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Water scarcity is a global challenge, affecting sustainable development, human well-being and ecosystem health. In Zambia, the Kafue River Basin, an important economic and ecological resource, faces growing water demand that exceeds its natural supply and supply capacity, leading to resource...

Mining is the main source of export income and contributes significantly to the Zambian gross domestic product. Besides its contributions to exports, the mining industry plays a pivot role in the economic and socio-political development of Zambia. It also provides essential mineral based raw...

Reservoir sedimentation is one of the temporally and spatially distributed challenges facing managers of small reservoirs today. Fluvial system formed the geomorphological plinth of the study. The study was motivated by the problem of sedimentation in the Makoye Reservoir (about 60500 m2), which...

This study investigates the effect of aquaculture on Phytoplankton diversity and abundance in Lake Kariba. Water parameters that were monitored included: phosphate, nitrate and silica concentrations. Water samples were analysed from an aquaculture station at Yalelo fish cages located at Kamimbi...

Environmental issues such as sedimentation have accelerated due to increase in population and changes in land uses. This has made water managers to face complex technical challenges in managing water bodies. To address such environmental issues, the Global Action Program (GAP) by UNESCO (2014)...

Mining and smelting processes are among the key sources of soil contamination by heavy metals resulting in dramatic disturbances and loss of biodiversity. Phytoremediation is a cost effective technology that involves the efficient use of plants to eliminate or immobilize environmental...

Mining and smelting processes are among the key sources of soil contamination by heavy metals resulting in dramatic disturbances and loss of biodiversity. Phytoremediation is a cost effective technology that involves the efficient use of plants to eliminate or immobilize environmental...

This study assessed surface water availability in Solwezi River basin in Northwestern Province of Zambia. The main objective was to quantify various components of the water balance to ascertain surface water availability in Solwezi River Basin in view of the increasing water demand. Climate data...

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,...

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...