dc.contributor.author | Maxwell, Charles O | |
dc.contributor.author | Dulo, simeon | |
dc.contributor.author | Olago, Daniel O | |
dc.contributor.author | Odira, Patts M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-12T07:35:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-12T07:35:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Maxwell CO, Dulo SI, Olago DO, Odira PMA. "Water Availability Analysis of Multiple Source Groundwater Supply Systems in Water Stressed Urban Centers: Case of Lodwar municipality, Kenya." Journal of Civil & Environmental Engineering. 2020;10(2). | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://reachwater.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/water-availability-analysis-of-multiple-source-groundwater-supply-systems-in-water-stressed-urban-centers-case-of-lodwar.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/155160 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ensuring water security to urban population in fragile environments through interlinked systems of groundwater abstraction, storage and distribution of sufficient quantity is challenging
especially to urban utilities situated in arid and semi-arid regions. The purpose of this research was to evaluate water delivery challenges for water utilities in fragile environment in
Kenya. A systematic analysis of availability from each supply sub-components from source to consumer was carried out through water audit and network analysis by employing water
flow measurement equipments and through pump performance analysis and by employing continuity equation and Bernoulli’s principle to sections of the network. Results showed that
water availability within a utility in such environments is contributed by seasonal variations between wet and dry affecting quantity at source, optimal design of supply infrastructure
in this case better matching of solar power with the pump, using standard pipes and on optimal operational strategies employed to reduce losses within the network. Based on these
findings, we conclude that with clear understanding of each subcomponent’s contributions to entire water supply system and optimizing their design and operations, more people will
be made water secure in all seasons in the fragile environments | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Borehole • Availability • Water supply infrastructure | en_US |
dc.title | Water Availability Analysis of Multiple Source Groundwater Supply Systems in Water Stressed Urban Centers Case of Lodwar Municipality Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |