attachement report.
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND EARTH SCIENCES
EARTH SCIENCES PROGRAMME
HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OPTION
COURSE CODE:
NGA 415
COURSE:
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT
REG NO.
NS/0008/2007
NAME:
GITAHI MUREITHI JOSEPH
ATTACHED AT:
Water Resources Management Authority
(WRMA)Athi Catchment Area (ACA), Machakos
Regional Office
PERIOD:
3rd May to 22nd July 2011
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This attachment and the resultant report, has offered me invaluable lessons and brought me to a close touch with the salient features and matters pertaining to water resources management.
Such lessons cannot be attained in an ordinary class environment and are largely interplay between the class based inputs from my lecturers and more so from the patience and guidance
I got from the special individuals I had the rare opportunity of interacting with during my attachment period.
My special thanks go to the WRMA officers Machakos Regional office that helped me acquire the necessary knowledge especially Mr. Kiamba the Stakeholder Relations Officer who assisted much in my area of specialization.
I would like also to extend my gratitude to my lecturers, Earth Science Department, Maseno
University for their advice and morale they gave me during my industrial attachment. It’s this that saw me through the practice successful. I would also like to thank my fellow interns:
Mavia, Nzomo and Mutuku for their support and encouragement.
Finally, this report cannot be without the mention of my family who were so supportive through encouragement and financially, also to my sincere friends Mucheru, Nicholas and
Wangai for their moral support during the period.
i
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities.
Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water.97% of the water on the Earth
EARTH SCIENCES PROGRAMME
HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OPTION
COURSE CODE:
NGA 415
COURSE:
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT
REG NO.
NS/0008/2007
NAME:
GITAHI MUREITHI JOSEPH
ATTACHED AT:
Water Resources Management Authority
(WRMA)Athi Catchment Area (ACA), Machakos
Regional Office
PERIOD:
3rd May to 22nd July 2011
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This attachment and the resultant report, has offered me invaluable lessons and brought me to a close touch with the salient features and matters pertaining to water resources management.
Such lessons cannot be attained in an ordinary class environment and are largely interplay between the class based inputs from my lecturers and more so from the patience and guidance
I got from the special individuals I had the rare opportunity of interacting with during my attachment period.
My special thanks go to the WRMA officers Machakos Regional office that helped me acquire the necessary knowledge especially Mr. Kiamba the Stakeholder Relations Officer who assisted much in my area of specialization.
I would like also to extend my gratitude to my lecturers, Earth Science Department, Maseno
University for their advice and morale they gave me during my industrial attachment. It’s this that saw me through the practice successful. I would also like to thank my fellow interns:
Mavia, Nzomo and Mutuku for their support and encouragement.
Finally, this report cannot be without the mention of my family who were so supportive through encouragement and financially, also to my sincere friends Mucheru, Nicholas and
Wangai for their moral support during the period.
i
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities.
Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water.97% of the water on the Earth
References: 1. Athi River Catchment Area Management Strategy (CMS), 2009, A WRMA Publication 2 3. Water Situation Report, 2007/2008, A WRMA Publication 4