Projects
Management of water quality and quantity in lakes in Northern Ecuador using a catchment-based approach. KU Leuven
How does a drinking water intervention impact water quality and health? A field experiment to determine the role of contextual factors in household drinking water practices. Ghent University
Globally, more than half of the deaths due to diarrhoea are caused by a lack of water, sanitation and hygiene provision (WASH), particularly In Sub-Saharan Africa. Improving access to WASH is therefore an important goal of development cooperation. Many authors studied the health effects of these WASH interventions on waterborne diseases and diarrhoea incidence, indicating significant positive health outcomes. However, much less attention has ...
Water quality characterization and biosorption for point-of-use drinking water treatment in Athi River Basin, Kenya Ghent University
Scarcity of (good quality) water is a major challenge in Kenya. Because of rampant water pollution not only from conventional but also from emerging contaminants, there is inadequate access to safe and affordable water for drinking and other domestic use by the local communities, especially in informal settlements and rural areas. To address this challenge and induce change, two points are considered here: (i) comprehensive monitoring of ...
Women Water Watch (WwW): Mapping water quality from the river to the glass. University of Antwerp
Open Water Network: impacts of global change on water quality Vrije Universiteit Brussel
innovation” of the IX strategic plan of UNESCO-IHP
Water quality modelling of the Lake Victoria basin and impact investigation of climate change on the quality of the Lake KU Leuven
Over 30 million inhabitants depend on Lake Victoria (LV) in East Africa. The lake has a complex shoreline structure comprising of gulfs and bays. Inner Murchison bay (IMB) is the source of water supply to Kampala city and also recipient of its wastes. Consequently, water treatment costs by National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) have trebled in the past decades; thus the need to invest in alternative options. There is lack of insight ...
Qualitative expert judgement of the effectiveness of Flemish water quality policy. University of Antwerp
A Methodological Approach to Produce and Distribute High Quality Drinking Water in Urban Areas of Ethiopia KU Leuven
Water is an essential commodity and access to safe water is a human right. Nonetheless, there is a challenge of drinking water in the 21stC in both quantity and quality. As a result, securing and maintaining an adequate supply of water has been remained as one of the challenging problems across the globe. Without compromising the quality, the availability of the quantity of water for water supply is the primarily concern in developing ...