Papers by Lawrence Siyingwa
Asian Journal of Geographical Research
Mining has been the main economic stay of the country since independence and has triggered negati... more Mining has been the main economic stay of the country since independence and has triggered negative impacts on the environment and groundwater. It has brought about immerse socioeconomic development, but at the same time released the waste effluents and solid wastes, which threaten the quality of groundwater leading to negative effects on animals, human health and may even cause death. This study assesses the quality of groundwater around Upper Kalumbila mining area in North-western Zambia. This research used a Citizen Science-based mixed methods approach with emphasis on concurrent design. Data for the study was collected using a digital portable multiparameter, which enabled insitu measurement of concentration of selected parameters in real time. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and this included standard deviation and Coefficient of Variation (CV), which were implemented using Excel Spreadsheet Data Analysis Toolkit (ESDAT). Handheld Global Positioning System (G...
Article, 2023
Mining has been the main economic stay of the country since independence and has triggered negati... more Mining has been the main economic stay of the country since independence and has triggered negative impacts on the environment and groundwater. It has brought about immerse socioeconomic development, but at the same time released the waste effluents and solid wastes, which threaten the quality of groundwater leading to negative effects on animals, human health and may even cause death. This study assesses the quality of groundwater around Upper Kalumbila mining area in Northwestern Zambia. This research used mixed methods approach with emphasis on concurrent design. Data for the study was collected using a digital portable multiparameter, which enabled insitu measurement of concentration of selected parameters in real time. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and this included standard deviation and Coefficient of Variation (CV), which were implemented using Excel Spreadsheet Data Analysis Toolkit (ESDAT). Handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) was used for geocoding of groundwater access points. A Student T-test was used to determine how statistically significant the difference in means for 30 paired samples was between the measured Turbidity and the WHO ideal standard for groundwater.
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Papers by Lawrence Siyingwa