The Hydrobiology Research Centre of Uvira (CRH-Uvira), one of the partners of the EU-funded LATAWAMA project, implemented by Enabel and Lake Tanganyika Authority, is one of the four Lake Tanganyika Water Monitoring Network reference laboratories and will be responsible for collecting and analyzing water quality data from the northwest side of the Lake. Its rehabilitation and modernization begin in June 2021.
After the first edition of the quarterly newsletter of the LATAWAMA project, published last February, the second edition is now available. This constitutes a pristine channel to share with you the progression of the Lake Tanganyika Water Management Project, jointly implemented by the Belgian Development Agency and Lake Tanganyika Authority. That project is funded by … Continue reading NEWSLETTER N°2
The establishment of the Lake Tanganyika Water Monitoring Network is an essential expected result of the project. The monitoring network will involve laboratories from riparian countries. The project will support their compliance, the purchase of sampling and analytical equipment, and reagents to monitor various sampling sites.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2021, the project team, in collaboration with experts from the University of Burundi and OBUHA technical staff, collected sludge samples from anaerobic basins to determine specific parameters such as viscosity, gross density, dry density, water content, BOD5.
The LATAWAMA project, funded by the European Union and implemented by Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency alongside the Lake Tanganyika Authority, is aware that to mitigate plastic pollution in the Lake Tanganyika basin, there will be no “one fix it all solution”.
However, the strategy to be deployed must be based on the circular economy’s spirit and principles and local communities participation.