@article{5c6eaae8bf344b06bc7a12b7cb8d5aba,
title = "Water-isotope capacity building and demonstration in a developing world context: Isotopic baseline and conceptualization of a Lake Malawi catchment",
author = "Banda, {Limbikani C.} and Rivett, {Michael O.} and Kalin, {Robert M.} and Zavison, {Anold S.K.} and Peaches Phiri and Laura Kelly and Geoffrey Chavula and Kapachika, {Charles C.} and Macpherson Nkhata and Sydney Kamtukule and Prince Mleta and Muthi Nhlema",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: We gratefully acknowledge the funding by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the Malawi Technical Cooperation (TC) Projects{\textquoteright} grants (MLW/7/001: MLW/7/002/MLW/7/003), awarded to the Government of Malawi (Department of Water Resources in the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development). We also acknowledge the financial contribution we received from the Government of Malawi and the Scottish Government Climate Justice Fund-Water Futures Programme research grant HN-CJF-03 awarded to the University of Strathclyde. Funding Information: These issues provided impetus for the recent development of a national isotope facility in Malawi, and the first baseline catchment study arising from that newly developed capacity presented herein. The Government of Malawi, with funding from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established an Isotope Hydrology Laboratory in Malawi{\textquoteright}s Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Water development (MoAIWD) Central Water Laboratory in Lilongwe in 2018. The IAEA also helped finance establishment of the Malawi Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (MNIP), together with foundational water resource isotope–hydrochemical surveys and capacity building supported by the Climate Justice Fund-Water Futures Programme (CJF)—a wide-ranging research initiative led by the University of Strathclyde and funded by the Scottish Government to support the Government of Malawi in meeting SDG 6. This study is the first of an initial suite of isotopic baseline hydrochemical studies aiming to improve the conceptualization and understanding of Malawi{\textquoteright}s water resources, and demonstrate the practical value of the investments in resource management. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by the authors.",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3390/w11122600",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Water (Switzerland)",
issn = "2073-4441",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "12",
}
