Water Practice and Technology Special Issue on

Water and Environmental Solutions for Adaptation to Global Change Pressures in Developing Countries

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, 7, 11, and 13 of the United Nations aim to increase access to safe water and sanitation, affordable and sustainable energy, mitigating impacts to climate change, and making cities sustainable. However, the little progress made particularly in developing countries is being outstripped by increasing global change pressures such as urbanisation, climate change, and anthropogenic changes. This has brought into focus the urgent need for innovative approaches, analyses, models, and solutions that are tailored to the unique conditions that often exist in developing countries as a way of understanding and accelerating progress towards the achievement of the aforementioned SDG targets.

This Special Issue delves into the pressing need for water and environmental solutions that address the unique challenges experienced by developing countries and is mostly a contribution from participants of the IDRC funded project titled Building Capacity in Water Engineering for Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in East Africa (CAWESDEA) project and other Water and Environmental Practitioners. The objective of the CAWESDEA project was to strengthen the capacity of engineers in East Africa by enhancing their competency and employability to effectively meet the societal and developmental needs, focusing on gender parity in the profession.

The Special Issue contributions show a variety of innovative water and environmental approaches, analyses, models, and solutions that are tailored to the adaptation to global change pressures as well as the unique challenges that often exist in developing countries.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Victor Kongo, Global Water Partnership, Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania

Dr. Eng. Jotham Ivan Sempewo,Makerere University , Kampala, Uganda

Dr. Job Kosgei, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

Dr. Subira Munishi,University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Editorial: water and environmental solutions for adaptation to global change pressures in developing countries

Victor Kongo; Jotham Ivan Sempewo; Job Kosgei; Subira Munishi

Water Practice and Technology (1 October 2023) 18 (10): 2207–2210.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2023.163

Impacts of climate and land use/cover change on mini-hydropower generation in River Kyambura watershed in South Western part of Uganda

Musa Aruho Tusingwiire; Martin D. Tumutungire; Jotham Ivan Sempewo; Swaib Semiyaga

Water Practice and Technology (1 June 2023) 18 (6): 1576–1597.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2023.079

Logistic pipe failure prediction models for an urban water distribution network in the developing world: a case study of Kampala water, Uganda

Rose Auma; Isaac G. Musaazi; Martin D. Tumutungire; Jotham Ivan Sempewo

Water Practice and Technology (1 January 2023) 18 (1): 264–273.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.159

Effects of oil exploration on surface water quality – a review

Elizabeth Lusweti; Edwin Kimutai Kanda; Joy Obando; Mary Makokha

Water Practice and Technology (1 October 2022) 17 (10): 2171–2185.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.104

Know-what, know-when and know-how: A web and mobile-based android application for early detection of pump failures in rural water supply projects, Tanzania

Leah Isack Marwa; Subira Munishi; Tulinave B. Mwamila

Water Practice and Technology (1 November 2022) 17 (11): 2447–2462.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.136

Modelling future flood events under climate change scenarios in the Pungwe River Basin

Moises de Jesus Paulo Mavaringana; Webster Gumindoga; Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema; Hodson Makurira

Water Practice and Technology (1 May 2023) 18 (5): 1300–1316.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2023.063

Runoff estimation using satellite images in sparsely gauged basins: a case of Nzoia River Basin, Kenya

Kivuti Mureithi; Job Rotich Kosgei; Gilbert Nyageikaro Nyandwaro; Ednah Jelagat Kemboi; Noah Kipyego Sum

Water Practice and Technology (1 August 2022) 17 (8): 1758–1768.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.088

Multi-criteria approach to assess groundwater potential: a case study of Baringo County, Kenya

Dolphine Teyo Ombasa; Job Rotich Kosgei; Gilbert Nyandwaro; Eva Subira Munishi

Water Practice and Technology (1 October 2022) 17 (10): 2199–2223.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.122

Estimation and mapping of water quality parameters using satellite images: a case study of Two Rivers Dam, Kenya

Alice Nureen Omondi; Yashon Ouma; Job Rotich Kosgei; Victor Kongo; Ednah Jelagat Kemboi; Simon Mburu Njoroge; Achisa Cleophas Mecha; Emmanuel Chessum Kipkorir

Water Practice and Technology (1 February 2023) 18 (2): 428–443.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2023.010

Performance evaluation of hydraulic ram pumping systems for small-scale farmers: a case study of West Pokot county, Kenya

Joseph Kisia Osome; Job Rotich Kosgei; Emmanuel Chessum Kipkorir; Gilbert Nyageikaro Nyandwaro; Jotham Ivan Sempewo

Water Practice and Technology (1 January 2023) 18 (1): 274–284.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.161

Artificial aquifer recharge: systematic mapping study

Aicha Ousrhire; Abdessamad Ghafiri

Water Practice and Technology (1 August 2022) 17 (8): 1706–1727.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.082

Innovative approach applications for groundwater management at the Ajmer division

Sanju Ramesh Phulpagar; Ganesh D. Kale

Water Practice and Technology (1 January 2023) 18 (1): 243–263.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.169

Quality deterioration of an Indian urban water source near an open dumping site

Sruthy Robert; Nisha Luckins; Ratish Menon

Water Practice and Technology (1 May 2023) 18 (5): 1284–1299.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2023.056

Ranking of general circulation models for Surat City by using a hybrid approach

Arpit Sharma; Ganesh D. Kale

Water Practice and Technology (1 October 2022) 17 (10): 2186–2198.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.118