Storing groundwater with Tube recharge Rain season is starting in many African countries. Now its time to fill up your groundwater resource. Yes, You can do that for your private well-it just might prevent the well from drying next year- and its very cheap ($4). Many hand dug wells dry up at the end of the dry season, because more water is taken out than is coming in by the natural recharge. Reasons of limited groundwater recharge are heavy rainfall in short time, (climate change) compact topsoil layers, erosion because of loss of vegetation, etc. Options to increase the recharge of ground water are above or underground dams, the planting of trees and plants such as vetivar grass, making contour canals etc. An other option is the so called “Tube recharge”. This low-cost option combines a manually drilled hole with a drainage tube, a filter and a small pond. Rainwater, that otherwise would run off to rivers or evaporate, thus penetrates into the ground and reaches the first aquifer. Watch instruction video: https://youtu.be/mv3d8yJqbp8 ; Download the free manual from MetaMeta at: - www.metameta.nl/publications Also visit: - http://jacana.help - https://justdiggit.org - www.gaia-movement.org