Participatory Monitoring Myanmar: A research on the motivation of people in Myanmar to participate in Participatory Monitoring by making use of Q methodology

To study large-scale patterns in the environment, like for example the change of water quality, a constant amount of data over an array of locations and time is required. However, in Myanmar only little data is available about water related topics which makes it hard to monitor changes that are taking place. A relative new and cheap way of...

A water balance model for landfill De Kragge II: Supporting the development of a sustainable aftercare approach

Landfills are full of contaminated material, which could be harmful for the environment. To reduce the risks of pollutants entering the environment, a watertight base layer and an impermeable cover layer isolate the waste. These layers have to be maintained eternally, which is very costly. To move towards a more sustainable landfill aftercare,...

An analysis of hydrological and geotechnical parameters of rotational landslides in pegmatite lithology in North Western Rwanda

Worldwide landslides cause a great amount of damage, as is also the case in Rwanda. Here more and more slopes fail as anthropogenic activities such as building, farming, or deforestation, are moved to marginal lands such as hillslopes. To investigate the hydrological response of typical hillslopes in North Western Rwanda five landslides are...

Redesigning the Morgan-Morgan-Finney Soil Erosion Model for Global High-Resolution Application: By using remote sensing data as the main source of input and coupling runoff calculation to the IHE hydrological model, WaterPix

The Morgan-Morgan-Finney (MMF) model is identified as the most appropriate hillslope soil erosion model for high resolution global application with the objective of identifying relative erosion risk areas and modelling the effect of land cover changes on erosion at a catchment scale. This is justified by its simple model structure, low input...

Retrofitting Stormwater Ponds to Infiltration Ponds: A framework for the City of Cape Town

Cape Town is a city with over four million people and a growing population. Due to three consecutive dry summers as a result of climate change, a growing population and an increased per capita water demand, the city’s main water supply was nearly depleted. Cape Town depends for 98% on surface water stored in dammed reservoirs, which is...

The Future of Water Research: Supporting the implementation of citizen science data collection by investigating the current water quality and quantity situation in the main water sources of the Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu is a prime example of a city exhibiting both rapid metropolitan region expansion and a population boom. This growth leads to a water stress and pollution of the surface and groundwater. The lack of proper waste management and sanitation results in the ongoing deterioration of the water quality in the Kathmandu Valley. The situation is...

Performance of mineralwool as filter medium for the treatment of contaminated drain water in the urban context of Delhi, India

Delhi is facing a very rapid urbanization, making it difficult to keep up with the construction of sewerage and water treatment infrastructure. The LOTUSHR project was created to research alternative solutions to treat mixed water streams and prevent pollution flows from urban drains into the environment.<br/><br/>Biofiltration was identified as...