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Water Purification Using Oriang’ Women Clay Pots With N-doped Titanium Dioxide
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Our water bodies are constantly impacted by ecological and environmental changes emanating from natural and anthropogenic activities. A research conducted by UN indicated that about 2.2 million deaths occur yearly in the ... -
The water quality characteristics of Noigameget brook of the upper Nzoia river basin
(Faculty of Science, University of Nairobi, 2005)People world over recognize that freshwater is a finite resource that is essential for economic growth and life sustenance. However, the management of water resources is facing increasing challenges due to unsustainable ... -
A water quality, biodiversity assessment and community perception analysis of Rungiri reservoir, Kikuyu Kenya.
(2013-05-04)The occurrence of the Limuru Trachyte in the Kikuyu area of Kiambu District to the north west of Nairobi has led to a lot of rock excavation for building and construction of houses and graveling material for road ... -
Water Resource Conflict in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Despite the many recent studies on resource conflict, its effect on community livelihoods, relations and security, these studies, mainly, focus on the link between conflict and the consequent inefficient natural resource ... -
Water resource management in upper Ewaso Ng'iro North catchment Strategies for actor collaboration
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 2000)The Ewaso Ng'iro River basin, the largest of the six basins in Kenya suffers from water scarcity. Rainfall is low and unreliable and poorly distributed. The basin consists of both arable and arid lands but arid zone ... -
Water Resource Management Tools, Monitoring and Evaluation and Sustainability of Projects in Nyangores River Sub-catchment Basin in Bomet County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Water resources can be successfully managed only if the natural, social, economic and political environments, in which water occurs and used, are taken fully into consideration, coupled with regular monitoring and ... -
Water Resources and Their Rational Utilization
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Water Scarcity and Economic Productivity of Women: a Case Study of Kibauni Division, Machakos County.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Water is vital for life and a key catalyst to socio-economic development as well as maintenance of environmental integrity in any region. It is an essential resource for sustaining life as well as central to agriculture ... -
Water Scarcity as a Source of Environmental Conflict in Trans-boundary River Basins: a Case Study of the Nile River Basin in the Post Cold War Era
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)This study examines the connection between natural resource scarcity and conflict. Specifically it focuses on the conflict potential in the Nile River Basin generated by water scarcity. The focus on Nile River Basin is ... -
Water sector reforms in Kenya: influence of the private operator model on financial sustainability of rural water schemes in Homa bay county.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Water sector reforms focused on: reducing the Government‟s participation in direct delivery of water services, commercialising water market and encouraging participation of private operators, in order to enhance efficiency ... -
Water security risks and coping mechanisms among sedentarized pastoralists in Isiolo County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study was conducted in Isiolo Sub-County of Isiolo County. Underpinned by cross-sectional design, the study investigated water security risks and coping mechanisms among sedentarized pastoralists in Isiolo County. The ... -
Water stress effects on biomass production and partitioning In processing tomatoes
(University of NairobiGRADUATE DIVISION of the UniversIty of CalifornIa, 1985)Experiments were conducted at the University of California, Davis field station. Soils were deep silty loam with high water storage capacity. water stress effects on vegetative and reproductive growth, canopy light ... -
Water supply and delivery problems in Kiteta location of Makueni district
(Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, 1994-08)Problems of remoteness, difficulties in obtaining water, maintenance of schemes and unreliability in flow are common issues in water supply systems. Where improved supplies are far or inaccessible to the users, traditional ... -
Water supply projects in Kenya: A guide for practitioners
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Water Supply Security in a Drought Exposed Langata Sub-county: Adopting a Blockchain Provenance Tracking for Informal Water Alternatives
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Today climate change induced drought risk has occasioned frequent water supply deficits thereby making many urban households to turn to informal water alternatives, especially in the poor nations. Because of their quality ... -
Water use by eight annual crops at Kabete. Kenya 1978/79
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1979)Investigations involving mainly food crops adapted to the Kabete area (the complete range of crops investigated being maize, field beans, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, sunflower, soyabeans and linseed) sought ... -
Water use efficiency of maize (zea mays ) A dryland area of kenya.
(Department of Meteorology, 1992)This study was undertaken to investigate the variations of water use efficiency of two varieties of maize (Zea mays L.), viz. makueni and katumani composite B with planting density. and meteorological parameters under ... -
Water use practices, water quality and performance of a continuous solar water disinfection system in Isiolo County, Kenya
(2018-08)Potable water scarcity is a major challenge faced by most developing nations of the world. Moreover, Arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya endure unbearable living conditions due to water pollution and limited number of water ... -
Water vending in Nairobi: a case study of Ngando in Riruta location
(Department of Econimics, University of Nairobi, 2001-08)In Nairobi, water vending is an important complement to the City Council's piped water supply system. The inefficiency and general inability to supply water at cost by the Nairobi City Council water authorities and service ... -
Watershed runoff prediction under semi arid conditions: application of semi analytical models
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricul tural Engineering, 1999)In this study, a regionalized distributed parameter model, Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution (AGNPS) and lumped parameter models, Soil Conservation Services - Curve Number (SCS-CN) and Rational Formula Methods, ...
