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Patrick Thomson

@patrickgthomson

Researcher/practitioner working on rural water services with @OxfordGeography @OxSocSci @HWISE_RCN @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps. The usual caveats apply.

Oxford, UK Beigetreten Nisan 2013
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Patrick Thomson
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Great to see our work on maintaining rural water systems with @FundiFix being featured by UKRI. Professional repair services x better information = more reliable water systems.
UK Research and Innovation@UKRI_News

Handpumps are a crucial source of water for rural communities in many countries, but one in four aren't working at any given time. Here's how academics from @UniofOxford and @uonbi have helped build a system to identify and fix faulty pumps sooner ukri.org/about-us/how-w… /1

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@HSlim_Oxford @CrisisGroup This would benefit from more on the terms on which the conflict ended. Who signed things in what capacity in 1994 has implications for the situation today. As written it would lead the casual reader to misunderstand NK’s status for a quarter of a century.
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Feargal Sharkey
Feargal Sharkey@Feargal_Sharkey·
"Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation." Which city / town will be next I wonder? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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Ali Chalala 📊📈📉
Ali Chalala 📊📈📉@alichalala·
There is an urgent need to conserve the Shimba National Reserve, home to the famous Marere, Votia & Mwaluganje springs. In their hey days, they provided 11,000m3 of water each day for residents of Kwale and Mombasa Counties. Thread.
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Smart Handpumps 💦
Smart Handpumps 💦@SmartHandpumps·
Users of the handpump at Mwamambi Hildu Haji pumped 8,792 litres of water with it in the last week. [This is an automated Tweet; for more details go to smart-handpumps.org/tweeting-pump.]
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HWISE RCN
HWISE RCN@HWISE_RCN·
Postdoc Opportunity in Geography at Texas A&M University with Dr. Wendy Jepson -- Quantitative Social Scientist to work with @HWISE_RCN scholars on data collection. Deadline: Feb. 27, 2023 If interested, please apply here: bit.ly/TAMUpostdoc
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Patrick Thomson@patrickgthomson·
@RikeFranke Will it be allowed into NK by the doughty environmental activists or just write reports from Goris?
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Alexander Clarkson 
Alexander Clarkson @APHClarkson·
So much commentary in The Economist and Financial Times is in essence a desperate yearning for a stable and sensible Tory Party that is never coming back
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Patrick Thomson@patrickgthomson·
Looking forward to this seminar next week, discussing our research @oxfordgeography with @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps, and learning from the @Water_UofExeter group about mitigating supply intermittency and ensuring reliable water services.
Centre for Water Systems@Water_UofExeter

Dr Patrick Thomson (@UniofOxford) will talk about the @SmartHandpumps on next #CWSseminars and discuss common challenges encountered in rural water management. Come to join us @UniOfExeterESE @UniofExeter Streatham campus at 1330-1430 on next Monday! eventbrite.co.uk/e/cws-seminars…

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kevin starr
kevin starr@mulagostarr·
wow, this is a really great - thoughtful and authoritative - piece on mackenzie scott’s philanthropy.
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