Working Document Series Open Access Toxic metals in East African agro-ecosystems: Key risks for sustainable food production Patrick A. Ndakidemi · W. Blake · S. Comber · T. H. Hutchinson +2 more The dramatic increase in world population underpins current escalating food demand, which requires increased productivity in the available arable land through agricultural intensification. Agricultural intensification involves increased ag… RUF-39383 2021 CC BY 4.0 19 Aug 2021
Journal articles Open Access Oil-Gas and Environmental Nexus: Impact of Human Actions on selected Soil Physicochemical Parameters in Port Harcourt and its environment, Nigeria E. Ibisime · W.P. Muyoma · L. Odokuma · R. Ramkat Impact of oil and gas activities on quality of soil in Port Harcourt and its environments was assessed. The study evaluates levels of physicochemical parameters associated with oil and gas industry in soils of 9 locations in Port Harcourt … RUF-39069 2018 CC BY 4.0 26 Feb 2021
Working Document Series Open Access Environmental, physical and microbial parameters of harvested rain-water supply system of El Obeid drinking water A. M. Abdelrahman · M.J. Hana · H.M. Mohamed This study was carried out to identify some environmental pollutants, physical and microbiological parameters of harvested drinking water supply of Elobeid town, North Kordofan, Sudan during the rainy season of 2016. Water samples were col… RUF-39000 2018 CC BY 4.0 24 Feb 2021
Journal articles Open Access Adsorption of Heavy Metals Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oil Using Palm Kernel and Coconut Shells Activated Carbons Kwasi Opoku Boadu · David Kofi Essumang · Benson Osa Evbuomwan · Ogbonna Friday Joel This research work investigated the adsorption of some heavy metals contaminants in used lubricating oil using chemically activated carbon adsorbents produced from palm kernel and coconut shells. The adsorption mechanism was able to remove… RUF-38245 2020 CC BY 4.0 25 Apr 2020
Journal articles Open Access Physico-chemical and Concentration of Heavy Metals Analyses in Virgin and Used Lubricating Oils: A Spectroscopy Study Kwasi Opoku Boadu · David Kofi Essumang · Benson Osa Evbuomwan · Ogbonna Friday Joel As a result of the changes that occur during their use, lubricating oils from automobiles tend to differ in terms of their physical and chemical composition from virgin and used lubricating oils. The analyses of the heavy metals distributi… RUF-38227 2019 CC BY 4.0 16 Apr 2020
Journal articles Open Access A Review of Methods for Removal of Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oil Kwasi Opoku Boadu · David Kofi Essumang · Benson Osa Evbuomwan · Ogbonna Friday Joel Management and disposing of used lubricating oil (ULO) poses deleterious effects to air, land and water pollution. These contaminants not only causes environmental problems, they also have bioaccumulation effects on living organisms, reduc… RUF-38226 2019 CC BY 4.0 16 Apr 2020
Journal articles Open Access Comparative Studies of the Physicochemical Properties and Heavy Metals adsorption Capacity of Chemical Activated Carbon from Palm Kernel, Coconut and Groundnut Shells Kwasi Opoku Boadu · David Kofi Essumang · Benson Osa Evbuomwan · Ogbonna Friday Joel Comparative studies of the physicochemical properties of chemical activated carbon from palm kernel (PKS), coconut (CNS) and groundnut (GNS) shells were investigated. The properties investigated were pH, moisture content, specific gravity,… RUF-38220 2018 CC BY 4.0 12 Apr 2020
Journal articles Open Access Oil-gas and environmental nexus: impact of human actions on selected soil physicochemical parameters in Port Harcourt and its environment, Nigeria W.P. Muyoma Impact of oil and gas activities on quality of soil in Port Harcourt and its environments was assessed. The study evaluates levels of physicochemical parameters associated with oil and gas industry in soils of 9 locations in Port Harcourt … RUF-37863 2018 CC BY 4.0 10 Jan 2019
Journal articles Open Access Uranium contamination in drinking water and foodstuffs in Bahi District, Central Tanzania B.E. Chove · A.K. Kaaya · E.M.M. Marwa · Z.J. Mziray A field survey was conducted in Bahi District in Central Tanzania to investigate uranium levels in drinking water and to evaluate its contamination in some foodstuffs as proxy to their safety for human and animal consumption. Regularly con… RUF-35962 2016 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2016
Journal articles Open Access Membrane fouling control in low pressure membranes: a review on pretreatment techniques for fouling abatement N. Banadda · Samuel. Gyebi Arhin · Isa. Kabenge · Allan John. Komakech +1 more Conventional treatment techniques cannot meet the stringent modern water quality regulations emanating from the need to provide high quality drinking water. Therefore, a number of studies have suggested low pressure membrane filtration as … RUF-35956 2016 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Willingness to pay for sound waste management in urban and peri-urban areas of the Lake Victoria crescent region Uganda L. Drake · W. Ekere · J. Mugisha Waste management constitutes one of the most crucial health and environmental problems facing local governments in Uganda. In the Lake Victoria crescent region, Kampala residents generate over 1,500 tons of waste per day. However, only a s… RUF-35041 2010 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Effect of land-use and climate change and variability on pollution loading in rivers of eastern Uganda and albertine rift P. Isubikalu · J.G.M. Majaliwa · P. Mukwaya Climate change and variability is one of the major environmental challenges that are likely to affect the livelihood of mankind for a very long time. At local scale, global climate change and variability trends can be amplified by Land use… RUF-34776 2010 CC BY 4.0 11 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access An overview of Pollution Loading into Lake Kivu Basin S. Bashwira · F. Kansiime · J.G.M. Majaliwa · M. Tenywa Increasing pollution loading is one of the factors which have led to instability of the Lake Kivu threatening the survival of millions of people living around it. This study will i) characterise and quantify historical land use and livelih… RUF-32858 2012 CC BY 4.0 19 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Estimation of Pollution loading into Lake Kivu Basin M. Bagalwa · S. Bashwira · F. Kansiime · K. Karume +2 more This study aimed at estimating sediment and nutrient loading into Lake Kivu from River Lwiro micro-catchment in Eastern DR Congo. Total Suspended Sediment (TSS), Total Nitrogen (TN), and Total phosphorus (TP) concentration, and Biological … RUF-32845 2012 CC BY 4.0 19 May 2014
