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Lusaka has one of the fast-growing populations in Zambia with majority of these people residing in peri-urban areas. The efforts by the Lusaka Water Supply Sanitation Company (LWSC) to provide adequate and sustainable Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) services has been hampered by a lack of systems...

Access to electricity is one of the main drivers in the process of sustainable development. Access to energy transforms the lives of people, communities, and nations. The main issue facing developing countries is the lack of access to affordable and reliable electricity supply for their...

The goal of this study was to establish how knowledge on water resource protection influenced practices involving water resources amongst residents of Ng'ombe living within the Chamba river buffer zone. This was done in order to determine why buffer zone encroachment and degradation appear to be...

Collaboration is critical to the successful implementation of construction projects; the sharing of knowledge and information on a construction project is one of the key factors of a successful contractual relationship. Currently, the visualization, coordination and management of project...

This study sought to investigate the cause of the frequent drill rig breakdown at Lubambe Copper Mines (LCM) in Zambia. A multimethod approach was adopted. The result of the study showed that human factors, environmental factors, maintenance factors and Supply Chain related factors were the cause...

The health sector has seen tremendous increase in the construction and expansion of physical infrastructure. Much of this infrastructure development has been spearheaded by donors who have facilitated the funding and construction of these structures. Presently, most funders are moving away from...

Mini hydropower plays a critical role in providing energy access to remote areas through mini grids. However, the development of mini hydropower sites has lagged in Zambia with the country only witnessing the construction of two off-grid mini hydropower stations namely, Zengamina and Shiwan’gandu...

This study explored the effectiveness of the Sustainable Operation and Maintenance Project (SOMAP) model implement in six rural districts of Zambia. This study targeted Chongwe district in Lusaka Province. The key findings of the study showed that the communities did not regularly contribute...

In the Vision 2030 Strategic Focus document, the Government of Zambia aims to provide wholesome water supply to all Zambians by the year 2030. Against this background, the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) implemented a water distribution network (WDN) project in Hillview South in 2012 in...

In the Vision 2030 Strategic Focus document, the Government of Zambia aims to provide wholesome water supply to all Zambians by the year 2030. Against this background, the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) implemented a water distribution network (WDN) project in Hillview South in 2012 in...