[[Image:Rwambu spring.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A spring in the Rwenzori mountains. Photo: [http://rwecovoice.blogspot.com/2010/07/poor-workmanship-cause-for-water.html Rwenzori People's Voice]]]
====<font size="2" color=#06A5D1555555>'''Project period:''' Implementation runs October 2012 up to December 2013. <br>====
Documentation and learning will take a longer time, possibly until the end of 2014.<br>
A plan for research and documentation via satellite imagery is currently being developed together with [http://www.metameta.nl/ MetaMeta]. </font>
===Pilot challenge===
====Current situation====
The uphill areas have been facing a dropping water table, which lead to the depletion of water sources. Shallow wells and springs had to be abandoned and people had to walk further down the hill to fetch water from water sources in or near the wetland. This is not a desirable situation, since time spent on fetching water has increased and the ecosystem of the wetland has been decreasing. In the area there has been some accidental success in reviving springs by diverting and capturing runoff when a small elevated dirt road was built. Building upon this example, a variety of techniques to recharge the groundwater table and revive the springs will be tested in this project.
===Location and partners===
[[Image:Rwenzori mountains.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Rwenzori Mountain range is in Western Uganda. Map credit: [http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/ForSchools/CHOGM/WhobelongstotheCommonwealth/Pages/Uganda.aspx ccentre.wa.gov.au]]]
* '''Role and responsibilities of other partners:''' Technical advice, program advice, and capacity building.
===Description===
The recharge will act to stabilize the groundwater table and hopefully the groundwater will be released slowly through the revival of springs. Part of this program is to compensate people who had to abandon cultivation in the wetland area. Water is to be used for drinking but also for yam production and irrigation.
