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Assessment of Needs and Options for Sustaining Ecological Water Supply to Ruaha National Park in Tanzania through Damming Ndembera in Iringa Tanzania
(2019-09-05)Ndembera river is one of the rivers contributing to the Great Ruaha River (GRR) basin in Tanzania. Since 1993, GRR flow started to cease during the dry period due to over-abstraction of water from the river for upstream ... -
An Assessment of the Socio-Economic Challenges for the Provision of WASH Services during Emergency Situations: A Case Study Of The Gado-Badzere Refugee Camp- East Cameroon
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Emergency situations can occur as a result of slow or rapid onsets. During such circumstances the affected populations become refugees or Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who often require fundamental and immediate ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A GIS-BASED SUPPORT TOOL FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE RIVER AGNEBY BASIN, SOUTH OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE
(PAUWES, 2021-11-20)Climate change, rapid population growth, anthropogenic land use changes, can be classified among global phenomena that put enormous pressure on water resources. Côte d’Ivoire, like most West African countries, has ... -
Development of a Sugarcane Crop Water Use Based Water Budgeting Calibration Tool for Catchment Water Management. Case Study: Zimbabwe’s South-Eastern Lowveld
(2018)Zimbabwe’s Lowveld sugarcane farmers depends on at least 70 % irrigation for their crop production. Small scale sugarcane farmers (Out-growers) in the area are lacking technical capacities and finances to hire consultants ... -
Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater Quality in African Cities: A Case Study of Accra, Ghana
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Population influx in African cities have caused the emergence of slums. Most urban slum dwellers depend on groundwater sources because of their availability and affordability. Due to the dense living conditions of the ... -
Evaluating Integrated Water Resource Management Practices And Experiences In Ethiopia (Tigray) In Line With Iwrm Pillars And Dublin Principles For Sustainable Water Resource Management: In Case Of Genfel River
(2017)Fresh water resource is becoming a scarce resource in the world. This is due to human and natural induced factors and the impact of climate changes. To manage water resources, nowadays, integrated water resources management ... -
Evaluation and Comparison of Remote Sensing Based Precipitation Products in Casamance basin, SENEGAL
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The role that rainfall can play in monitoring climate, floods and drought, but also in several socio-economic activities, namely agriculture and water resources management in Africa and especially in Senegal is very ... -
EVALUATION AND MODELING OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(PAUWES, 2021-11-15)Water scarcity is increasing in Ibadan, Nigeria due to increasing population, urbanization, increase in standard of living and increasing deteriorating state of urban water supply schemes thereby putting pressure on the ... -
An Evaluation of Impacts and Sustainability of Humanitarian Organization’s Water Projects in Juba, South Sudan
(2018)The civil war in South Sudan has affected the water supply infrastructure either completely destroying the water system or overstretching the system due to influx of the internally displaced persons. Many people are forced ... -
Evaluation Of Irrigation Scheduling Strategies For Enhanced Irrigation Efficiency And Water Conservation – In Perkerra Irrigation Scheme, Kenya
(2016)Irrigation scheduling refers to the process of defining the most desirable irrigation frequencies and depths. It helps the farmer to know when to irrigate, water flow rate(quantity), and duration of water supply to the ... -
Hydrological Response to Land use and Land Cover Change in Katonga River Basin, Uganda
(2019-09-02)River basins are vital water resources that provide sustainable fresh water for anthropogenic activities. Land use and land cover changes (LULC) in Katonga River basin have had a negative impact on the fresh water resources ... -
The Impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Change on Water Resources and its Implication for Smallholder Farmers in Rwanda. A case study of Lake Cyohoha North
(2019-09-02)The catchment of Lake Cyohoha North is currently faced with climate change, increasing subsistence farming, increasing household numbers, urbanization, declining the quantity and the quality of water resources, population ... -
Integrated Water Resources Management in Burkina-Faso through numerical modeling: Case study of the Mouhoun Basin
(PAUWES, 2020-12)This study is being conducted in the Mouhoun watershed, which covers an area of 91,036 km2. It is located in West Africa, in Burkina Faso. This is an area where the pressure on water resources is enormous due to high ... -
INTEGRATING GIS AND HYDRAULIC MODELING FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CITY OF BUKAVU IN DR CONGO
(PAUWES, 2022-03-09)Drinking water is one of the vital needs for human beings' survival. However, access to drinking water represents strong inequalities on a global scale. While in some countries, even rural communities have access to a ... -
Management of a Sewerage Network in an Urban Area by Coupling GIS and Hydraulic Modeling: Case Study of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)
(PAUWES, 2019-10)The hydrological cycle is deeply modified by the high rate of urbanization and the population growth this affects the management of the hydraulic infrastructures and the soils’ infiltration rate during runoff. Sewage ... -
Management of a Water Distribution Network by Coupling GIS and HydraulcModeling: A case of Ghazaouet, Algeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The rapid population growth, increase in unaccounted for water along with climate change serve as a major problem in both rural and urban water supply. For arid regions, this problem may be aggravated by inadequate ... -
Mapping of Groundwater Flow Pattern: A Case study of JUI and Allen Town Community, Sierra Leone
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The groundwater mapping procedure that was employed in this research is a process which was done basically to delineate flow direction, identify possible recharge and discharge areas and generate groundwater maps that ... -
Modeling Impacts of Agricultural Land Expansion on the Streamflow Regime: Case Study of Thiba River Watershed in Kenya
(2017-09-06)The continuous increase of agricultural water demand in Thiba River Watershed as a result of the agricultural expansion especially in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme and other parts of the watershed has led to over abstraction ... -
Modeling of Storm Water Runoff for Improving Floods Resilience, Water Supply, Soil and Ecological Conservation. The Case of Msimbazi Catchment in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(2018)"In rapidly urbanizing catchments, increase in stormwater runoff quantity may lead to numerous of serious problems such as flash floods, soil erosion and alteration of an ecosystem. Changes in land use usually affect ... -
Regionalisation of AWBM Hydrological model parameters for humid catchments in Kenya
(2019-09-17)Water resource management is critical to economic development in Africa, but surprisingly lack of data and its quality undermines decision making in the water sector. Hydrological simulation is a powerful tool providing ...