This study underscored the importance of water quality, providing insights for sustainable resource management in decision-making and development planning. The study focused on the Luapula River Basin (LRB) in Zambia, a potential donor for inter-basin water transfers to the Kafue River Basin...
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2. Effects of sedimentation on water-linked sectors in the Lusitu river catchment in southern Zambia
The problem of sedimentation and drying-up of rivers is very pronounced globally, continentally, and nationally. In Southern Zambia and, Lusitu River Catchment in particular, sedimentation and eventual drying up of the river during most parts of the year punctuated diverse environmental and...
Download PDF ↓This study aimed at assessing the integration of water supply and municipal land use planning in Lusaka City. The study was guided by three objectives, which were to determine how water supply managers and municipal land use planners integrate water supply and land use plans in Lusaka City, to...
Download PDF ↓The aim of this study was to evaluate the use Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) in predicting water demand in Lusaka City. The specific objective was to analyse the spatial distribution of water demand in the city, examine spatial relationships between water demand and its predictors and...
Download PDF ↓xvi ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the impacts of anthropogenic land use activities on river health conditions using aquatic macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality in the Chibefwe River Catchment area in Mkushi district, Central Province, Zambia. Three study...
Download PDF ↓This study focuses on the spatial and temporal variability of various carbon fractions and fluxes in relation to major biogeochemical parameters in the Zambezi River in Zambia and its major tributary, the Kafue River. Concentrations and composition of stable isotopes of dissolved organic carbon,...
Download PDF ↓The study was aimed at contributing to the provision of good quality groundwater supply in Petauke District. It comprised collection and analysis of 50 groundwater samples from boreholes in the dry and wet season in Petauke Town. Water exit points were sterilised before collection of samples....
Download PDF ↓The Kabompo river basin with an area of 72,000 km2, in North-Western Zambia is one of the major tributaries of the upper Zambezi River. Key water resources management problems in the Kabompo include water allocation to agriculture and ecosystems, effects of land-cover change on the flow regime...
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