Dr. Daniel CW Nkhuwa

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Department of Geology
Associate Professor
Biography

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Natural Sciences (Engineering Geology/Hydrogeology
  • Master of Science  (Engineering Geology)
  • Post Grad. Dip. (Engineering Geology)
  • Bachelor of Mineral Sciences (Geology)

Dr. Daniel CW Nkhuwa holds a Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Doctor rerum naturalium) with a major in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology from Aachen University of Technology in Germany, which he obtained in June 1996. He worked for the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited, Luanshya Division, from 1982 to1988. From the start of 1989, he joined the Geology Department at the University of Zambia, where rose to the rank of Associate Professor. Between July 2007 and June 2008, he went on Sabbatical to the Department of Civil Engineering at the Copperbelt University. Daniel has researched widely, provided consultancy services and published in books, peer-reviewed Journals, and refereed Conference Proceedings. He is a well-recognized professional among his peers within Zambia and abroad. He served as Director on the Technical Committee of the Water resources Management Authority and the Zambia Development Agency Boards between 2013 and 2015, and 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is currently on contract with the University of Zambia, up to 30 September 2016, after retiring from the same institution in July 2012.

Publications
  1. Lapworth D.J., Nkhuwa D.C.W., Okotto-Okotto J., Pedley S., Stuart M.E., Tijani M.N., Wright J. (2017): Urban groundwater quality in Sub-Saharan Africa – Current status and implications or water security and public health. Hydrogeol. Journ., Article published with open Access at Springerlink.com, DOI 10.1007/s10040-0161516-6.
  2. Sorensen J.P.R., Lapworth, D.J., Read, D.S., Nkhuwa D.C.W., Bell R.A., Chibesa M., Chirwa M., Kabika J., Liemisa M., Pedley S. (2015): Tracing enteric pathogen contamination in sub-Saharan African groundwater. Science of the Total Environment 538 (2015) 888–895, Elsevier.
  3. Sorensen, J.P., Lapworth, D.J., Marchant, B.P., Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Pedley, S., Stuart, M.E., Bell, R.A., Chirwa, M., Kabika, J., Liemisa, M., Chibesa, M. (2015): In-situ tryptophan-like fluorescence: A real-time indicator of faecal contamination in drinking water supplies. Water Research 81, pp38-46, Elsevier. 
  4. Sorensen J.P.R., Lapworth, D.J., Nkhuwa D.C.W., Stuart M.E., Gooddy D.C., Bell R.A., Chirwa M., Kabika J., Liemisa M., Chibesa M., Pedley S. (2014): Emerging contaminants in urban groundwater sources in Africa. Water Research (2014), Elsevier.
  5. Masaninga, F., Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Goma, F.M., Shinondo, C., Chanda, E., Kamuliwo, M., Chizema-Kawesha, E., Siziya, S. & Babaniyi, O. (2012): Mosquito biting and malaria situation in an urban setting in Zambia. Journal of Public Health and
  6. Epidemiology Vol. 4(9), pp. 261-269
  7. Nkhuwa, D.C.W. (2009): Water supply provision for poverty alleviation in rural areas of Zambia. Proceedings of the Groundwater and Climate in Africa Conference, Kampala, Uganda. IAHS Publ. 334, pp9-14
  8. Nkhuwa, D.C.W. (2009): Water supply provision for poverty alleviation in rural areas of Zambia. Proceedings of the Groundwater and Climate in Africa Conference,
  9. Kampala, Uganda. IAHS Publ. 334, pp9-14
  10. Adelana, S.M.A., Abiye, T.A., Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Tindimugaya, C. & Oga, M.S. (2008): Urban groundwater management and protection in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Adelana, S.M.A. & MacDonald, A. (Eds.) - Applied groundwater studies in Africa, IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, pp231 – 260, Volume 13, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, ISBN13: 978-0-415-45273-1.  
  11. Mpamba, N.H., Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Nyambe, I.A., Mdala, C. & Wohnlich, S. (2008): Groundwater mining: A reality for the Lusaka urban aquifers?  In Adelana, S.M.A. & MacDonald, A. (Eds.) - Applied groundwater studies in Africa, IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, pp231 – 260, Volume 13, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK,
  12. ISBN13: 978-0-415-45273-1  
  13. Adelana, S.M.A., Abiye, T.A., Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Tindimugaya, C. & Oga, M.S. (2008): Urban groundwater management and protection in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Adelana, S.M.A. & MacDonald, A. (Eds.) - Applied groundwater studies in Africa, IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, pp231 – 260, Volume 13, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, ISBN13: 978-0-415-45273-1.
  14. Mpamba, N.H., Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Nyambe, I.A., Mdala, C. & Wohnlich, S. (2008): Groundwater mining: A reality for the Lusaka urban aquifers?  In Adelana, S.M.A. & MacDonald, A. (Eds.) - Applied groundwater studies in Africa, IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, pp231 – 260, Volume 13, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, ISBN13: 978-0-415-45273-1.
  15. Nkhuwa, D.C.W. (2008): Challenges of Foundation Design and Construction over Karstified Marble in Lusaka. The Zambian Engineer (TZE), Vol. 41, No. 1, pp41 – 47.
  16. Katebe, R., Michalik, B., Phiri, Z. & Nkhuwa, D.C.W. (2008): Status of naturally occurring radionuclides in copper mine wastewater in Zambia. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radionuclide Material (NORM) V. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
  17. Nkhuwa, D.C.W., Ahmed, A.H. & Kafula, T. (2008): Waste disposal practices, Groundwater Quality and Public health challenges in Lusaka, Zambia (Electronic). Proc. XXXVI Congress of the Inter. Assoc. of Hydrogeologists, Toyama, Japan.
Contact Details
dcwnkhuwa@unza.zm