Contamination of Groundwater-Fed Springs in Uganda

Dr. Roger Thunvik and Robinah Kulabako - Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

Water contamination within the densely populated lowlands fringing Kampala (Uganda) threatens the health and livelihood of uncounted thousands of inhabitants. With no formal infrastructure of almost any kind, residents of these reclaimed wetlands drink contaminated water from open springs.

Dr. Roger Thunvik and Robinah Kulabako of the Royal Institute of Technology KTH in Stockholm (Sweden) use COMSOL to define just how the contamination evolves so they can stamp out the problems with low cost remediation schemes.