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Groundwater provides a vital source of drinking water for rural and peri-urban communities in many parts of Africa, particularly in the dry season when there are few safe alternative sources. …

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 …

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 …

For more than two centuries, industrialization has propelled our world into an advanced and highly technologized civilization that we know today. Every nation across the world has had series of …

The observation of groundwater quality elements is essential for understanding the classification and distribution of drinking water, hence it is of importance to know the location of groundwater sources using …

The study was conducted in areas surrounding Soche Hill in Blantyre city. The area was chosen for the purpose of this study since it has been experiencing several landslide events …

The study was conducted to determine the water quality of Likangala River using biomonitoring and physico-chemical approaches. Experiments and direct field observations were applied. In order to do the study, …

Access to drinking water from unsafe sources is widespread amongst communities in rural areas such as Gumbi village in traditional authority Makwangwala Ntcheu District part central Malawi. This situation puts …

Water is essential for life and plays a crucial role in maintaining human health and well-being. However, the increasing discharge of domestic sewage and other forms of waste into water …

This paper analyses the impact of floods on social vulnerability and coping capacity of people in T/A Makhwira in Chikwawa district, Southern Malawi. It seeks to find the linkage between …

The study aimed at assessing the vulnerability of areas along the Mulunguzi river to potential floods influenced by dam failure. Provention Consortium (2007) defined vulnerability as the potential to suffer …

Vulnerabilities based on gender are relevant in disasters. Women and men are vulnerable to disasters in different ways; this is due to; social and economic reasons and pre-existing gender relations …