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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 …

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 …

Human activities are recognized as major sources of environmental problems. Worldwide freshwater resources, which provide important ecosystem services to humans as well as aquatic organisms, are under threat from rapid …

Soil erosion is one of the most common types of environmental hazards which leads to land degradation and affects countries worldwide. Soil erosion hits developing countries the hardest as it …

Water quality assessment is the overall process of evaluating the physical, biological, and chemical characteristics of water. In developing countries like Malawi, water quality is largely monitored through water quality …

Sediment particles originating from erosion processes in the catchment are propagated with the river flow. When the flow of the rivers stores water the sediment settles in the Lake and …

Climate variability and change are already affecting Malawi, which has experienced a greater incidence of dry spells and intense rainfall events over the last two decades. The changes have led …

The increase in population Increases the water demand, delineation of groundwater is one of the best approaches for overcoming water scarcity problems. This study delineated the Blantyre city's potential groundwater …

Earthquakes have been a stumbling bar to development in Malawi's northern region, especially in Karonga. This is a district that is prone to natural disasters. Despite the government's and non-governmental …

Farming is one of activity happen in Kasungu district and most crop grown in this area including tobacco, Chitete, Kamwana, Mangazi and Nkhulande area the villages where I was study …

The building construction industry is well known as a source of negative environmental impacts, which are associated with production and extraction of raw materials. Some of the major impacts caused …

Increased Soil loss is a major threat to the agricultural development in Malawi and by extension is also a major hindrance to the overall economic development of the country since …