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World Water Week in Stockholm |
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During a seminar at the World Water Week in Stockholm (Aug 17th, 2009) the 3R initiative: ‘The Untapped Potential for Upscaling Water Storage Solutions’ has been presented.
This seminar launched the 3R concept – Recharge, Retention and Re-use, providing solutions for water and food security in water scarce areas and in adaptation to climate change. 3R is an integrated approach that applies locally-optimal technical solutions to retain and intercept rain- and runoff water, conserving it in the soil or storing it underground to supplement groundwater, or in tanks for re-use during dry periods.
3R is an approach to upscaling. Its focus is not on isolated interventions but rather on the improvement of water storage within the entire hydrological unit; 3R extends the temporal availability of water on a large scale, buffering against the peaks and lows of water access.
The 3R-seminar was organized by the Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network (RAIN) and ACACIA Water, together with The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) / Southern & Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET).
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The saline groundwater is now suitable for drinking water The saline Groundwater is now suitable for drinking water. Acacia Water and Dhaka University, in partnership with UNICEF and DPHE conducted the action research on managed aquifer recharge in the coastal plain of Bangladesh from 2009-2011. |
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