Groundwater management in Dar Es Salam coastal aquifer (Tanzania) under a difficult sustainable development

This paper deals with the approach and the consequent results referred to some activities carried out in the framework of the Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Dar Es Salaam (ACC-DAR) project, to evaluate quantitative and qualitative evolution of groundwater in this coastal aquifer. The aim of the project was to enhance the capacities of Dar’s municipalities to adapt to climate change (CC). In 2012 it was carried out a monitoring campaign of groundwater, in order to evaluate CC effects and anthropic influences on groundwater resources, and to highlight the critical aspects of groundwater management in the area that could suggest consequent adapting measures. The data collected included precipitations, land cover and chemical composition of groundwater. Field data were analyzed and compared with historical data of the last ten years.