June 2023

Water quality evaluation using water quality index and pollution model in selected communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Drinking water quality is a critical factor affecting human health particularly in natural resource-dependent countries including Nigeria. Hydrocarbon related pollution, mining waste, microbial load, industrial discharge and other anthropogenic stressors degrade drinking water quality in coastal communities and pose serious public health and ecological risks. This study evaluated the physicochemical properties of...

Author(s): Kabari Sam, Amarachi Paschaline Onyena, Ochuko Joshua Eriegha and Felix Eze

June 2023

Quality of water resources of Mount Lubwe and its access in a context of landscape anthropization in the Butembo region, East of DR Congo

This study highlights the competitive effects of the exploitation of the resources of Mount Lubwe on the quality of the water resources. The objective is twofold and consisted in: (i) evaluating the physico-chemical and microbiological water quality in the current context of anthropization of Mount Lubwe vis-à-vis the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO) and (ii) determine the conditions of access to...

Author(s): Kyoghero KASEREKA SHUKURU, Charles MUMBERE MUSAVANDALO, Musongora KAMBALE MUYISA, Moise MUSUBAO KAPIRI, Gloire KAYITOGHERA MULONDI, Kouagou Raoul SAMBIENI, and Francis LELO NZUZI