Abstract Effective improvement of the current poor environmental sanitation in peri-urban Kampala requires an understanding of pollutant characteristics (types, sources, locations and loads). As part of an on going study, this paper presents pollution characteristics in Bwaise III and challenges encountered during the period 2002-3. Findings show that pit latrines are a major source of...Read More

Abstract Groundwater is a key resource in much of the world. Many major cities and small towns in the world depend on groundwater for water supplies, mainly because of its abundance, stable quality and also because it is inexpensive to exploit. In developing countries, use of shallow groundwater sources for drinking and other domestic purposes...Read More

Abstract To understand Phosphorus (P) sources and transport processes in the subsurface in Bwaise III Parish, Kampala, P attenuation and adsorption capacities of soils were studied in situ and from laboratory measurements. Relationships between sorption parameters and soil matrix properties, rates and mechanism of the adsorption process and soil P fractions were also investigated. P...Read More

Abstract A study to assess the impacts of land use and hydrogeological characteristics on the shallow groundwater in one of Kampala’s peri-urban areas (Bwaise III Parish) was undertaken for a period of 19 months. Water quality monitoring was carried out for 16 installed wells and one operational protected spring to ascertain the seasonal variation. The...Read More

Abstract Culture is constantly undergoing tremendous revolutionary changes and this is in turn reflected in people’s ways of life. The design of space ought to be focused on meeting the holistic needs and resources of the user. Nonetheless, the issues of appropriate technologies cannot be overlooked in as much as they have to be sustainable...Read More