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    • Water and sanitation: perspectives and challenges 

      Owore, Dan (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)
      Basin Challenges on WATSAN: • Unplanned, sponteneous and unsustainable growth • Run-down and non-existent basic infrastructure and services • Significant negative impacts on environment, and importantly, the fragile ...
    • Water Hyacinth Infestation in Ponds and Satellite Lakes in the Lake Victoria Basin on Tanzania: Status and Efforts to Manage it. 

      Ndunguru, J; Mjema, P; Rajabu, CA; Katagira, F (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)
      A survey was conducted in ponds and satellite lakes in the lake Victoria basin in March 2000 to ascertain the presence of water hyacinth and its effect to the communities and the environment. Out of 14 (12 ponds and 2 ...
    • Water hyacinth on the River mouth to Lake Victoria 2011 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)
      Aquatic weeds adversely affect water quality, biodiversity, amenity and recreational values of water bodies. Community, social, cultural and economic values derived from such water bodies are therefore impaired. Invasive ...
    • Water Quality & Human Health around Lake Victoria. 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      Much has been achieved during LVEMP1 in terms of the countries’ understanding of the Lake Victoria ecosystem, but still there is a limited knowledge of the water quality in various parts (particularly bays) of the Lake ...
    • Water quality and ecosystem status 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      The Winam Gulf’s aquatic environment (Figure 1) represents a considerable part of the economic potential of the country, e.g. with regard to fisheries and navigation. However, the use, the management and the preservation ...
    • Water quality and ecosystem status 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Components of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in the three riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) have made considerable progress towards ...
    • Water Quality Improvement in the Inner Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria: A Case Study of Algal Removal at Gaba iI Water Treatment Plant 

      Kanyesigye, C.; Kiwanuka, S.; Kaggwa, C. R.; Okurut, T. (LVFO, 2001)
      Gaba U, a conventional water treatment plant in Uganda, draws its raw water from the Inner Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria. Over the last six years (1995-2000), the water quality has changed as evidenced by increase in ...
    • Zooplankton communities of some tanzanian lake victoria basin water bodies 

      Waya, RK (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      A survey of the zooplankton communities of some Tanzanian Lake Victoria Basin water bodies was conducted during September/October 2000 and March/April 2001. Plankton nets of mesh sizes 100 mm and 65 mm respectively were ...