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Dr. Joseph Ochieng Mtamba

Lecturer

College of Engineering and Technology

Water Resources Engineering

Biography

Dr. Joseph Ochieng Mtamba (PhD) is a Civil and Water Resources Engineer with adequate experience in water infrastructure planning and design, water supply and sanitation technology design, project monitoring and evaluation. He also has experience in hydraulic and hydrological modelling to aid design and decision making for various river engineering projects, water resources management and environmental impact assessment. 

 

Dr Mtamba has capacity to use remote sensing technology in hydrology and environmental assessment. Dr. Mtamba teaches various courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam. The courses taught includes river hydraulics, design of reservoirs and dams, water supply systems design, hydrosystems simulations to support optimization of design and water resources management, flood risk assessment and management, and sanitation technology.

Research Interest

Dr.Mtamba research interests includes

  1. River hydraulics and Engineering
  2. Floodplain processes and management,
  3. Climate change and adaptation in water resources management,
  4. Ground water resources management,
  5. Water safety and treatment
  6. Remote sensing for water resources management.

Contacts

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Projects

SIDA grant for project titled The development of affordable adsorbent systems for Arsenic and Fluoride removal in drinking water resources in Tanzania, (DAFWAT); the contact person being Prof. Mtalo and Dr. Mtamba. This project ran for a period of seven years i.e. 2015 to 2020 and extended to June 2022. The project was carried out in partnership with Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology COSTECH and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden.

The project supported five PhD students and developed innovative water treatment technology for fluoride using a combination of processed rock materials to remove fluoride and arsenic in drinking water sources. The project also mapped fluoride and arsenic spatial variability in Rift valley zones in Northern Tanzania and Lake Victoria gold mining zone and risk levels determined. 

SIDA grant for project titled Sustainable Water and Sanitation for all. The Sustainable Water and Sanitation for All (SUWASAN) sub-programme is a new conceptualization building on the previous research experiences and lessons learned from three merged sub-programmes: Sustainable Water Resources Management, DAFWAT, and SUSTAIN. SUWASAN is an attempt to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) in Tanzania through research generated knowledge. SDG 6 aspires to ‘Ensure the Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for
All’. 

 

The three main themes addressed under this subprogram will be (1) Water-Energy-Food nexus under Climatic Uncertainty for promoting water, energy and food security; (2) Safe and Affordable Water Supply (SAWA), and (3) Sustainable and Appropriate Sanitation (SASA) for assessing existing alternative approaches to sanitation and the introduction of new equitable sanitation concepts and solutions. The expected results from SUWASAN includes training and mentoring of 6 PhDs. The sub-programme will promote and adapt inclusive engagement of multi-stakeholders within a participatory processes seeking cross sectoral integration to co-create and co-design innovative solutions. Local stakeholders to be included in this endeavour include: River Basin offices, Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authorities (UWWSAs), Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), Local Government Authorities and local
communities and UNICEF-Tanzania. Connection with stakeholders and co-creation of knowledge will enable a smooth implementation of the water resources management recommendations and safe water and sanitation solutions that we envision as the outcomes of this sub-programmes research.

 

The project we will also harness and embrace digital tools and capabilities in addition to gender equity and social inclusion to achieve efficient, equitable, inclusive, and affordable water and sanitation services. The
proposed action will be collaboratively implemented between UDSM and Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden. The estimated budget to implement this six-year (2023- 2028) project is SEK 20,000,000

