authority, 2007). Therefore it is imperative that groundwater hydrology and quality investigations are key to the “Water and Cooperation within the Zambezi River Basin (ZRB)” case study project for Southern Africa Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in the framework of AU/NEPAD ACEWATER2 project. The general objective of the case study project was to assess Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) interdependencies by developing and testing a Spatial Decision Support System on Water Cooperation, across the Zambezi River Basin.

 

KEYWORD: ACEWATER2, NUST.AC.ZW