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Groundwater quality is affected by human activities in the region and therefore the issue of groundwater contamination is common worldwide. High coliform above 50 CFU/100ml levels in drinking water can …

In Malawi the need to treat wastewater is becoming more important and it has been emphasised by the existing regulatory framework institutional regulations and policy guidelines. Formalised national effluent standards …

Solid waste management is a serious problem in the urban areas because of industrialization, urbanization and population growth. This is the same case for Lilongwe. The main objective of this …

Chozoli in the south of Rumphi experienced a landslide recently on 6th march 2020. Rumphi is a mountainous area characterized by a great number of hill and the area experience …

Landslide susceptibility mapping is a practical tool in natural and urban planning. It can be applied for determining land use zone, in construction design, and planning of a variety of …

Interest in heatwaves and extreme heat events have increased globally over the past few years following the high profile of heat events across the globe. Heatwaves historically received little attention …

Thyolo, is an area in southern Malawi where there is presence of different types of soil that have different soil chemical properties and physical properties. Particularly the area of interest …

Contamination of groundwater is a widespread issue around the globe and the water quality is highly dependent on the geology as well as anthropogenic interventions in the area (Hellens, 2013). …

This research was carried out to identify suitable areas for quarry stones occurrence in Blantyre district using GIS tools. The WOE method was used in this study where by Blantyre …

In the mining industry, most attention is focused on the large-scale sector, but in developing countries like Malawi, minerals are mainly extracted by the artisanal and small-scale sector. This means …

In this study, a crustal thickness model of the Malawi rift is created from the inversion of the EIGEN-6C4 global gravity model. The regularized inversion based on the Gauss- Newton …

Agricultural activities in Malawi depend largely on rainfall-fed. Rainfall onset is defined as the period, at the beginning of the rainy season, when rainfall distribution has become adequate for crop …