River water pollution status and water policy scenario in Ethiopia: raising awareness for better implementation in developing countries

A Awoke, A Beyene, H Kloos, PLM Goethals… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Despite the increasing levels of pollution in many tropical African countries, not much is
known about the strength and weaknesses of policy and institutional frameworks to tackle …

Managing urban runoff in residential neighborhoods: Nitrogen and phosphorus in lawn irrigation driven runoff

GS Toor, ML Occhipinti, YY Yang, T Majcherek… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Sources and mechanisms of nutrient transport in lawn irrigation driven surface runoff are
largely unknown. We investigated the transport of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in lawn …

Distribution characteristics of phosphorus in the sediments and overlying water of Poyang Lake

L Wang, T Liang - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Phosphorus (P) is a key indicator of the aquatic organism growth and eutrophication in
lakes. The distribution and speciation of P and its release characteristics from sediments …

Fish as bioindicators in aquatic environmental pollution assessment: A case study in Lake Victoria wetlands, Uganda

I Naigaga, H Kaiser, WJ Muller, L Ojok… - … of the Earth, parts A/B/C, 2011 - Elsevier
Growing human population and industrialization have led to the pollution of most aquatic
ecosystems and consequent deterioration in environmental water quality. Indicator …

Sustainable use of wastewater in agriculture: A bibliometric analysis of worldwide research

MJ López-Serrano, JF Velasco-Muñoz… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is estimated that at least one quarter of the world's population will be affected by water
shortages in the coming years and by 2030 there will be a global water deficit of 40% if …

[HTML][HTML] Lake Victoria: Overview of research needs and the way forward

C Nyamweya, TJ Lawrence, MZ Ajode, S Smith… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over 42 million people rely on Lake Victoria as their primary source of food, employment,
and clean drinking water. The lake's fisheries have produced around one million tonnes in …

Emerging contaminant exposure to aquatic systems in the Southern African Development Community

KP Selwe, JPR Thorn… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The growing production and use of chemicals and the resultant increase in environmental
exposure is of particular concern in developing countries where there is rapid …

Pesticide contamination of surface and groundwater in an Ethiopian Highlands' Watershed

FK Sishu, SA Tilahun, P Schmitter, G Assefa… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan African countries has significantly increased
pesticide applications. Information on pesticide residues and their transport in groundwater …

Spatial variability in water quality and macroinvertebrate assemblages across a disturbance gradient in the Mara River Basin, Kenya

HL Lubanga, JO Manyala, A Sitati, MJ Yegon… - Ecohydrology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Across the Afrotropical ecosystems human activities are increasingly modifying natural flow
regimes, nutrient and organic matter loading and processing in streams and rivers with …

Advances in Nitrogen-Rich Wastewater Treatment: A Comprehensive Review of Modern Technologies

A Omar, F Almomani, H Qiblawey, K Rasool - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen-rich wastewater is a major environmental issue that requires proper treatment
before disposal. This comprehensive overview covers biological, physical, and chemical …