From Traditional to Modern African Water Management

Part I Introduction1Sub-Saharan Africa´s Way of Water ManagementAndreas HAARSTRICK, Chrispin KOWENJEPart II Water Harvesting and DetectionIntroduction: Timothy BISWICK2Water harvesting Practices and Consequences in South of Togo: Case of Mission TOVÉ and KOVIÉ in Maritime region. Dègninou HOUNDEDJIHOU, Tomkouani KODOM, Ibrahim TCHAKALA, Limam Moctor BAWA, Gbandi DJANEYE-BOUNDJOUPart III Water Storage and ConservationIntroduction: Gideon Ajeagah3Traditional Water Conservation Practices in Rural Areas of TEM Land, TOGO Mouleika AFODA, Seyf-Laye ALFA SIKA MANDE, Gnon BABA4Traditional Methods of Water Conservation and Management in BASSAR and KABYE Land, TOGO: Comparative studies Bouwèdèo TOI BISSANG, Kwamivi N. SÉGBÉAYA, Gnon BABA5Traditional and Modern Methods of Water Conservation in MALAWI Susan CHIMBAZA, Ephraim VUNAIN, Timothy BISWICK6Approaches to Water Conservation in Coastal Communities in Southern GHANAElliot Haruna ALHASSAN, Evelyn Nhyiraba QUARSHIE7Water Resources Harvesting and Storage Methods in Cameroon: Physico-Chemistry and Health ImplicationDiane Armelle MOUSSIMA YAKA, Gideon AJEAGAH8Part IV Wastewater TreatmentsIntroduction: Gnon BABA8Assessment of Treatment Methods used for the Pollutants Removal from Water in BURKINA FASO: Review and Current Challenges Raymond KABORE, Yacouba SANOU, Samuel PARE9The 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-COULIBALY10Efficiency of Indigenous Water Treatment Methods in Rural Communities in Northern GHANA Elliot Haruna ALHASSAN and Samuel OPOKU DANDI11Traditional Water Purification Methods among the Luo and Luhya Communities of KENYABowa O. KWACH, Mary A. ORIARO, Chrispin KOWENJEPart V Myths and Folk Stories about Water Management and ConservationIntroduction: Stephen OJWACH12Traditional Beliefs and Healing Potential of the Osun

Chrispin Kowenje studied Chemistry at BSc and MSc levels from Egerton University - Kenya (1990-98) and received his doctorate in 2006 in the field of Chemistry of Materials at State University of New York at Binghamton University -USA. Since 2017, he is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Maseno University. His teaching and research cover manipulating and applying the chemistry of zeolites, clays, and other natural materials for waste, domestic and drinking water treatments. He contributes to pollution remedial measures. In addition, Chrispin involves himself in optimizing bioenergy especially biodiesel, bioethanol, and biogas production processes. Prof. Kowenje has been a chairperson to Africa Future Earth committee (2019-2022), a member of the review board to global Future Earth organization (2020-2022) and member to Future Talent Council (2020). He has keen interest in how research scientists promote the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals.

Andreas Haarstrick studied Chemistry at the Technische Universität Braunschweig (1983-1989) and received his doctorate in 1992 in bioengineering. Since 2006, he is Professor for Bioprocess Engineering at the TU Braunschweig. His teaching and research cover modelling biological and chemical processes in heterogeneous systems, development of models predicting pollutant reduction in and emission behaviour of landfills, growth kinetics at low substrate concentrations under changing environmental conditions, Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP), and groundwater management. Since 2012, he is the managing director of the DAAD exceed-Swindon Project dealing with sustainable water management in developing countries.

Timothy Biswick studied Chemistry and Mathematics at the University of Malawi (1993-1997) and received his doctorate in Materials Chemistry at the University of Cambridge (2006) specializing in organic-inorganic hybrid materials for various applications. Thereafter, he was a