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Part I Introduction 1 Sub-Saharan Africs Way of Water Management Andreas HAARSTRICK, Chrispin KOWENJE Part II Water Harvesting and Detection Introduction: Timothy BISWICK 2 Water harvesting Practices and Consequences in South of Togo: Case of Mission TOV and KOVI in Maritime region. Dgninou HOUNDEDJIHOU, Tomkouani KODOM, Ibrahim TCHAKALA, Limam Moctor BAWA, Gbandi DJANEYE-BOUNDJOU Part III Water Storage and Conservation Introduction: Gideon Ajeagah 3 Traditional Water Conservation Practices in Rural Areas of TEM Land, TOGO Mouleika AFODA, Seyf-Laye ALFA SIKA MANDE, Gnon BABA 4 Traditional Methods of Water Conservation and Management in BASSAR and KABYE Land, TOGO: Comparative studies Bouwdo TOI BISSANG, Kwamivi N. SGBAYA, Gnon BABA 5 Traditional and Modern Methods of Water Conservation in MALAWI Susan CHIMBAZA, Ephraim VUNAIN, Timothy BISWICK 6 Approaches to Water Conservation in Coastal Communities in Southern GHANA Elliot Haruna ALHASSAN, Evelyn Nhyiraba QUARSHIE 7 Water Resources Harvesting and Storage Methods in Cameroon: Physico-Chemistry and Health Implication Diane Armelle MOUSSIMA YAKA, Gideon AJEAGAH 8 Part IV Wastewater Treatments Introduction: Gnon BABA 8 Assessment of Treatment Methods used for the Pollutants Removal from Water in BURKINA FASO: Review and Current Challenges Raymond KABORE, Yacouba SANOU, Samuel PARE 9 The Use of Plants for Drinking Water Disinfection: Traditional Knowledge, Scientific Validation, Current Challenges and Prospects for the Future Svitlana L. NITIEMA YEFANOVA, Jean Claude W. OUEDRAOGO, Benjamin OUEDRAOGO, Yvonne L. BONZI-COULIBALY 10 Efficiency of Indigenous Water Treatment Methods in Rural Communities in Northern GHANA Elliot Haruna ALHASSAN and Samuel OPOKU DANDI 11 Traditional Water Purification Methods among the Luo and Luhya Communities of KENYA Bowa O. KWACH, Mary A. ORIARO, Chrispin KOWENJE Part V Myths and Folk Stories about Water Management and Conservation Introduction: Stephen OJWACH 12 Traditional Beliefs and Healing Potential of the Osun River: Quest for Indigenous Water Management Approaches in Osogbo, Southwestern NIGERIA Michael Olukayode AKINSETE, Aderemi Suleiman AJALA 13 Indigenous Knowledge and Practices for Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Case of Luo and Banyala in KENYA Denis Mutama MASIKA, George Oduol ANYONA, Edna Aon KOWENJE 14 Indigenous Approaches to Domestic Water Catchment Management and Conservation in SOUTHERN AFRICA Robert T. KUMAH, Takudzwa MANDIZVO, Alfred O. ODINDO, Stephen O. OJWACH 15 From Huts to Shacks: Drawing Lessons from Traditional Resource Management Systems to inform the Management of Communal Water Projects Urban Informal Settlements in KENYA Wanjiru R. GICHOHI 9 Part VI Soil-Water-Forest Conservation Management Systems Introduction: Oluwatoyin A. ODEKU 16 Water Management and Treatment Practices in the Akpar District Plateau Region of TOGO Samadou SANNI, Ibrahim TCHAKALA, Tomkouani KODOM, Limam Moctar BAWA, Gbandi DJANEYE-BOUNDJOU 17 Water Conservation Techniques in Ilukuno, Ikun-Amure and Ijan Ekiti Communities in Ekiti State, NIGERIA Esther O. AKINBOBOLA, Temitayo O. AJAY and Oluwatoyin A. ODEKU 18 Irrigation Practices in Farming Communities in North Central NIGERIA Joseph T. SUNMONU, Temitayo O. AJAYI, Oluwatoyin A. ODEKU 19 Influence of Water Salinity on the Evolution from Traditional to Modern Water Collection Methods in CAMEROON’S Coastal Areas: Use of Ciliated Protozoans as Water Quality Indicators Gideon AJEAGAH, Acha Yanick ACHA 20 Traditional Methods of Agricultural Water Resource Management in SOUTHERN AFRICA Takudzwa MANDIZVO, Robert T. KUMAH, Stephen O. OJWACH, Alfred O. ODINDO