Publications

  1. Fluoride occurrence in groundwater systems at global scale and status of defluoridation–state of the art, V Kimambo, P Bhattacharya, F Mtalo, J Mtamba, A Ahmad, Groundwater for Sustainable Development 9, 100223,2019
  2. Comparing flow regime, channel hydraulics, and biological communities to infer flow–ecology relationships in the Mara River of Kenya and Tanzania, ME McClain, AL Subalusky, EP Anderson, SB Dessu, AM Melesse, ...Hydrological Sciences Journal 59 (3-4), 801-819, 2014
  3. Groundwater resources in the East African Rift Valley: Understanding the geogenic contamination and water quality challenges in Tanzania. F Ligate, J Ijumulana, A Ahmad, V Kimambo, R Irunde, JO Mtamba, ..., Scientific African 13, e00831, 2021.
  4. Arsenic in Africa: potential sources, spatial variability, and the state of the art for arsenic removal using locally available materials. R Irunde, J Ijumulana, F Ligate, JP Maity, A Ahmad, J Mtamba, F Mtalo, ..., Groundwater for sustainable development 18, 100746, 2022.
  5. Use of Radarsat-2 and Landsat TM images for spatial parameterization of Manning’s roughness coefficient in hydraulic modeling, J Mtamba, R Van der Velde, P Ndomba, V Zoltán, F Mtalo, Remote Sensing 7 (1), 836-864, 2015.
  6. Geogenic contaminants and groundwater quality around Lake Victoria goldfields in northwestern Tanzania, F Ligate, E Lucca, J Ijumulana, R Irunde, V Kimambo, J Mtamba, A Ahmad, ..., Chemosphere 307, 135732, 2022.
  7. Optimization of fluoride removal using calcined bauxite: Adsorption isotherms and kinetics, V Kimambo, FJ Ligate, J Ijumulana, JP Maity, R Jong, A Ahmad, R Hamisi, ..., Groundwater for Sustainable Development 21, 100922, 2023
  8. The natural magnesite efficacy on arsenic extraction from water and alkaline influence on metal release in water, R Irunde, FJ Ligate, J Ijumulana, A Ahmad, JP Maity, R Hamisi, JYN Philip, ..., , Applied Geochemistry 155, 105705, 10, 2023.
  9. Fluoride occurrence in groundwater systems at global scale and status of defluoridation–State of the art. V Kimambo, P Bhattacharya, F Mtalo, J Mtamba, A Ahmad, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 9, 100223, 2019
  10. Runoff modeling of the Mara River using satellite observed soil moisture and rainfall, J Mwania, R van der Velde, Z Vekerdy, J Mtamba, Rwanda Journal, 13, 2016.
  11. Arsenic Occurrence in African Water Systems and Low-Cost Treatment Technologies, RF Irunde, J Ijumulana, J Ijumulana, J Ijumulana, FJ Ligate, FJ Ligate, ..., Geological Society of America Abstracts 52, 358090, 2020
  12. Visual MINTEQ simulation for prediction of the adsorption of arsenic on ferrihydrite, R Irunde, P Bhattacharya, J Ijumulana, FJ Ligate, A Ahmad, F Mtalo, ..., Arsenic in the Environment: Bridging Science to Practice for Sustainable …, 2024
  13. Handling spatial uncertainty of geogenic contaminants in water systems: new insights into fluoride contamination in drinking water through geospatial methods, J Ijumulana, F Ligate, F Ligate, RF Irunde, RF Irunde, V Kimambo, ..., Geological Society of America Abstracts 54, 381482, 2022
  14. Use of GIS and geospatial techniques to model spatial variability of geogenic arsenic in groundwater systems of Geita district in the Lake Victoria basin of western Tanzania, J Ijumulana, R Irunde, FJ Ligate, V Kimambo, P Bhattacharya, JP Maity, ..., Arsenic in the Environment: Bridging Science to Practice for Sustainable …, 2024
  15. Use of activated palm kernel shells on adsorption of heavy metals (Cu 2+ and Pb 2+) from contaminated wastewater, E Revocatus, A Alexandera, J Mtamba, EN Richard, Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology 43 (4), 108-118, 2024.
  16. Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water with Locally Available Hematite Ore, RF Irunde, F Ligate, J Ijumulana, JO Mtamba, FW Mtalo, P Bhattacharya, Geological Society of America Abstracts 55, 396197, 2023
  17. Spatial Variability of Fluoride Levels and Their Implications on the Drinking Water Quality in the Lake Victoria Gold Fields, Northwest Tanzania, J Ijumulana, JO Mtamba, JO Mtamba, JP Maity, JP Maity, P Bhattacharya, .... Geological Society of America Abstracts 55, 395228, 2023
  18. Spatial modelling of fluoride contamination in groundwater systems in the East African Rift Valley regions of northern Tanzania, J Ijumulana, F Ligate, P Bhattacharya, A Ahmad, C Zhang, I Tomasek, ..., Geological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, 2020
  19. Hydraulic modeling of Mara natural wetland using remote sensed data, JO Mtamba University of Dar es Salaam. 2019
  20. Comparing Flow Regime, Channel Hydraulics and Biological Communities to Infer Flow-Ecology Relationships in the Mara River of Kenya and Tanzania, PM Ndomba, AL Subalusky, JOD Mtamba, C Mligo, E Anderson, ...2014
  21. Use Of Earth Observation Data For Hydrodynamic Modelling In The Mara Wetlands, J Mtamba, R Van der Velde, PM Ndomba, V Zoltan, FW Mtalo, A Crosato, ESA Living Planet Symposium 722, 84, 2013
  22. Use of EO data for hydrodynamic modeling of the Mara wetlands: powerpoint, JOD Mtamba, Z Vekerdy, R van der Velde, FW Mtalo, European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium 2013, 2013

  23. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, V Kimambo, FJ Ligate, J Ijumulana, JP Maity, R Jong, A Ahmad, R Hamisi, ...