Modern and Traditional Methods of Water Resource Management in Africa

Water Perspectives in Emerging Countries. May 5-9, 2019 – Durban, South Africa

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• Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9783736970410
• eBook ISBN: 9783736960411
• Edition: 1

Water is a key driver of economic and social development, while it also has a basic function in maintaining the integrity of the natural environment. The traditional fragmented approach of dealing with water issues is no longer viable and a hybrid system, which incorporates modern methods, is essential. This is a rational approach that has now been accepted internationally as the way forward for efficient, equitable and sustainable development of the world's limited but most precious resources. Finding solutions to these challenging hydric problems requires close collaboration between traditional knowledge and current science practices, expert practitioners, and stakeholders from private and public organizations. Therefore, this book encourages to contribute and to be part of the search for efficient solutions to water crisis in Sub Saharan Africa by widening scientific and technological know-how - and more importantly - engaging in knowledge brokerage. This book focuses on a multi-disciplinary diagnosis of water challenges in developing countries in general but specifically in Sub Saharan Africa, and proposes viable solutions with respect to modern and the traditional methods of water resource management. Specific areas of interest include water quality and quantity parameters, water supply in urban and rural areas, wastewater treatment and recycling.

Table of contents

• 1. MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES,WATER ANALYSIS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR DEGRADATIONOF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• 2. ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENTIN A SMALL TOWN IN KONYA, TURKEY
• 3. ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND WATER ALLOCATION SYSTEM USING WEAP MODEL - CASE STUDY BERKI CATCHMENT, TIGRAY REGION
• 4. QUALITY EVALUATION OF DISCHARGED WATER FROM AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS INTO SELECTED RIVERS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
• 5. EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL WATER SUPPLY SCHEMESIN KILTE-AWLAELO DISTRICT IN THE TIGRAY REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA
• 6. WATER PROCUREMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA: IMPLICATION OF POPULATION AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL PARTNERS
• 7. IMPACT OF MINING AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON WATER CHEMICALQUALITY OF THE VOLTA BASIN IN TOGO OVER 2015 - 2017
• 8. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER FAUNA AND QUALITYIN THE TOWN OF LIMBE, CAMEROON
• 9. EVALUATING COMBINATORIAL WATER TREATMENTBY LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS
• 10. SANITARY RISKS RELATED TO CONTAMINATION OF WELL WATERBY CADMIUM AND ZINC, AND DEPOLLUTION TESTS BY AQUATIC PLANTS
• 11. PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ADSORPTION APPLICATIONOF CHITOSAN POWDER FROM SHRIMP (PENAEUS MONODON) SHELLSFOR THE REMOVAL OF NITRATE IONS FROM WASTEWATER
• 12. SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF ZINC(II), CADMIUM(II) AND LEAD(II) CATIONSFROM WASTEWATER USING SYNTHETIC CHELATING LIGANDS
• 13. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
• 14. MECHANISM AND KINETICS FOR ADSORPTION OF INDIGO CARMINEWITH POLYANILINE
• 15. AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC WATER FACILITIES IN RURAL AREASOF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
• 16. NANOTECHNOLOGY PROCESS FOR PESTICIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENTPRIOR TO REUSE IN AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
• 17. TREATMENT OF ENRICHED ARSENIC WATER USING IRON COATED ACTIVATEDCARBON: A CONTRIBUTION FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• 18. BATHYMETRIC SURVEY AND SEDIMENT CORE ANALYSISFOR SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• 19. GROWING SCARCITY OF FRESHWATER IN THREE VILLAGES IN TA NGABU,CHIKWAWA DISTRICT, MALAWI: HOW THE PEOPLE ARE COPING AND NEEDFOR SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES FOR AVAILABLILTY OF FRESHWATER
• 20. HYDRO-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUI DAM AREAOF THE BLACK VOLTA