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Small-scale mining (SSM) activities in Tanzania are conducted using rudimentary mining tools such as shovels, hoes, picks and chisels. In most cases, mining practices do not use engineering plans and designs and usually are done haphazardly resulting in abandoned shafts, pits, trenches and other...

Monitoring and evaluation assessments of the IRS programmes reveal an inability to meet set IRS coverage targets. The purpose of this was to determine the factors that influence the low IRS coverage. A cross sectional household study was carried out in Lusaka District’s Mtendere, Kanyama and...

The Kariba Reservoir is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. It was created after the impoundment of the Zambezi River at the head of the Kariba Gorge primarily to provide hydro-electric power for mining and industrial development in the then Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (which...

Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) has become a serious threat to the survival of many endangered species in the world. The sighted examples from different countries such as Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar, Namibia, China and Peru demonstrate the severity of the conflict and suggest that greater in depth...

Every form of water use results in production of wastewater. The wastewater is characterised by a number of substances which are usually added to it during the process of use. These substances must be removed from the water before returning it back to the environment. The pathogenic nature of...

A series of microorganisms were detected from the Manchinchi Sewage Treatment Plant in the different levels of treatment. The samples analysed were :-raw sewage, secondary clarifier sewage and the maturation ponds effluent at the point where it is discharged into the receiving water body, the...

An ecological study was undertaken over a period of one and half years in miombo woodland found in Serenje District, Zambia in order to determine the extent of woodland degradation in the study area as well as determining the avifauna community structure in the study area, and how it responds to...

An ecological study was undertaken over a period of one and half years in miombo woodland found in Serenje District, Zambia in order to determine the extent of woodland degradation in the study area as well as determining the avifauna community structure in the study area, and how it responds to...

The study focused on the perceptions and socioeconomic repercussions of irrigating vegetables using treated wastewater in Garden Compound in Lusaka. This qualitative study was based on stratified sample population of forty (40) comprising wastewater vegetable irrigators and non wastewater...

The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate the effort, efficiency and performance of private water utilities to improve service delivery in Chawama Township, by Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC). 200 household heads who were selected using systematic sampling, were interviewed in...