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Inclusive Waste Governance and Grassroots Innovations for Social, Environmental and Economic Change: Report On First Research Outcomes of the Project Recycling Networks & Waste Governance
(Wiego, 2018)
Participants of two research projects (Recycling Networks: Grassroots resilience tackling climate, environmental and poverty challenges (funded by the Swedish Research Council) and Mapping Waste Governance (funded by the ...
Bridging Weak Links of Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements
(SAGE, 2017)
Many cities in the global South suffer from vast inadequacies and deficiencies in their solid waste management. In the city of Kisumu in Kenya, waste management is frag-mented and insufficient with most household waste ...
Assessment of pollution in Ndarugu river due to runoff and agro-industrial wastewater disposal
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2014)
River Ndarugu is a tributary of Athi River in Kenya and is one of the main sources of fresh water for domestic use to the villages along the river bank and Nairobi City. It traverses Juja Township in Kiambu County, Central ...
The effect of surface albedo and grain size distribution on eveporation losses in sand dams
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2011)
Sand dams are very useful in arid and semi arid lands (ASALs) as facilities for water storage and conservation. Soils in ASALs are mainly sandy and major water loss is by evaporation and infiltration. This study investigated ...
Hydrogeochemical assessment of a coastal aquifer using statistical and geospatial techniques: case study of Mombasa North Coast, Kenya
(Journal Environmental Earth Science, 2017-06-16)
Abstract The geochemistry of a coastal aquifer was
assessed using statistical and geospatial analysis tools for
the pre-monsoon, rainy and post-monsoon seasons. Data
were obtained from both the field and laboratory ...
Seawater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessment of a Coastal Aquifer: North Coast Of Mombasa, Kenya as a Case Study
(International Journal of Engineering Research and Application, 2016-08)
Groundwater pollution in the north coast of Mombasa is not only from surface sources but also from the
intrusion of seawater via the Indian Ocean and creeks. This study assessed the vulnerability of the coastal aquifer
to ...
Reduction of iron and manganese in groundwater through non-mechanical aeration and filtration method: Case study of Makueni county, Eastern Kenya. J. of International Academic for multi-displinary.
(JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY, 2017-07-06)
Makueni County borders Machakos, Kitui, Taita-Taveta and Kajiado Counties. This
area falls in south -eastern Kenya, a semi-arid region characterised by erratic rainfall and
inadequate surface water from a few rivers. ...
Groundwater Mapping of Makueni County, Eastern Kenya Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) Technologies
(JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY, 2015-09-08)
Occurrence of groundwater in the basement complex terrain of Makueni County,
Eastern Kenya is controlled by secondary porosity developed through weathering, fracturing
and cracking of the bed rocks. Makueni falls in ...
Application of Water Quality Model QUAL2K to Model the Dispersion of Pollutants in River Ndarugu, Kenya
(2014-01)
Ndarugu River, Kenya, during its course through the different agricultural and industrial areas of
Gatundu, Gachororo and Juja farms, receives untreated industrial, domestic and agricultural waste
of point source discharges ...