Impact of abstractions upstream on the benefits of riverine water discharge into the Lorian swamps, Kenya

International Congress on Water 2011 Integrated Water Resources Management in Tropical and Subtropical Drylands Mekelle, Ethiopia, 19-26 September 2011 Impact of abstractions upstream on the benefits of riverine water discharge into the Lorian swamps, Kenya Jan de Leeuw, Shem Kifugo, Zipporah Msiyuni, Mohamed Said and Don Peden

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The Ewaso Ng’iro catchment Lorian Swamp To Nairobi Archer’s Post Mt. Kenya Upstream agriculture Merti

Purpose of the study ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Permitted abstractions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Percent of the Total Annual Discharge at Archer's Post 1960 1985 2010

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River discharge Archer’s Post ,[object Object],[object Object]

Number of days per year when discharge does not reach the Lorian Swamp 1950 Year 2010

Impact on Merti aquifer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Recharge (km 3 /year)

Monthly NDVI maps 1998 - 2010 2010 Year 1998 January Month December

Impact on vegetation biomass ,[object Object],[object Object]

Impact on vegetation biomass ,[object Object],[object Object],Lorian Swamp NDVI

Ewaso Ng’iro discharge and ecosystem services Lorian swamp

Vulnerability to abstractions of the benefits from river water ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Impact of abstractions upstream on the benefits of riverine water discharge into the Lorian swamps, Kenya

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