These Guidelines, developed by the Water Resources Authority, provide detailed technical and procedural guidance for planning, conducting, analysing, and reporting groundwater abstraction surveys to support sustainable water resource management through Water Allocation Plans. The Guidelines aim at: standardising groundwater abstraction surveys, in order to optimise data for groundwater resources; using surveys to improve water allocation, ensure compliance enforcement and water resource protection. The Guidelines are structured as follows: groundwater abstraction survey protocol; abstraction measurement methods and data analysis and reporting. The Guidelines cover the following matters: groundwater abstraction through springs, shallow wells, and boreholes; general description of activities in planning phase for an abstraction survey; fieldwork preparation; data and record management; quality control and quality assurance; improvement of public notification and stakeholder involvement to ensure transparency to the process; health and safety procedures.
Кения · 2019-09-01