Kenya Boreholes - Acacia Water (Kenya Rapid+)

Overview of existing and known boreholes in each County (Turkana, Marsabit, Isiolo, Garissa, Wajir), including information of qualitative and quantitative potential (yield and EC). Note that this is a merged database containing data from the RAPID and UNICEF Hydrogeological mapping of underground water using remote sensing and GIS projects Provider: Acacia Water, RAPID + UNICEF project

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Date of creation 2024-11-08
Date of last revision 2024-11-11
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Metadata identifier Kenya-Boreholes---Acacia-Water
Metadata language English
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High-value dataset category Geospatial
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Coordinate Reference System EPSG:4326
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"{\"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [[[34.05, -1.683], [41.865, -1.683], [41.865, 5.506], [34.05, 5.506], [34.05, -1.683]]]}"
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The dataset is a compilation of individual county datasets from AcaciaData's RapidPlus platform (https://rapidplus.acaciadata.com), which has been standardized following the UNESCO basic template for groundwater data.

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Source dataset https://rapidplus.acaciadata.com/
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Purpose Water resources management
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Temporal extent (Start) 2016-01-01
Temporal extent (End) 2024-09-01
Version notes
Version 1.0
Dataset validity
Responsible Party
Name of the dataset creator Eleftherios Kaltsas
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Email of the dataset creator e.kaltsas@unesco.org
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Email of the dataset maintainer e.kaltsas@unesco.org
Website of the dataset maintainer