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Hydraulic, Water Quality and
Social Assessment of the Nzoia
Basin, Kenya
Global/Regional Significance
• Nile Basin Initiative
Countries of the basin
Activities
SOCIOECONOMICS,
STAKEHOLDER
PARTICIPATION &
GENDER DYNAMICS
WATESHED
HYDROLOGY &
MAPPING
ECOLOGY
LAND USE PRACTICES,
POLICY & LEGAL
REGIMES
Good quality water …..
Good quality water
Challenges to
maintaining water
quality
Challenges to maintaining water
quality …..
Challenges to maintaining water
quantity
Student Support
• 4 MSc. Students
• Social studies – PRA
• Ecological Studies – use of macroinvertebrates for assessing water quality
• Soil erosion studies
• Ground water studies
• Use of Google Earth in land use
assesment
Development of Capacity for GIS
1:899515
Kapolet and Moiben sub-watersheds
Kapolet
Kenya.shp
Nzoiam j. shp
Nzoia basin
Moiben
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10
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30 Kilometers
Engaging communities