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Water in Africa: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water Use in Central Kenya

Water in Africa: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water Use in Central Kenya. Jonathan Choi Eliza Harkins. Central Kenya. Mt. Kenya as water source A latitude of 0 degrees, on the equator! Runs on tourism, agriculture, grain farming, and ranching. Water Solutions.

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Water in Africa: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water Use in Central Kenya

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  1. Water in Africa: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water Use in Central Kenya Jonathan Choi Eliza Harkins

  2. Central Kenya • Mt. Kenya as water source • A latitude of 0 degrees, on the equator! • Runs on tourism, agriculture, grain farming, and ranching

  3. Water Solutions • According to WWF, deep water temperatures have risen 0.2-0.7 degrees C since early 1900s • Map shows the predicted increase in agricultural land use by 2050, from IFPRI

  4. Mpala Research Center • 200 square km of reserve land; associated property in the town of Nanyuki • Students, professors, and researchers from around the globe • “Mpala is strongly committed to using [its] research to benefit the surrounding communities, the nation of Kenya, and global conservation efforts as a whole.”

  5. Part 1: Soil Respiration Jonathan Choi

  6. Results: Grazing

  7. Results: Burning

  8. Part 2: Irrigation Analysis Eliza Harkins

  9. Rural Water Systems in Kenya • River  Pipes  House • River • Streamflow gauges • Construction of sensor • Government involved • Pipes • 2 kinds of sensors: mechanical and electronic • Locations unknown • Households • Surveys of household water use • Streamflow at site – bucket and stopwatch

  10. Responsibilities in Kenya • Creating 1 page leave behind • GPS mapping of pipe systems • Recording and cataloguing work done • Putting together and installing of “gadgets” • GPS of water tower gulley • Creating manuals/documents for equipment use • Assisted in obtaining streamflow data from WRMA

  11. Responsibilities at Princeton • Program for predicting streamflow based on depth of the river • Using GIS software to create maps of the pipes • Data examination

  12. Challenges Different fields working on same project Meter malfunction, changing measurement technique Community differences in water allocation Ill – timed experimentation length

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