Essays about: "Zomba"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Zomba.

  1. 1. Waste management and impact on people's health when cultivating on sites contaminated with heavy metals : Minor field study made in Zomba, Malawi

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Sofie Orvestedt; [2015]
    Keywords : heavy metals; contamination; waste disposal; food safety; health impact; contaminated soil;

    Abstract : This minor field study was executed in Zomba, Malawi, where land for cultivation is scarce, resulting in cultivation at potentially contaminated sites. Waste dumps are one of the main sources of heavy metal contamination and excessive levels in soil might lead to elevated levels in crops which can cause severe health effects. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tubular polyethylene biogas digesters : development and testing of a biogas technology in Malawi to reduce deforestation and support climate change mitigation and adaptation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Martin Eckerwall; Christian Jansson; Viktor Larsson; [2015]
    Keywords : renewable energy; small scale biogas production; construction; Minor Field Study; Malawi;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to install a biogas system consisting of three tubular polyethylene biogas digesters at a rural household in Malawi and to evaluate the constructed biogas system with regards to relevant system parameters. The purpose was to evaluate if the technology is a possible solution to reduce deforestation and support Malawi in climate change mitigation and adaptation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Temporal water quality study of the heavily human-impacted Likangala River, Zomba, Malawi

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Malin Ullberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Likangala River; water quality; physio-chemical pollution; Zomba; Zomba Sewage Works;

    Abstract : River water is used for a range of purposes, for example irrigation, laundry, hygiene, mining of sand, as drinking water and for disposal of wastes and wastewater. These anthropogenic activities, along with agriculture and the local climate and geology will have effects on the water quality, and by extension the people living in the area. READ MORE

  5. 4. Water hyacinths (Eichornia crassipes) and their presence in Shire River, Malawi : Problems caused by them and ways of utilise them elsewhere

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Malin Mellhorn; [2013]
    Keywords : water hyacinths; Eichhornia crassipes; green manure; Malawi;

    Abstract : Malawi is one of many countries throughout the world struggling with massive amounts of water hyacinths (Eichornia crassipes) in the country’s fresh water resources.  In nutrient-rich ecosystems where the aquatic weed has no natural enemies it will reproduce very rapidly with the consequence that lakes become overgrown, water flow in rivers is reduced, and other water organisms becomes excluded. READ MORE

  6. 5. Efficiency of two wastewater treatment plants situated in Zomba, Malawi

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Sandra Lundgren; [2013]
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