Browsing by Author "Said, Mateso"
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Climate and anthropogenic footprints implications on the surface and groundwater dynamics on the southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Said, Mateso (NM-AIST, 2021-10)Climate and land use/cover changes impact water resources all over the world. This study aimed at developing a conceptual understanding and management of the impacts of present and future climate change and human ... -
Defluoridation of Water Supplies Using Coconut Shells Activated Carbon: Batch Studies
Said, Mateso; Machunda, Revocatus (IJSR, 2014)Drinking water with elevated fluoride levels results in serious irreparable health problem that has attained an alarming dimension all over the world, Tanzania being one of the affected countries; techniques have been ... -
Evaluation and Prediction of the Impacts of Land Cover Changes on Hydrological Processes in Data Constrained Southern Slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Said, Mateso; Hyandye, Canute; Mjemah, Ibrahimu; Komakech, Hans; Munishi, Linus (MDPI, 2021-05-30)This study provides a detailed assessment of land cover (LC) changes on the water balance components on data constrained Kikafu-Weruweru-Karanga (KWK) watershed, using the integrated approaches of hydrologic modeling and ... -
Evidence of climate change impacts on water, food and energy resources around Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Said, Mateso; Komakech, Hans; Munishi, Linus; Muzuka, Alfred (Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2019-11-08)This review presents research evidence of climate change and anthropogenic impacts on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro and its implications on water, food and energy production (WFE nexus). While there exist divided scholarly ... -
Hydrogeochemical Analysis of Water Quality Dynamics Under Anthropic Activities on the Southern Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Said, Mateso; Komakech, Hans; Mjemah, Ibrahimu; Lufingo, Mesia; Munishi, Linus; Kumar, Sudhir (Springer Nature, 2022-07-14)Water quality management requires consideration of surface water and groundwater dynamics. This study utilizes hydrogeochemical and isotopic techniques to understand anthropic influences on surface and groundwater resources ... -
Plant biomasses for defluoridation appropriateness : unlocking their potentials
Mwakabona, Hezron; Said, Mateso; Machunda, Revocatus; Njau, Karoli (Research Journal in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2014)Fluoride and fluorosis are endemic to many countries including Tanzania. Performances of different materials for use in water defluoridation systems have been reported. Some of these materials are; alum, oxides and hydroxide ... -
Predicting land use/cover changes and its association to agricultural production on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Said, Mateso; Hyandye, Canute; Komakech, Hans; Mjemah, Ibrahimu; Munishi, Linus (Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-01-11)Increasing demand for food production results in Land use and land cover (LULC) changes, which afflicts the provision of ecosystem services in high mountain areas. This work used time-series LULC and selected spatial metrics ...