{{Language-box|english_link=Water Portal / Rainwater Harvesting / Groundwater recharge | french_link=La recharge des eaux souterraines |spanish_link=Recarga de acuiferos |hindi_link=वाटर पोर्टल / वर्षाजल संचयन / भूजल पुनर्भरण |malayalam_link=Coming soon|tamil_link=Coming soon | korean_link=Coming soon | chinese_link=地下水回灌 | indonesian_link=Panen Air Hujan / Pengisian ulang air tanah | japanese_link=地下水涵養 }}'''Groundwater recharge ''' is the enhancement of natural ground water supplies using man-made conveyances such as infiltration basins, trenches, dams, or injection wells. Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a specific type of groundwater recharge practiced with the purpose of both augmenting ground water resources and recovering the water in the future for various uses.<small-title />
'''Climate change considerations'''<br>
* More storage capacity needed to overcome seasonal dry periods and to reduce floods.<br>
===Field experiences===These projects may be utilizing groundwater recharge techniques and are part of the project listing in [http://akvo.org/products/rsr/ Really Simple Reporting (RSR)] on [http://www.akvo.org Akvo.org].<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width: 40%; text-align: justify; background-color: #e9f5fd;" cellpadding="2"<!--rsr logo here-->|- style="vertical-align: top"|[[Image:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr/]]<!--project blocks here-->|- style="vertical-align: bottom"|[[Image:project 446.jpg |thumb|center|140px|<font size="42" color><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org/project/446/ RSR Project 446]<br>Etude technique d’avant-projet</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org/project/446/ ]] |[[Image:project 600.jpg |thumb|center|140px|<font size="black2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org//project/600/ RSR Project 600]<br>Community-led WASH and Safe Motherhood</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org//project/600/ ]] |} <br> ===Groundwater recharge links<===* [http://www.nwp.nl/_docs/font>Smart-solutions-3R.spread.pdf 3R Smart Solutions]* [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/index.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive]: The Archive is a searchable database of published and unpublished groundwater literature about Africa, including reports, journal articles, conference papers and maps. Many of these documents are freely available to download; for others, a link is provided to the online abstract, or a full bibliographic reference is given where the document is not known to be available online.* [https://inis.iaea.org/technicalcooperationcollection/documentsNCLCollectionStore/_Public/34/Brochures028/sust-groundwater34028297.pdf Sustainable Development of Groundwater Resources in Southern and Eastern Africa.] International Atomic Energy Agency.* [http://www.hpscste.gov.in/rwh/Blue_Drop_Series_02_-_Capacity_Building.pdf Rainwater Harvesting and Utilisation.] or ([http://www.washdoc.info/docsearch/title/154206 alternative linkRainwater Harvesting and Utilisation]). Blue Drop Series: Book 2: Beneficiaries & Capacity Builders. UN-HABITAT.
* [[Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)]]
* Large wiki on water use for agriculture: [http://web.archive.org/web/20151025174729/http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in:80/ Agropedia]
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<br><font size="4" color="black">=Acknowledgements</font>===* Tuinhof, Albert and Heederik, Jan Piet. [httphttps://docswww.watsanhydrology.netnl/images/docs/Downloaded_Filesiah/PDFpublications/Tuinhof-2002-Management4_Management_of_Aquifer_Recharge_and_Subsurface_Storage.pdf Management of Aquifer Recharge and Subsurface Storage] or ([http://siteresourcesdocuments.worldbank.org/INTWRDcurated/en/694291468000292817/Resourcespdf/GWMATE_Final_booklet103126-WP-Box394855B-PUBLIC-ADD-series-Water-Partnership-Program-WPP.pdf alternative link]). Netherlands National Committee for the IAH and Netherlands Hydrological Society. 2002.
* [http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/uic/aquiferrecharge.cfm Aquifer Recharge (AR) and Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR)]. United States EPA.
* [httphttps://wwwccafs.unecacgiar.org/acpcpublications/about_acpc/policy_documents/papers/WP6management-groundwater-africa-including-transboundary-aquifers-implications-Groundwater%20final%20draftfood#.pdf VW9-t61VhBc Management of Ground Water in Africa Including Transboundary Aquifers: Implications for Food Security, Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation.] United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Climate Policy Centre, 2011.
* CARE Nederland, Desk Study: [[Resilient WASH systems in drought-prone areas]]. October 2010.