Kagera Aquifer factsheet
The Kagera river Basin forms the headwater of the river Nile. The river is the largest tributary of Lake Victoria. The Kagera shared aquifer is one of the three transboundary aquifers selected as a case study under the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)’s Groundwater Project – ‘Enhancing Conjunctive Management of Surface Water and Groundwater Resources in Selected Transboundary Aquifers: Case Study for selected Shared Groundwater Bodies in the Nile Basin.