Water and Environment: Recent submissions
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Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Leachates from a Municipal Landfill in Zimbabwe
(2018)Wastewater management presents a great challenge, particularly in Africa where conventional treatment technologies are quite expensive and cannot be properly operated and maintained. Constructed wetlands have been observed ... -
Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources of the Atankwidi Basin in Ghana, West Africa
(2018)The Atankwidi basin is a sub-basin of the Volta River basin, which is located in West Africa. It is a transboundary basin shared by Ghana and Burkina Faso and has a drainage area of about 286 km2. The basin dwellers depend ... -
Simulation of Land Use Changes and Impacts on the Water Balance of an Unconfined Aquifer, Case Study: Saiss Aquifer, Morocco
(2017)Ground water is widely a used fresh water source upon which plants, animal and human life relies. However, over years this golden source has become under diverse threat of depletion and degradation more so in circumstances ... -
Evaluation of Experience from Using Sure® Standard in Infrastructure Projects: A Case Study of the Northern Collector Tunnel (Nct) Phase I Water Project
(2017)The concept of sustainable development has evolved since the Brundtland Report of 1987 but the principles of ensuring environmental, social and economic balance in the face of development remain the same to this day. ... -
Modeling Subsurface Drainage to Control Water-Tables in Selected Agricultural Lands in South Africa
(2017)Like many other arid parts of the world, South Africa is experiencing irrigation-induced drainage problems in the form of waterlogging and soil salinization, like other agricultural parts of the world. Poor drainage in the ... -
Experimental Design for Optimizing the Removal of Heavy Metals Ability from Wastewater by Ficus Benjamina
(2017)Excessive and cumulative release of toxic metals from industrial effluents due to rapid industrialization has posed hazard to aquatic ecosystem integrity and environmental/ human health. The inadequacy and high cost of ... -
Assessment of Land Use Impacts on Surface Runoff and Its Implication for Long-Term Planning, Using SWAT Model at Baro River Basin, Southwestern Ethiopia
(2017)Assessing the effects of land use and land cover change on hydrology is important for long-term planning of water resource management strategies. This study aims to evaluate the impacts of land use and land cover change ... -
Application of Satellite Rainfall Products for the Assessment of Water Availability in Ethiopian Highlands: The Case of Ribb Watershed
(2017)One of the versatile use of satellite rainfall products is provision of continuous information which can be used for the assessment of water availability in the data sparse areas. Primarily, we compared the performance of ... -
Effect of Wet Coffee Processing Industries Waste on Water Quality of Receiving Water Body and Its Trend on Downstream (Case Study of Gidabo Watershed in South Ethiopia)
(2017)Environmental pollution is a worldwide problem, currently it is a challenge to keep environmental quality while achieving sustainable development. Wet coffee processing is one of environmental polluting anthropogenic ... -
Impacts Of Sustainable Land Management Practices On Soil Physical Properties And Agricultural Drought Adaptation In Eastern Cape, South Africa
(2017)Intensive removal of soil resources through the use of repeated tillage, crop residue removal, intensive aftermath grazing in croplands, biomass burning, use of crop straw and animal pats for fuel, deforestation and ... -
Impact Evaluation Of Soil And Water Conservation Measures On Ecosystem Services In Thikachania Catchment, Kenya
(2017)Across the world, ecosystem services such as water provision, sediment trapping and floods regulation are threatened by the increased degradation of catchments. This is as a result of increased pressure from population ... -
Assessment Of Climate Change Impact On Hydrology Of Lower Awash Sub Basin, Ethiopia
(2017)This thesis research focusing on assessing the impact of climate change on hydrology over Lower Awash Sub Basin using downscaled climate projection from GCM product outputs of HadCM3. The Statistical Down Scaling Model ... -
Assessment Of Soil Erosion Potential And Its Impacts On Hydroelectricity Generation And Potable Water Treatment In Sebeya Catchment, Rwanda
(2017)This study assessed the potential of erosion and its impact on Gihira Water Treatment Plant and Gisenyi Hydropower Plant in Sebeya catchment, Rwanda. The study determined the perception of the population on the existence ... -
Assessing The Potential Of Micro-Financed Solar Water Pumping To Enable Productive Use Of Energy In Rural Areas Of Burkina Faso: A Case Study Of Korsimoro Reservoir
(2017)Climate change (CC) has become a universal threat which requires urgent action. In Burkina Faso (BF), prolonged drought, severe variability in rainfall and risk of desertification are the key CC impacts directly posing a ... -
The Effect of Boreholes on the Traditional Modes of Distribution of Irrigation Water in the South of Algeria, Case Study Foggaras of Timimoun
(2016)In the heart of the Algerian Sahara, Timimoun is characterized by arid climate, marked by low rainfall, high temperatures, causing heavy losses by evaporation, these climatic conditions are the cause of the scarcity of ... -
Analyzing Catchment Behavior through Rainfall-Run-Off Modeling: A Case Study of Mara Basin in Kenya
(2016)Hydrological models nowadays are considered as an important and necessary tool for water and environment resource management. However, the challenge facing modelling is in poorly gauged watersheds. Research done recently ...