Abstract: The Oueme basin in Benin, like several other basins in the region, is increasingly affected by floods that have numerous environmental, social, and economic impacts. In this context, it is essential to analyze rainfall occurrence to propose mitigation or adaptation measures for water management. This study analyzes rainfall occurrence over the period 1921 to 2020 in the Oueme River basin at ... PubDate: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: Rural communities in low-income countries rely on intermittent water supply, defined as access to water for less than 24 h a day. The path to continuous water supply requires electricity as well as water infrastructures, which in turn requires the necessary finance for investment. We show that a sample of 16 Least Developed Countries (as classified by the UN) do not yet meet the minimum cond... PubDate: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: This work aims to study the uncertainties in the rainfall-runoff process using a stochastic approach derived from the deterministic hydrological model based on the least action principle (ModHyPMA). The stochastic formulation of ModHyPMA allows for consideration of both the dynamics and stochastic nature of the hydrological phenomenon. The main assumption is that uncertainties in the hydrolo... PubDate: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are considered as one of the best prospective natural resources to be discovered on the way to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel-based electricity generation. However, low power generations from MFCs, expensive electrode materials, and the inability to scale-ups MFCs to industrially relevant capacities have made the usage of MFC even worse. The utilization of M... PubDate: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: The shortages in the distribution of drinking water from the public network in the municipality of Jacqueville lead the population of the peri-urban villages of the said municipality to turn to well water, the quality of which remains a concern. The objective of this study is to evaluate the hygienic quality of well water used by the population for their domestic needs. The measurement and s... PubDate: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: In tropical Sudan climate regions, agricultural activities are often affected by increasingly frequent extreme climate events (floods, droughts). With regard to current climate manifestations, this study aimed at assessing agricultural risks in the rural communities of Oti I and II. The analysis of daily, monthly and annual rainfall and temperature data for the period from 1961 to 2020 enabl... PubDate: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: Globally, diarrhoea is considered as a major threat to human health and remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Several studies have shown that incidence of diarrhoea is influenced by source of drinking water and mediated by some compositional and contextual factors. However, not much is known about how mediating factors interact with source of drinking water to influence inciden... PubDate: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: The study was conducted in 2019 in the Eastern Ethiopia Somali region Kebri-beyah district to identify the determinants of the adoption of rainwater harvesting technologies (RWHT) in the district. The study revealed several determinants for the adoption of RWHT in Kebri-Beyah district, among the factors include a level of education, access to finance, training, extension service and approach... PubDate: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: Droughts are part of extreme meteorological phenomena that generate serious social, economic and environmental consequences. This study seeks to characterize the historical (1976-2019) and projected (2021-2050) meteorological drought in the Niger River Basin in Benin. To achieve this, the present study used daily rainfall observations and simulations of two regional climate models (RCM) (HIR... PubDate: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +010
Abstract: Many rural households do not have access to treated drinking water. However, some households may be in regions where a water treatment plant has excess capacity to supply some additional households. In such circumstances, small diameter low-pressure supply systems can be connected to major transmission lines to give these households access to water. These typically occur in locations that do... PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +010