Most rural populations in developing countries use surface water which is turbid in appearance and contaminated with human feces which needs treatment. Even if there are synthetic chemicals that can reduce turbidity and ...

Safe water and sanitation are fundamental to life and everyone has a right to these basic services. The generation of recent information about both the water quality status and sanitation condition is highly important ...

Rapid population growth and expanding urbanization have caused a dramatic increase in type and volume of household solid waste generated in many towns of the country including Morsito town. Most of this solid waste is ...

Solid waste, which is a consequence of day-to-day activity of human kind, needs to be managed properly. The improper management of the MSW is a major cause for water, air and soil pollution. Municipal solid wastes (MSW) ...

Dumping of heavy metals wastes has environmental impacts on soil and water at the nearby waste dump sites. The purposes of this study was to identify the sources and also status of selected heavy metals in municipal solid ...

The rapid increase in population together with expansion of urban centers is producing large volumes of wastes, which demand better infrastructure, institutional setup and community participation for its management. ...

Knowledge of quantity and composition of urban solid waste is required and considered as a basis for designing and operating appropriate solid waste management systems. Cognizant of this, a study was initiated to characterize ...

Climate variability is depleting assets and adversely affecting food security of smallholders of rainfall dependent livelihoods, and it affects crop production and price due toincrease in average temperature and rainfall ...

This study was conducted in Gibe woreda, Hadiya Zone Southern Ethiopia to analyze rainfall and temperature variability impacts on Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) productivity and adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers. ...

Prosopis juliflora has become serious woody weed in the fragile ecosystem of Ethiopia. In Afar Regional State, it has been affecting the livelihood of the community by aggressively and successfully invading the rangeland ...