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Spatial analysis and GIS mapping of regional hotspots and potential health risk of fluoride concentrations in groundwater of northern Tanzania by Ijumulana, Julian, Ligate, Fanuel, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Mtalo, Felix, Zhang, Chaosheng

“…Safe drinking water supply systems in naturally contaminated hydrogeological environments require precise geoinformation on contamination hotspots. Spatial…”
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Groundwater resources in the East African Rift Valley: Understanding the geogenic contamination and water quality challenges in Tanzania by Ligate, Fanuel, Ijumulana, Julian, Ahmad, Arslan, Kimambo, Vivian, Irunde, Regina, Mtamba, Joseph O., Mtalo, Felix, Bhattacharya, Prosun

“…Over the years, groundwater has been used as a means of adaptation to the seasonal and perennial scarcity of surface water. Groundwater provides water for…”
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Use of Radarsat-2 and Landsat TM Images for Spatial Parameterization of Manning’s Roughness Coefficient in Hydraulic Modeling by Mtamba, Joseph, Vander Velde, Rogier, Ndomba, Preksedis, Zoltan, Vekerdy, Mtalo, Felix

“…Vegetation resistance influences water flow in floodplains. Characterization of vegetation for hydraulic modeling includes the description of the spatial…”
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Impacts of land‐use/cover changes on the hydrology of the transboundary Mara River, Kenya/Tanzania by Mati, Bancy M., Mutie, Simon, Gadain, Hussein, Home, Patrick, Mtalo, Felix

“…The Mara River is the lifeline of the transboundary Mara basin across Kenya and Tanzania. The basin is considered one of the more serene subcatchments of the…”
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Fluoride occurrence in groundwater systems at global scale and status of defluoridation – State of the art by Kimambo, Vivian, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Mtalo, Felix, Mtamba, Joseph, Ahmad, Arslan

“…The occurrence of elevated concentrations of fluoride in the drinking water supply in many regions of the world has caused widespread prevalence of dental and…”
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Spatial variability of the sources and distribution of fluoride in groundwater of the Sanya alluvial plain aquifers in northern Tanzania by Ijumulana, Julian, Ligate, Fanuel, Irunde, Regina, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Ahmad, Arslan, Tomašek, Ines, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Mtalo, Felix

“…Groundwater contamination from geogenic sources poses challenges to many countries, especially in the developing world. In Tanzania, the elevated fluoride (F−)…”
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Validation of remotely sensed rainfall over major climatic regions in Northeast Tanzania by Mashingia, Fredrick, Mtalo, Felix, Bruen, Michael

“…•We validated SRE products over five basins in Northeast Tanzania.•TRMM-3B42 product performed better than RFE2 product.•Both products performed reasonably…”
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Assessing the environmental impact of bone char production by in-situ emission monitoring and life cycle assessment by Ramanan, Sankhya, Mkongo, Godfrey, Zhang, Qian, Wen, Haibao, Mtalo, Felix, Shen, Junjie

“…Animal bone char has long been used as an adsorbent for removing fluoride from drinking water. It is particularly popular in developing countries owing to the…”
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Geogenic contaminants and groundwater quality around Lake Victoria goldfields in northwestern Tanzania by Ligate, Fanuel, Lucca, Enrico, Ijumulana, Julian, Irunde, Regina, Kimambo, Vivian, Mtamba, Joseph, Ahmad, Arslan, Hamisi, Rajabu, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Mtalo, Felix, Bhattacharya, Prosun

“…Geogenic contamination of groundwater is frequently associated with gold mining activities and related to drinking water quality problems worldwide. In…”
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Spatial uncertainties in fluoride levels and health risks in endemic fluorotic regions of northern Tanzania by Ijumulana, Julian, Ligate, Fanuel, Irunde, Regina, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Ahmad, Arslan, Mtalo, Felix

