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Jeremiah Kiptala

PhD fellow

Biography

I am 36 years old Civil Engineerspecialized in water resourcesand environmental engineering with over 10 years experience. I began my professional career after graduatestudies in the year 2000, working in engineering consultancy on the design and supervision of various water related projects. I later joined National Water Conservation and Pipeline Company (NWCPC), Ministry of Water and Irrigation in 2003 as a civil engineer engaged in water resource developments that included construction of water storage facilities, boreholes, and flood control in Tana and Ewaso Ngiro River basins. It was during this period that I was enrolled at the UNESCO Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands to purse Masterof Science Programme in Water Management.

I graduated in April 2008 with a Master's of Science (MSc) degree in Water Management with distinction, specialization Water Resources Management. My MSc research thesis is titled ‘Intersectoral Water Allocation in Tana River Basin, Kenya’. After Postgraduate studies; I was appointed the Project Engineer for the implementation of Maruba Dam Project, NWCPC. The Project was successfully completed in May 2010

Topic

Managing Basin Interdependencies: Understanding tradeoffs and synergies in the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania

RESEARCH SUMMARY

My PhD research is carried out in the framework of the research project, 'upscaling small-scale land and water system innovations in dryland agro-ecosystems for sustainability and livelihood improvements' (SSI Project), Pangani River Basin, Tanzania. The overall objective of the research is develop spatially explicit water vale map for the upper Pangani River basin which will form a basis for socio-economical trade-off analysis with and by key stakeholders on the basis of which various financial mechanisms and basin strategies can be formulated for efficient, equitable and sustainable water resources management at basin scale. The research methodological framework is illustrated by the chart. The working title for my PhD research is ''Managing Basin Interdependencies - Understanding tradeoffs and synergies in the Pangani River Basin, Kenya/Tanzania''.

         

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

  • GIS and Remote sensing application at river basin scale
  • Integrated Water Resources management & development
  • Integrated hydro-economic modelling
  • Hydrological modelling
  • Water allocation and river system modelling

 

Funding Source: Netherlands Ministry of Development Cooperation (DGIS) through UNESCO-IHE Partnership Research Fund (UPaRF)

Employer: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya Water accounting and valuation

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