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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
User Friendly Numerical Hydraulic Model for Complex Pipe Networks. Case Study: Mbale School Zone, Uganda
(2019-09-02)
Whenever there are substantial variations in quantity of demands within a metropolitan water network, it is necessary to assess the pipe network. Variations in demand exist every time new industries or residences are ...
Water Quality Indices as Important Tools for Water Quality Assessment in WWTP: The case of the waste water treatment plan of Ain El Hout Tlemcen
(PAUWES, 2019-10)
The scarcity of conventional water resources represents for Algeria, because of its
Mediterranean climate arid to semi-arid, a major concern. The global water potential of
Algeria does not exceed 13.2 billion m3 of water, ...
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 ...
Water Quality Monitoring and Vulnerability of the Community to Cholera: A Case Study of Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe Urban Area
(PAUWES, 2019-10)
The study was able to identify the risk factors affecting the population of Chitungwiza, in
connection with water supply, the study made an analysis of the nature, sources and causes of the
problems and identified the ...