Browsing Research Articles [MEWES] by Author "Said, Mateso"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...