Monitoring and Assessment Division
The Monitoring and Assessment Division of the Water Resources Monitoring and Assessment Department is responsible for the state and trend of water resources and evaluates pressures exerted on these resources. By providing information on resources availability and their historical trends, the department plays an important role in the country's overall development efforts through:
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Provides timely information for planning and decision-making at the national and international levels.
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Quantification of national water resources to guide efficient implementation of crucial economic and social infrastructure development for example: water supply systems, irrigation systems, roads, bridges, industry, design of valley dams and livestock, recreation, navigation and hydropower generation plants
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Provides early warning systems to mitigate the effects of drought and floods
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Supports WRRD in allocation of water resources for competing uses
Major Activities
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Acquisition and management of water resources information from monitoring networks
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Assessing the effects and impacts of human and naturally induced activities on water resources
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Development of water resources management tools for example hydrological models
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Development of information products using a range of techniques such as GIS, MIKE BASIN to guide planning
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Provides water resources information for development and research
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Carry out Water resources assessment to guide water resources related development
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Provide support to national efforts in the Management and mitigation of disasters e.g. drought & floods
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Implementation of the international obligation to manage and protect national and transboundary water resources
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Advocate for equitable sharing of water resources and it's benefits
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Creating awareness on transboundary water resources issues.
Data and Information generated from WRMAD
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River flows and levels
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Lake bathometric information (levels, cross section and depth)
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Groundwater level data from monitoring wells
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Groundwater records (location, overburden thickness, water strikes, borehole yields, static water level, lithology and hydro chemical data)
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Groundwater resources maps (groundwater potential, technology options, groundwater coverage, hydrogeological characteristics maps, hydrochemical characteristics and water quality maps. These maps are available at district level)
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Surface water maps (run off maps)
Support to developers and Researchers
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Processed data for both surface and groundwater resources (Hydrological and hydrogeological data)
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Water resources assessments studies, investigations and modelling. A wide range of expertise and technical tools for water resources investigations such as: Hydrogeological and geophysical surveys, hydropower generation studies, river flow durations and other hydrological assessments, borehole pumping test, analysis and evaluation. Borehole logging, borehole drilling and construction supervision/management.
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The department is in possession of a wide range of modern and highly specialized instruments and equipment for water resources assessment, such as geophysical logging equipment, borehole rehabilitation and pumping test rigs, submersible pumps, geophysical equipment (EM 34 and ABEM Terrameters), GPS, mirror stereoscopes, etc. These equipments can be hired for private use from the department.
DWRM water resources and land use maps
The DWRM produces water resources and land use maps using modern state of the art technology. These maps include surface runoff, groundwater potential, groundwater technology option maps, groundwater and surface water quality, hydrogeological characteristic maps and water use survey maps including groundwater recharge maps. These can be made available for sale according to the following table:
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No. |
ITEM |
UNIT |
PRICE (UGX) |
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1 |
Surface Water Data |
Station Year |
30,000 |
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2 |
Groundwater Data |
Record |
5,000 |
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3 |
Map |
Sheet |
50,000 |
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4 |
Hire of Current meter set (wet lease) |
Day |
60,000 |
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5 |
Hire of ADCP for big rivers (wet lease) |
Day |
150,000 |
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6 |
Groundwater Equipment – with no personnel |
Day |
150,000 |
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7 |
Groundwater Equipment – with personnel |
Day |
600,000 |
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8 |
GPS |
Day |
60,000 |
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9 |
Hydrological Analysis |
Small Catchment |
1,000,000 to 3,000,000 |
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10 |
Hydrological Analysis |
Big Catchment |
4,000,000 to 15,000,000 |
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11 |
Groundwater Assessment |
Area |
3,000,000 |
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12 |
Hydrogeological Survey |
Site |
1,200,000 |
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13 |
Borehole drilling, logging and construction supervision |
Site |
700,000 |
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14 |
Borehole Pumping Test |
Site |
700,000 |
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15 |
Providing Advice on rain water harvesting |
Site |
300,000 |
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16 |
GIS Layer (soft copy) |
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500,000 |