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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Study of the Assignment Scheme of Water Resources in the Tafna Watershed
(2018)The problem of water is likely to arise sharply for Algeria and especially its western region in a more or less near future. However, the Tafna basin from which are drawn the main conventional and unconventional water ... -
Analysis of Rain Water Quality for Water Supply: A Case Study of Central Uganda Region
(2018)Water shortage is a big challenge in most of the developing countries. Water scarcity problems are mainly faced by Arid and semi-arid regions. Based on precipitation intensity data of many places across the globe, it is ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of the Effects of Land Use / Land Cover on River Flow Regime. A Case Study of Mkurumudzi River Sub - Catchment
(2018)The population in Mkurumudzi catchment rely on river water for their livelihood. There are limited studies that focused on the effects of land use / land cover on river flows for sustainable water management. Land Use and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Water resources modeling in a context of climate change in Burkina Faso
(PAUWES, 2020-12)This study aims to characterize climate variability in Burkina Faso. The data collected for this research concern daily rainfall recorded in nineteen stations and covering the period 1950-2000. Statistical tests were ... -
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 ...