Zambian water authorities are using information from satellite images to improve management of water resources in the country.
The project, Integrated Water Resource Management for Zambia (IWAREMA), is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) TIGER initiative (see African mapping highlights risk of drought and flood) which aims to help Africa overcome water-related problems and use satellite data to close the information gap on water availability.
Carried out by Geographic Information Management, a Belgian company, in partnership with the University of Zambia and the Zambian water authorities, the project generates a variety of environmental maps that provide local policy-makers with information to make effective decisions on water-resource management.
The maps show where urban areas are expanding and where forest and agricultural areas are being lost. They enable the risk of erosion to be calculated, as well as changes in water supplies and the percentage of surface water — an indictor for potential floods.
Zambia is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most urbanised nations, with 34 per cent of the population living in urban areas. Urbanisation has been rapid, however, and infrastructure such as adequate water resources and sanitation has not yet caught up.
The project concentrates on the densely populated Kafue River basin, a sub-basin of the Zambezi River. Half of the country’s 11 million people live in the basin and it is vital to the country’s economy.
Competition for water resources on the Kafue flats from agriculture, fisheries, tourism and wildlife is high, and managing water resources better there would also protect the ecosystem.
“Science plays an important role in water development and management and, as such, the Zambian government is happy with the project as it will help the government to protect the country’s natural resources,” said Peter Daka, Zambia’s minister of science and technology.
Banda Kawawa, from the University of Zambia, who is involved in the project, said in a press release that the project is useful for policy-makers making decisions about the Kafue river basin, and it should be extended to other basins of the Zambezi to improve their information availability.
SciDev.Net
Kabwa PF/ULP Given Lubinda has fallen sick and admitted to UTH. My pray for his quick recovery. But please, be careful with Sata. Stop sharing Cigar. As much much as you are both Chain smokers, watch out you are now in politics shoulder to shoulder with the most greedy and heartless power hungry Sata. He stops at nothing when his dream is under threat of challenge.
Kabwa PF/ULP Given Lubinda has been taken ill and admitted to UTH. I send my prayers for his quick recovery. But please, be careful with Sata. Stop sharing Cigar. As much as you are both Chain smokers, watch out you are now in politics shoulder to shoulder with the most greedy and heartless power hungry Sata. He stops at nothing when his dream is under threat of challenge.
veteran ulichikopo sana sana. talk about the subject at hand. Aya mano wayamba yabuchushi ayakuchita divert topics. When are you going to learn and listen? I think nafibana fyobe nafyo fikopo…”like ci dad like fibana” Leave ba SATA ALONE, wee chiloshiwe. Bushe fyamba fyamusango shani udobolo?Awe ba veteran muli ciwelewele chamuntu and nacitwe cenu caliba hard. you have now stopped copy and paste and nomba chakutwala ukucita divert topics te? We mbushi wee?. May be try ukulemba mu ci hybrew kwati ni dobo smoker munoko pragmatist limbi kuti wamonako umofyabela.
Ewe KaJoze,
We mumbimunda wee, kwena ulichimbusu ichafwasa amafi. Wafula imititi muchimutwe icho ichabula amano. Ukushikwata amano nganoko waluse mu Bedi. Pali Satana obe ulakwata mudiku diku fiya akwata nook pamunyenga tee. Who told you ba Veteran is here to appease you? Filabinduka fimafi mumala ngawamono ID yaba kalamba? Leave him alone he has some of us advised. Satan na pozona Given Lubinda alefwaya kumwipaya. You haven’t heard that Lubanda’s lungs have suddenly failed. He sacrificed Mark Mushili’s seat in Ndola, fighting Chimumbwa in Nchanga, frustrated Saki in the Alliance and Now poisoned Given Lubinda all his mediate threats at the conventions. Ulichinangwa ichatipwiwa wafita pamenso nobubi ngegoshe. Wanya kuyabebele nendoshi inonko satana.
