Urban water supply utilities in developing countries are faced with challenges of low service coverage and high unaccounted for water (UFW). UFW reduces the water available to customers, and results in loss of revenue ...

The growth in energy demand is surpassing generation capacity especially in developing nations. Traditional energy sources such as fossil fuels are finite and are the largest contributors to global warming due to emission ...

At present, sugar cane production requires more land than any anthropogenic activity in the lower Komati catchment. Despite its threat to water quality, not much is known about the impact of the increased agricultural ...

Following a critical review of the conceptual and laboratory studies on expansive soil behaviour, it is shown that the current understanding of unsaturated expansive soil behaviour is not consistent. In the main, the ...

Water supply utilities in Africa are finding it increasingly difficult to provide adequate services to the needy areas: their core business operations are often stagnant, compounded by an increase in peri-urban and poor ...

Smallholder sugarcane growing is central to rural development and poverty alleviation in Swaziland. The main objective of smallholder sugar cane growing is to reduce poverty through increased household income. This study ...

IWRM-led water reforms in southern Africa have emphasised the creation of new institutions with little explanation regarding how the institutions can effectively engage with stakeholders at different levels, especially ...

Groundwater plays a pivotal role in meeting potable water needs. However, significant stresses generated from anthropogenic activities have affected its safe use. In-order to enable appropriate risk communication and ...

Water availability and consumption assessments are important for integrated water resources management. Such assessments are usually hindered by the lack of hydro-meteorological data to close the water balance. Remote ...

Interception is an important process that influences antecedent soil moisture conditions that are important for flood generation. It is however, one of the most underestimated processes of the hydrological cycle. Studies ...