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The threat of accelerating climate variability impacts on species and the future are subjects of growing scientific interest. These variabilities are causing harmful effects on agricultural production around the world including Malawi because of its low adaptive capacity. This study investigated the occurrence and impacts …
Disaster preparedness, Resilience and adaptation
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This study assessed the impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on increasing landslide risk in Ndirande Township, Malawi, utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Through the analysis of temporal LULCC patterns of 2015, 2020 and …
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Loss and Damage
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Malawi is water scarce country in terms of quality with maximum rainfall received in the summer season which lasts for only three months (November, December and January); hence the water resources have to be protected. The municipal wastewater effluents are considered one of the environmental …
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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2022
IMPACTS OF COAL MINING ON STREAM WATER QUALITY; CASE STUDY OF MCHENGA COAL MINE IN RUMPHI DISTRICT
Water is one of the basic needs of the mining industry. All the operations of mining, directly or indirectly require water for their functioning. The mining industry has been utilizing water carelessly without anticipating the negative impacts it is having on the ecology and the …
Extreme weather and climate events
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The scientific assessment of soil involves the analysis of the physical, chemical as well as the biological properties of soil. These kind of assessments differ from the general tradition assessment (where soil quality is assessed by the quality and stand of the crops grown on …
Mineral Resource Governance
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The impact of water scarcity on food production is enormous. Communities are unable to water crops to feed an ever-increasing population. Wastewater reuse is one of the most promising water supply management approaches for managing water scarcity. Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), is …
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
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2022
DEVELOPMENT OF TRIHALOMETHANES FORMATION TOOL FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Disinfection is a very significant water treatment process for drinking water safety, as it inactivates pathogens from drinking water. Chlorination is the most widely used method for disinfection of drinking water, but there are concerns about the formation of by-products, such as trihalomethanes (THMs), since …
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
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Thuchila River is one of the many rivers in Malawi that supports many anthropogenic activities which include irrigation, sand mining, laundry, hygiene and waste disposal. Sand mining is one of the anthropogenic activities that has been noted to cause many environmental issues in river ecosystems. …
Mining Geology
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Heavy metals are metals with high densities and atomic weights. Heavy metal contamination in water systems is a severe concern all over the world, particularly in locations where anthropogenic pressures are considerable (Ochieng, 2007). In Malawi studies of heavy metals in our river systems is …
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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2022
ASSESSING WATER QUALITY FOR UNPROTECTED SHALLOW WELLS AT CHISINKHA VILLAGE IN MULANJE DISTRICT.
The provision of safe drinking water is a fundamental right of basic health and an extremely high priority of the Malawi Poverty Strategy. Mulanje is one of the districts in Malawi where limited resources and services are facing relentless pressure due to rapid population growth …
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
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Access to portable water sources in rural and urban areas remains a serious challenge in many developing countries like Malawi. The present study was undertaken to analyze and map groundwater salinity in shallow hand-dug well in thyolo district T/A chimaliro. The purpose of the study …
Groundwater and Society
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The study evaluated the variability and trends of rainfall and temperature from 1988 to 2020 and assessed the impacts of climate variations on smallholder tea farming in the Mulanje district. The study found that the annual rainfall was decreasing, although the trend was not significant. …
Meteorology
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