Hidden Crisis Project, Survey 2 dataset: hand pump borehole diagnostic tests in Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi (NERC Grant NE/M008606/1)

This dataset provides a detailed physical science dataset to the groundwater resource and engineering properties of 150 handpumped borehole supplies (HPBs) across Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda, surveyed in 2017. The dataset includes measurements of aquifer resource potential, groundwater quality, downhole construction and condition of handpump components, and borehole construction. Detailed social science data were also collected as part of the second survey phases of the Hidden Crisis project. However, these data are reported as a separate (associated) dataset to the physical science Survey 2 dataset – and are available from Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK Data Service (UKDS). The Hidden Crisis project (2015-20) was an international research project aimed at developing a robust evidence base and understanding of the complex and multi-faceted causes which underlie the current high failure rates of many new groundwater supplies in Africa. The project was jointly funded by: DFID, NERC and ESRC as part of the UPGro programme. The project carried out the research work in three countries - Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda – to examine functionality and performance of groundwater supplies in a range of hydrogeological, climatic and social, institutional and governance environments in East Africa. The work focused specifically on examining the functionality of HPBs – these being the main form of improved community water supply across rural Africa. The Survey 2 dataset, is major dataset developed by the project.

Citation proposal
. Hidden Crisis Project, Survey 2 dataset: hand pump borehole diagnostic tests in Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi (NERC Grant NE/M008606/1). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/a092586d-92a3-2293-e054-002128a47908

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Date ( Creation ): 2020

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607599

Originator

British Geological Survey

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

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Point of contact

British Geological Survey

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

+44 131 667 1000

Principal investigator

British Geological Survey

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

+44 131 667 1000

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Groundwater , Boreholes , Water supply

Keywords

NERC_DDC

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Metadata language: English English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

ETH

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

ETHIOPIA [id=692000]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Geographic identifier

MALAWI [id=679000]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Geographic identifier

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

MWI

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

UGA

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

UGANDA [id=689000]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Reference system identifier

OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Date ( Revision ): 2005

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PDF ()
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Distributor

British Geological Survey

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

+44 115 936 3100

+44 115 936 3276

OnLine resource: https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item133705

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Other: dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass: false

Statement: Multiple methodologies and delivery methods were used to developed the Hidden Crisis Survey 2 dataset. A full description of the different methodologies used to develop the dataset are provided in the Metadata document documents, available with the dataset.