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Water quality and ecology of Lake Kanyaboli, Kenya: Current status and historical changes
(Lakes and reservoirs, 2022)Small waterbodies are the most threatened freshwater habitats because of the large ratio between their size and the catchment they drain. The present study assessed the current and ... -
Mapping Landslide Susceptibility Along the Nandi Escarpment in Malava Sub-CountyKakamega County, Kenya
(Africa Environmental Review, 2022)Landslidesmay occur in hilly terrain due to a combination of factors like deforestation, heavy precipitation, slope steepness and gravity, land use and cover. Whenever they occur, they may result in disasters such as loss ... -
On-Site Runoff Management, Challenges and Prospects in Amalemba, an Urban Informal Settlement in Kakamega Municipality, Kakamega County, Kenya
(African Environmental Review Journal, 2022-06)This study investigated the challenges and prospects of on-site runoff management in Amalemba informal urban settlement in Kakamega Municipality, Kenya. The study followed a qualitative research design. Visual observations, ... -
ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF WATER QUALITY USING STATISTICAL, CCME-WQI AND GIS METHODS IN NAKURU MUNICIPALITY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2022)Nakuru Municipality lies in the larger Lake Nakuru basin where the natural chemistry of its watershed is characterized by high levels of inorganic salts posing a significant problem to water resources. River and ground ... -
RUNOFF GENERATION, IMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN AMALEMBA URBAN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, KAKAMEGA MUNICIPALITY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2021)The study was carried out in Amalemba informal urban settlement within Kakamega municipality, Kenya. It concerned environmental impacts of uncontrolled runoff in the environmentally vulnerable low income settlement. ... -
EFFECTS OF GEOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND SELECTED PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF WATER QUALITY ON FLUORIDE LEVELS IN RIVER NJORO CATCHMENT, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2020)Fluoride levels higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended levels of 1.5 mg/l have to raise serious health issues. Therefore fluoride contamination is a pertinent matter that calls for concern by all people ... -
Variation of Fluoride Levels in Surface Geology: A Study of River Njoro Catchment, Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2020)Fluoride levels in water that is higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended levels of 1.5mg/l have raised concerns to the health of human. Subsequently fluoride contamination in water is a pertinent ... -
Stratigraphy and Fluoride Levels Variation in Borehole Water: A Case of River Njoro Catchment
(Open Access Library Journal, 2020)Boreholes are main sources of water for human use in the Rift Valley. How ever these boreholes have fluoride levels higher than the World Health Or ganization (WHO) recommended levels of 1.5 mg/l and consequently have ... -
SOIL EROSION PROCESSES AND CONTROL ON RURAL ROADS IN MT. ELGON SUB-COUNTY, TRANS NZOIA AND WEST POKOT COUNTIES, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Roads are essential component to the counties’ economy; they are key agents of economies to thrive, good and well maintained roads imply great and successful economies. Low volume rural roads are facing great challenge and ... -
Environ. Res. Commun.1(2019)125003https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab50f6PAPERComputational and experimental study of a hydro-dynamicallandslide model based on laboratoryflume tests
(Environmental Research Communications, 2019)Hydrological factors such as volumetric water content(VWC)and pore-water content(PWC)havebeen cited widely as significant factors that trigger slope failures especially shallow landslides anddebrisflows. Over the years, ... -
MODELING OPTIMAL YIELD OF MAIZE UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND NUTRIENTS LEVELS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA.
(University of Eldoret, 2019)Agriculture uses the largest volume of water which is a scarce natural resource and equally demanded for both industrial and domestic requirements. Increasing demand in agricultural production for food and industrial ... -
APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR SITING A SANITARY LAND FILL: A CASE OF FINLAY’S TEA (K) LIMITED KERICHO, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Solid waste disposal is one of the most troublesome challenges facing many developing countries including Kenya. Not only has the volume of solid waste increased rapidly in the past few years, but the available sites meeting ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING AT ABANDONED ROSTERMAN MINE AND ITS SURROUNDING, KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)Rosterman mine is an abandoned gold mine located in Kakamega County, of Western Kenya. The mine was started in 1935 and was abandoned without rehabilitation in 1952 with deep open excavations and huge amount of tailings ... -
Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
(Science Advances AAAS, 2019)River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized ... -
Numerical modeling of translational dynamics forshallow landslides based on flume tests – specialcase of spherical-cap-shaped slope sections
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Slope failures can endanger human life and cause infrastructural destruction and socioeco-nomic loss. Geoscientists have strived to develop constitutive models and real-time slopemonitoring models and systems to abate these ... -
ROLE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM RESOURCES IN ALLEVIATING HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
(2019-11-30)The role played by forest ecosystem resources is critical to forest-fringe rural households who depend on it to sustain their livelihood outcomes like alleviating household poverty and reducing household income inequality. ... -
MODELING OPTIMAL YIELD OF MAIZE UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND NUTRIENTS LEVELS
(2019-11-30)Agriculture uses the largest volume of water which is a scarce natural resource and equally demanded for both industrial and domestic requirements. Increasing demand in agricultural production for food and industrial ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES
(2016-05-23)The Kenyan government has throughout its history come up with ambitious agricultural policies and strategies seeking to enhance agricultural production and performance as a tool to improve the livelihood of majority of its ... -
INTEGRATED HEAT ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS RECOVERY
(2016-05-23)Sugarcane processing industry produces bagasse, molasses and press mud as wastes. Both bagasse and press mud have high energy content while press mud is rich in nutrients phosphates, calcium and nitrates. However, when ... -
IMPACTS OF FLUORSPAR MINING ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF KIMWARER AREA KERIO VALLEY, ELGEYOMARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(2016-05-23)The research is based on the Impacts of mining fluorspar on the physical environment at Kimwarer Area, Kerio Valley Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. Therefore this study has been carried out to establish environmental impacts ...
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