“…Spatial uncertainty caused by large-scale variation in fluoride (F−) occurrence remains a setback for water supply authorities in the F− belts of the world. It…”
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The natural magnesite efficacy on arsenic extraction from water and alkaline influence on metal release in water by Irunde, Regina, Ligate, Fanuel J., Ijumulana, Julian, Ahmad, Arslan, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Hamisi, Rajabu, Philip, Joseph Y.N., Kilulya, Kessy Fidel, Karltun, Erik, Mtamba, Joseph, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Mtalo, Felix

“…Arsenic (As) removal studies were carried out through batch experiments to investigate the performance of the locally available calcined magnesite mineral…”
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Arsenic in Africa: potential sources, spatial variability, and the state of the art for arsenic removal using locally available materials by Irunde, Regina, Ijumulana, Julian, Ligate, Fanuel, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Ahmad, Arslan, Mtamba, Joseph, Mtalo, Felix, Bhattacharya, Prosun

“…During the past two decades, several studies on arsenic (As) occurrence in the environment, particularly in surface and groundwater systems have reported high…”
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Groundwater Defluoridation with Raw Bauxite, Gypsum, Magnesite, and Their Composites by Thole, Bernard, Mtalo, Felix, Masamba, Wellington

“…Breakthrough characteristics, kinetics, and dose‐effect in defluoridation with bauxite, gypsum, magnesite, and their composites were determined. The aim was to…”
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Optimization of fluoride removal using calcined bauxite: Adsorption isotherms and kinetics by Kimambo, Vivian, Ligate, Fanuel Josephat, Ijumulana, Julian, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Jong, Ron, Ahmad, Arslan, Hamisi, Rajabu, Mtamba, Joseph, Mtalo, Felix, Bhattacharya, Prosun

“…Geogenic contamination of groundwater due to elevated fluoride (F−) concentrations is a significant issue worldwide (including in Tanzania). The present study…”
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Ligand-immobilized spent alumina catalyst for effective removal of heavy metal ions from model contaminated water by Hojamberdiev, Mirabbos, Daminova, Shahlo S., Kadirova, Zukhra C., Sharipov, Khasan T., Mtalo, Felix, Hasegawa, Masashi

“…[Display omitted] •Organic ligands were immobilized on the surface of spent alumina catalyst (Al2O3).•Dithizone (DTZ) and 2-amine-1-methylbenzimidazole (MAB)…”
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Spatial modeling of the occurrences of geogenic fluoride in groundwater systems in Tanzania: Implications for the provision of safe drinking water by Ijumulana, Julian, Ligate, Fanuel, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Ahmad, Arslan, Zhang, Chaosheng, Tomasek, Ines, Irunde, Regina, Kimambo, Vivian, Mohamed, Rajabu Hamisi, Mtalo, Felix

“…Inadequate data and spatial dependence in the observations during geochemical studies are among the disturbing conditions when estimating environmental factors…”
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SWAT model application in a data scarce tropical complex catchment in Tanzania by Ndomba, Preksedis, Mtalo, Felix, Killingtveit, Aanund

“…This study intended to validate the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model in data scarce environment in a complex tropical catchment in the Pangani River…”
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Estimating gully erosion contribution to large catchment sediment yield rate in Tanzania by Ndomba, Preksedis Marco, Mtalo, Felix, Killingtveit, Aanund

“…The objective of this paper is to report on the issues and proposed approaches in estimating the contribution of gully erosion to sediment yield at large…”
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Eco-hydrology of the Pangani River downstream of Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir, Tanzania by Mwamila, Tulinave B., Kimwaga, Richard J., Mtalo, Felix W.

“…Eco-hydrological studies are highly emphasized worldwide at the moment especially where hydraulic structures such as dams are concerned, mainly focusing on…”
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Impacts of land-use/cover changes on the hydrology of the transboundary Mara River, Kenya/Tanzania by Mati, Bancy M., Mutie, Simon, Gadain, Hussein, Home, Patrick, Mtalo, Felix

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