We lomba wee, walefwaya ukutoba ama stores nomba nabai fyanta Agenda hooooooooh. Learn to make your own money clean and in honorable ways until it trickles to your entire family of devils and not vandalism. If we some of us have built our family wealth through smart ways, once you become umuntu, you could do it too. Fimano ifya Kukamatipa nanomba musamba pa sate we ala fileke nafikufilwa!
#4 Insaka/Veteran
Common no-sense can tell that ci #1 ni ci veteran iciloshi cine cine ci bootlicker cakwa chuchu. Wanya ulecimona chuchu ngayamwikata chipumputu ya number 111 ukubwela ni kumbo. Bushe ba Sata balikugetela umukashi obe te? Talk about ci pragmatist iciloshi cine cine icalowele Patrick Kafumokache, Mama Zenia Ndhlovu, Kebby Musokotwane na Luncy Sichone.Ci veteran uli mbushi sana kabili icikopo cine cine.Veteran, am not bemba, tonga, lozi, or easterner… ask SAGE, he know my really name and my origin. I speak bemba by venture of upbringing on the CB otherwise, its my mother tongue though I like it and the pipo who speak it. Iwe ci veteran, your news is not new to us. GL has pneumonia which is treatable and his condition has stabilised. Veteran stop sending false and alarming signals on the blog while you have failed to decongest grey matter in your ci head and give icupo kuli yaya wapa bond. I won’t insult you back pantu am “born againâ€. But I will only pray for you to receive Jesus Christ as your personal sovour to wash you in his blood. Truly Veteran you need deliverance. We say that “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil†Amen
They are observing our oil reserves nothing else.How do you search for water using satelite?is using satelite cheaper than finding water itself?we got alot of rivers in zambia we dont need satelite to locate water.Damn liers!
# 6 wanyanya
Its true we can use remote sensing to locate water which is found in places called sub-lakes which are not exposed to the surface and they can also help in gauging the rate at which evaporation exceeds perspiration on weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Hence that will assist the local authority to start rationing water in terms of drought. In addition, the carrying capacity of urban population surpasses the goods and services needed from the local authority which in most cases local authorities’ services delivery is below par. Besides that water is best stored underground than in open water bodies.
#4 Insaka/Veteran
Common no-sense can tell that ci #1 ni ci veteran iciloshi cine cine ci bootlicker cakwa chuchu. Wanya ulecimona chuchu ngayamwikata chipumputu ya number 111 ukubwela ni kumbo. Bushe ba Sata balikugetela umukashi obe te? Talk about ci pragmatist iciloshi cine cine icalowele Patrick Kafumokache, Mama Zenia Ndhlovu, Kebby Musokotwane na Luncy Sichone.Ci veteran uli mbushi sana kabili icikopo cine cine.Veteran, am not bemba, tonga, lozi, or easterner… ask SAGE, he knows my really name and my origin. I speak bemba by venture of upbringing on the CB otherwise, its NOT my mother tongue though I like it and the pipo who speak it. Iwe ci veteran, your news is not new to us. GL has pneumonia which is treatable and his condition has stabilised. Veteran stop sending false and alarming signals on the blog while you have failed to decongest grey matter in your ci head and give icupo kuli yaya wapa bond. I won’t insult you back pantu am “born againâ€. But I will only pray for you to receive Jesus Christ as your personal sovour to wash you in his blood. Truly Veteran you need deliverance. We say that “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil†Amen
Ewe kaJoze,
We chiwelewele we wafula imititi m’mutwe kwabula amano. Don’t bring the Born again fraternity into ridicules.Abasambwa tabakwata imitima yabu lomba ngowakwatako. Who doesn’t know of your trails and only skills in insults and diatribes whenever your Satana’s evils ways have been brought to the fore? It’s very clear that fimititi filenda muchimutwe cho lyonse nga wa unfwa ati Satana uwalepela kanoko mudiku diku muchinyo is being exposed. Satana poisoned Lubinda yesterday. Given will never be the same again. His health from now on will just gradually deteriorate till death before the convention.
