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The aim of this research is to facilitate informed decision making for an optimal cost-based allocation of future electricity generation resources in Zambia. Such a study is cardinal in order to find out which energy technologies are economically viable from a long-term perspective for our...

Risk Management has become key in ensuring stable networks. The greatest risk that service Providers (SPs) face is client, revenue and reputation damage. To avoid or mitigate these risks a good client management plan is required. With the ever increasing competition in the Telecommunication...

As the population of Zambia is growing bigger, so does the demand for energy. Currently, Zambia is dependent on ZESCO as the main producer of electricity for the Zambian people. Despite the government liberalising the energy sector in 1997, very few private players have come on board. ZESCO has...

The practice of copper wire drawing has faced problems regarding process, quality and manufacturing cost and satisfying world market demand of drawn wires. Of great importance to the practitioner are problems due to the interaction of process parameters during wire drawing. The present research...

Water abstraction is achieved by many means, and for many purposes. Abstraction depends on many variables that include the purpose for the abstraction, the location, the type of laws in place regarding the procedure, and the type of resources available for the abstraction process. The overall...

Zambia has been experiencing population increase over the years. The growth has been characterised by an increase in agricultural irrigation activities, competitiveness in water use which have caused water stress and conflicts in some catchments. Some water availability assessment works in...

Heavy metal contamination commonly results from human activities such as mining, and it has become a serious environmental problem. Heavy metals are an important category of the industrial pollutants due to their non-biodegradability. One of the most cost-effective strategies for dealing with...

Management of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) has been undergoing several and continuous transformations over the past two decades. The International Water Association (IWA) as well as other key stakeholders have been trying to find the ‘Best Practices’ in managing non-revenue water so as to help water...

The total surface area of planet earth is about 510 million Km2 and about 71% of this area is water and the remaining 29% is formed by land mass. The proportion of water is much higher, as it is a major component of physiological existence and includes all types of natural water resources;...

The objective of the study was to provide a holistic evaluation of the impacts of deforestation on ecosystem services in Kamfinsa sub-catchment of Kitwe in Zambia. Loss of forest biomass, biodiversity, and soil erosion were key proxy variables for loss of ecosystem services. Geographical...