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A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Scheumann, Waltina (Ed.); Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (Ed.) Research Report Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa's transboundary groundwater resources Studies, No. 32 Provided in Cooperation with: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn Suggested Citation: Scheumann, Waltina (Ed.); Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (Ed.) (2008) : Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa's transboundary groundwater resources, Studies, No. 32, ISBN 978-3-88985-364-6, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/199157 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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Through its 9-months training course, the German Development Institute prepares German and European University graduates for a career in the field of development policy. Editors: Waltina Scheumann E-Mail: [email protected] Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle E-Mail: [email protected] Studies Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik 32 Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary groundwater resources Waltina Scheumann / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (Editors) With contributions from Marianne Alker Malte Grossmann Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle Waltina Scheumann Oscar Schmidt Theresa Steyrer Insa Theesfeld Study of the research and consultancy project "Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary groundwater resources" on behalf of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Bonn 2008 Studies / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik ISSN 1860-0468 Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary groundwater resources / Waltina Scheumann …(eds.) With contributions from Marianne Alker … Study of the research and consultancy project “Cooperation on Africa’s trans- boundary groundwater resources” on behalf of the Ministry for Economic Coop- eration and Development (BMZ). – Bonn : Dt. Inst. für Entwicklungspolitik, 2008. – (Studies / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik ; 32) ISBN 978-3-88985-364-6 Enthält: Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary aquifer systems / Waltina Scheumann ; Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle. – Findings of the case studies / Wal- tina Scheumann ; Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle. – Recommendations for development cooperation / Waltina Scheumann ; Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle ; Insa Theesfeld. – The Kilimanjaro Aquifer / Malte Grossmann. – The Lake Chad Basin Aquifer System / Marianne Alker. – The Stampriet Artesian Aquifer Basin / Marianne Alker. – The North-West Sahara Aquifer System / Oscar Schmidt. – The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System / Marianne Alker. – Data screening: the five African transbound- ary aquifer systems / Waltina Scheumann ; Oscar Schmidt. – Institutional aspects of groundwater governance / Insa Theesfeld. – Transboundary groundwater man- agement – non-African case studies / Theresa Steyrer. © Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH Tulpenfeld 6, 53113 Bonn ℡ +49 (0)228 94927-0 +49 (0)228 94927-130 E-Mail: [email protected] http://www.die-gdi.de Preface The present volume is the outcome of a research project on “Trans- boundary Groundwater Resource Management in Africa”. Like its fore- runner, “Transboundary Water Resources Management in Africa” (Scheumann / Neubert 2006), it was carried out under the aegis of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Whereas the first study focused on rivers and lakes to the exclu- sion of groundwater resources in Africa, the second undertook to docu- ment and analyze transboundary efforts at cooperation in the management of transboundary groundwater resources in Africa. Compared to the immense body of literature on cooperative management of international surface waters, studies which attempt to conceptualize cooperation in the management of transboundary aquifers are few and far between. As a consequence, the project described here was designed to contribute facts and ideas to the ongoing international discussion on trans- boundary groundwater management in Africa. The major objectives of this BMZ-funded project may be defined as fol- lows: — To assess typical riparian constellations — To identify specific cooperation problems — To identify transboundary impacts deriving from national groundwa- ter uses — To identify cooperation mechanisms and discuss cooperation models — To develop recommendations for German development cooperation. The project components — Conceptual notes — Findings based on evidence from Africa — Recommendations for German development cooperation — A literature-based screening of the African transboundary aquifer systems — Case studies, namely the Kilimanjaro Mountain Aquifer, the Lake Chad Basin Aquifer, the North-West Sahara Aquifer System, the Nu- bian Sandstone Aquifer System and the Stampriet Artesian Aquifer Basin — An analytical discussion of “Institutional aspects of groundwater governance” The project was conducted from January to October 2007 under the super- vision of the German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn. Due to limited financial resources, all project components are the result of desk studies. The team members Waltina Scheumann (DIE, Bonn), Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (DIE, Bonn), Marianne Alker (DIE, Bonn), Insa Theesfeld (Leibniz Institute of Agricul- tural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle), Malte Grossmann (University of Technology, Berlin), Oscar Schmidt (Humboldt University, Berlin), and Theresa Steyrer (Center for Development Re- search, Bonn). Valuable support and input were provided not only by regional partners in Africa but also by the reviewers (Volkmar Hartje and Annika Kramer), Shammi Puri (ISARM), Alice Aureli (UNESCO-IHP), the BMZ and by various German agencies for development cooperation, including the Fed- eral Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). Contents Abbreviations Introduction 1 Part A: Analytical background and findings 9 Waltina Scheumann Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary aquifer systems 11 Waltina Scheumann / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle Findings of the case studies 35 Waltina Scheumann / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle / Insa Theesfeld Recommendations for German development cooperation 63 Part B: The African case studies 83 Malte Grossmann The Kilimanjaro Aquifer 87 Marianne Alker The Lake Chad Basin Aquifer System 125 Marianne Alker The Stampriet Artesian Aquifer Basin 165 Oscar Schmidt The North-West Sahara Aquifer System 203 Marianne Alker The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System 231 Waltina Scheumann / Oscar Schmidt Data screening of the five African case studies 275 Part C: International experience 303 Insa Theesfeld Institutional aspects of groundwater governance 305 Theresa Steyrer Transboundary groundwater management – non-African case studies 339 Authors 374 Abbreviations AfDB African Development Bank AFW African Wildlife Foundation AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water AMO Aquifer Management Organisations ANBO African Network of Basin Organisations asl above sea level BCM Billion cubic meters BECC Border Environment Cooperation Commission BGR Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe / Federal Institute for Geo-sciences and Natural Resources BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung / German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMZ Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung / German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development CAAC Catchment Area Advisory Committee CAR Central African Republic CDA Coast Development Community CEDARE Center for Environment and Development in the Arab Region and Europe CI Continental Intercalaire CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CILA Comisión Internacional de Limites y Aguas CNC Costs of non-cooperation CPI Corruption Perception Index CT Complexe Terminal DANIDA Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Technical