# 8 is Erratum for posting #5
Internal sources have revealed that ba Sata became more suspicious after Lubinda visited Uganda, never mentioned PF or ba Presido throughout his trip and on return neither briefed him or remitted any shilling to the Party. That has made ba Sata more suspicious that Given is preparing for a take over of PF. He has been maneuvering to replace him with Chishimba Kambwili a Bemba and Chiluba cadre he trusts much for his tribal ranting against the likes of Given Lubinda a Lenje like Levy and Nephew to madam Marvis Muyunda the plot one political advisor. Not surprised that Lubinda has been poisoned and on the way to Chingwele.
Ba Jose at shani pa inters? Mu disemba ndei sa. back to the tiger project. Zambia according to UN is one of the wetesti countries on earth. Amenshi twakwata yengi. We have the biggest reserve of fresh water on the planet. georgraphically we have a major river in every district or province. There is no place in Zambia that you no main river that flows 24/7 at any time of the year. The question is not whether we can locate water. The question is what is the strategic plan to deal with water blues once and for all. kafue river is 50KM from lusaka yet we have water shorteges in Lusaka and in Kafue. When you look at Zambia in a broad sense you will realise that we have power(electricity) blackout, Water shortages,Zamtel cant meet the demand for phone lines and the list goes on and on. The problem in pretty much all areas of service delivery is luck of vision (capacity planing and projections)
What a circus on posting # 4 and 9? Ka Veteran nomba just confirm ati niwe Insaka. It is useless for me to retaliate to abnormal chaps who dwell in morning insults, afternoon insults and evening insults and find it normal for the head of states to use the word buttocks on public rallies as was the case in Bwengwa. Now it is clear to the bloggers that YOU ci VETERAN, PAPARAZZI and ci PRAGMATIST are Satanists without morals or so called brain power but better called dunderheads.
Ba Joze,
Elo mwalufya umuchinshi nakwete pali imwe.Kwena Levy na MMD namifulunganya sana teeeh? Nomba ati muli ba BA after ka mudala ka Pragmatist kami stripper pa Rufaq as nothing but some satanic verses used by satanists.I think muli so devastated looking at how often you are mentioning paparazzi,veteran and Pragmatist. Strangely Pragmatist and paparazzi kwati balimi chita write off looking their none retaliatory or ever mentioning your name in spite the many times you have tried kuba poselapo ishitali. Chikapola lisa chilonda mukwetwe from the Satanic verses tag damage?????
#12 SAGE
I do agree with you SAGE on water resources abundance and the pressure now is know how far donor countries (working partners) have done in terms MDGs to the third world countries. The MDGs policies were drafted by foreigners mainly for African countries with unreasonable time frame with much focus on sanitation, education, clean water delivery, health and women empowerment. SAGE, Zambia is like a fool is first in abundant of water. 38% of Zed population has access to clean water and good sanitation. Look at Botswana, there is clean water articulation even in the desert areas but in Zed the govt has failed to deliver in number of sectors. The whites have shown us the master key and we need a working govt to locate the hole and turn the key… then Zed will be once again Heaven on Earth. Zed used to political liberator and of late we are seeing to be economic liberator on Zim. I read on aljazeera that Zed is sleeping giant.
#14
I still cherish RUFQUA…. My first name is JOZEBLINNAH
and pals call me Joze(phonetic Yuze).
AM
naya mukunua be ni charge with Easy nga aboma pa 20 hrs.
#14 AM
How much did I buy that unwanted respect you claim to have loaned me? I didn’t need it at all. By the way do I know you? Get lost in your wishful thinking and leave me alone. You chameleon who shifts camps and behaving like wind, iwe muselela kwakaba. Don’t get surprised if you know RUFQUA is my real name, ask SAGE, he will tell you my true ID. Ba AM, ala mwadabwisha, try to get some medicine at PM may you be alright and stick your stance.