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ATES can heat and cool buildings. Storage and recovery is achieved by extraction and injection of groundwater using wells. Systems commonly operate in seasonal modes. Groundwater that is extracted in summer performs cooling by transferring heat from the building to the water by means of a heat exchanger. The heated groundwater is reinjected ...
The Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname or CELOS is an agricultural and forestry research institute established in Suriname in 1967. [1] It was originally part of Wageningen University and Research. It is affiliated with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (ADEK) and its Department of Agriculture of the Faculty of Technology. [2]
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the process of collecting and storing rainwater rather than letting it run off. Rainwater harvesting systems are increasingly becoming an integral part of the sustainable rainwater management "toolkit" [5] and are widely used in homes, home-scale projects, schools and hospitals for a variety of purposes including watering gardens, livestock, [6] irrigation, home ...
“It's climate change that brought us the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to begin with,” Esquivel said. When the law was developed a decade ago, rural communities were dealing with ...
The Sipaliwini Savanna is a protected area and nature reserve in Suriname.The reserve is located to the south of the Sipaliwini River in the far south of the country. The reserve measures 100,000 hectares, and has been a protected area since 1972.
The greatest risk Suriname faces is the flooding of the rivers. The population is concentrated around major rivers like the Suriname, Commewijne, and Marowijne River in an area a few meters above sea level. [16] In 2006 and 2015, there were majors floods even resulting in deaths. [17] [18]
Sustainable yield: the maximum quantity of water calculated over long-term conditions in the basin, including any temporary excess that can be withdrawn over a year without an undesirable result; Sustainable groundwater management: the management and use of groundwater that can be maintained without causing an undesirable result.
IWM's work in Gujarat, India, exemplifies how improving water management can have an influence on peoples' livelihoods. The state faced the dual problem of bankrupt electricity utilities and depleted groundwater storage following the introduction of electricity subsidies to farmers from around 1970. The situation arose because the subsidies ...