This guidance note provides practical guidance for organisations and individuals that are trying to raise the professionalism of groundwater development in Africa. The guidance note is mainly concerned with rural and small towns’ water supplies but is mindful of the huge challenges faced by supplies in many growing African cities dealing with problems of groundwater quantity and quality.

The UNICEF Guidance Note provides practical guidance to raise the professionalism of mechanised and manual drilling, and borehole rehabilitation in Africa through practical and strategic actions. The guidance note includes practical examples of what has been done already, and links to relevant resource materials.