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    Artisan Business Training Programme, Luwero Diocese Water Project.
    (Cranfield University, 1999) Rwamwanja, R.
    This report contributes to the findings, implications, and future plans of a project, initiated by Cranfield University (Silsoe, UK) entitled “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”.
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    Compilation of Work on Siting Methodology and Hydrogeological Potential of the Pounder Rig.
    (Cranfield University, 2001) Tindimugaya, C.; Luutu, A.; Danert, Kerstin; Carter, Richard C.
    This report contributes to the findings, implications, and future plans of a project, initiated by Cranfield University (Silsoe, UK) entitled “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”.
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    Contractor Drilling with Pounder II
    (Cranfield University, 2001-06) Danert, Kerstin; Carter, Richard C.
    This report contributes to the findings, implications, and future plans of a project, initiated by Cranfield University (Silsoe, UK) entitled “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”.
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    Economic basis and practicalities of washland creation on the somerset levels and moors
    (Cranfield University, 2002-01) Morris, J.; Vivash, R. M.; Alsop, D.; Lawson, C. S.; Leeds-Harrison, P. B.; Bailey, A. P.
    In Somerset, the Wise use of Floodplains (WUF) Project has developed new ways of helping stakeholders in the River Parrett Catchment to find sustainable solutions for the management of water, both in flood events and throughout the year.
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    The evaluation of river maintenance
    (Cranfield University, 1993-05) Morris, J.; Sutherland, D. C.
    Rivers serve a variety of interests including those of water supply, drainage, environmental quality, and recreation. One of the main functions of managed rivers is to dispose of surplus water from urban and rural areas. In the case of rural areas this drainage function relates to the control, within acceptable limits, of flooding and water table levels on riparian, mainly agricultural land.
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    Evaluation of weed maintenance activities on the river Idle
    (Cranfield University, 1993-09) Sutherland, D. C.; Morris, J.
    Silsoe College was asked by the Lower Trent Area of the Severn Trent Region of the National Rivers Authority (NRA) to evaluate the current weed maintenance regime on the River Idle, north Nottinghamshire. The study required the assessment of the benefits of regular weed maintenance activities to users of the river and the disbenefits incurred if weed maintenance was not to be carried out.
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    Farmer uptake of drainage benefits a regional study
    (Cranfield University, 1987-01) Morris, J.; Black, D. E.; Hess, Tim M.
    The commitment of public funds to land drainage improvement such as river flood alleviation and improved arterial systems, has been an important component of agricultural support in Britain. The economic performance of these investments depends on whether private farmers actually exploit the potential benefits afforded. Pre-investment appraisals of agricultural land drainage schemes have been criticised for their arbitrary and optimistic predictions of benefit uptake whilst the great variation in benefit uptake between schemes and farmers has hitherto remained unexplained. More recently, in the face of changes in agricultural policy, pressure on public funds, and competition from other land users, there has been a call for a more consistent and objective method for evaluating public sector land drainage investments (HMSO, 1995).
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    Histories of Pounder Wells and Hand-Augered Wells in Mpigi, Mukono and Jinja Districts
    (Cranfield University, 2001) Rwamwanja, R.; Carter, Richard C.
    This report contributes to the findings, implications, and future plans of a project, initiated by Cranfield University (Silsoe, UK) entitled “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”.
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    Information on Potential Sources of Credit
    (Cranfield University, 1999) Ssebalu, Jamil; Rwamwanja, R.; Snell, M.; Danert, Kerstin
    This report contributes to the findings, implications, and future plans of a project, initiated by Cranfield University (Silsoe, UK) entitled “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”.
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    Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling.
    (Cranfield University, 2001) Rwamwanja, R.; Danert, Kerstin; Carter, Richard C.
    This report contributes to the findings, implications, and future plans of a project, initiated by Cranfield University (Silsoe, UK) entitled “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”.
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    RELU integrated floodplain management
    (Cranfield University, 2009-06) Morris, Joe; Hess, Tim; Gowing, David; Trawick, Paul; Leeds-Harrison, Peter; Blowers, Andy; Tucker, Graham
    The last 25 years have witnessed a change in the priorities for the use of rural land in the United Kingdom. Whereas previously the focus was predominantly on agricultural production to achieve national self sufficiency, since the 1980s environmental objectives, such as the protection of wildlife habitats and countryside recreation, have exerted greater influence over the way land is managed.
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    Rural land management and flood risk management: stakeholder and policy analysis
    (Cranfield University, 2006-10) Posthumus, Helena; Morris, Joe
    Climate change, perceived increase in flood incidence and changing priorities in the countryside have led to a growing concern that changes in land use in rural areas have increased the exposure of urban settlements to flood risk, not only at a local level but also at the catchment scale. This has led to calls for interventions to reduce the potential runoff from farmland and in some cases to reduce the degree of protection afforded to farmland in order to provide temporary storage of flood waters. It is also claimed that reducing runoff from farmland could reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture. Furthermore, the creation of flood storage areas could provide opportunities for wetland creation and enhanced biodiversity.
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    Wet fens for the future: Feasibility study phase 2 - a study of the economic and social implications of creating new wetlands in Fenland
    (Cranfield University, 1996-11) Morris, Joe
    The Fens, a lowlying area of 3,700 square kilometres in central, east England, are unique in character in the UK, comparable only with The Netherlands in Europe. Over 70% of the area is farmland, criss-crossed by dykes and drains. The Fens are significant in terms of their integration of land use, economic activity, wildlife and scenic value, and are internationally important for their biodiversity. The Fens also contain some of the most fertile, high value agricultural land in Britain.