West Africa is subject to frequent yield losses due to erratic rainfall and degraded soils. At the same time, its population is expected to double by 2050. This situation is alarming in northern Togo, a West African dry savannah area, where rainfed maize is a staple food. Thus, it is necessary to improve agricultural productivity, e.g., by evaluating and introducing alternative irrigation management strategies, which may be implemented in this region. For this purpose, the present investigation focused on evaluating the potential of deficit and supplemental irrigation, as well as assessing the impact of climate and soil variability on maize yield under irrigated agriculture using irrigation optimisation strategies in northern Togo. The Optimal Climate Change Adaption Strategies in Irrigation (OCCASION) framework was adapted and employed to address the research objectives. It involves: (i) a weather generator for simulating long-term climate time series; (ii) the AquaCrop model, which was utilised to simulate the irrigation during the growing periods and the maize yield response to given irrigation management strategies; and (iii) a problem-specific algorithm for optimal irrigation scheduling with limited water supply. Five irrigation management strategies viz. T1: no irrigation (NI), T2: controlled deficit irrigation (CDI) and T3: full irrigation (FI) in the wet season, T4: controlled deficit irrigation (CDI) and T5: full irrigation (FI) in the dry season were assessed regarding their impact on maize yield in northern Togo. The results showed high variability in rainfall during the wet season, which led to substantial variability in the expected yield for NI. This variability was significantly lessened when optimised supplemental irrigation management strategies (CDI or FI) were applied. This also holds for the irrigation scenarios under the dry season. Finally, these findings were validated by an irrigation field experiment conducted at an agricultural research institute in northern Togo. Under a moderate level of deficit irrigation during the vegetative and reproductive growth stages, the above-ground biomass and the maize grain yield were reduced. However, a moderate level of deficit irrigation during the vegetative growth stage could result in similar values of water productivity to that of fully irrigated treatment. It was found that, based on the values of the statistical indicators, AquaCrop has accurately simulated the maize grain yield for all the irrigation strategies evaluated. The results of this study revealed that climate variability might engender a higher variability in the maize yields of northern Togo than soil variability does. Large- and smallscale water harvesting, access to groundwater, and irrigation infrastructures would be required for implementing the irrigation management strategies assessed in this study.:Declaration iii Declaration of Conformity v Dedication vii Acknowledgements ix Abstract xi Table of Contents xv List of Figures xvii List of Tables xix List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Background and Problem Statement 1 1.1.1 Global Fresh and Agricultural Water Use 1 1.1.2 Erratic Rainfall, Rising Temperatures, and Soil fertility depletion in West Africa 2 1.1.3 Transboundary Water Issues in West Africa 3 1.1.4 Agriculture and Water Use in Togo 3 1.2 Objectives of the Study 4 2. State of the Art 6 2.1 Relevant Agroecosystems, Farming Systems and Irrigation Management in West Africa 6 2.2 Key Performance Indicators: Water productivity and Food Security 8 2.3 Common Approaches Used to Evaluate Crop Water Productivity 9 2.4 Key production Factors: Climate, Soil and Management 9 2.5 Crop Yield Modelling 12 2.6 Integrated Modelling 13 3. Novel Framework for Optimising Irrigation Systems in West Africa 15 3.1 Model-based Sensitivity Analysis of Climate and Management Impact on Crop Water Productivity, Water Demand and Food Security 15 3.2 Experimental Validation of the Farm Model and Management Strategies, Soil Data Analysis and Modelling 17 3.3 Joint Stochastic Analysis of the Impact of Climate and Soil Variability on Crop Water Productivity and Food Security 19 4. Overview of Publications 21 4.1 Potential of Deficit and Supplemental Irrigation under Climate Variability in Northern Togo, West Africa 21 4.2 Impact of Irrigation Strategies on Maize (Zea mays L.) Production in the Savannah Region of Northern Togo (West Africa) 22 4.3 Impact of climate and soil variability on maize (Zea mays L.) yield under full and deficit irrigation in the savannah region of northern Togo, West Africa 23 5. Conclusion and Outlook 26 References 28 A. Selected Publications of the Author 37 A.1 Potential of Deficit and Supplemental Irrigation under Climate Variability in Northern Togo, West Africa 39 A.2 Impact of Irrigation Strategies on Maize (Zea mays L.) Production in the Savannah Region of Northern Togo (West Africa) 61 A.3 Impact of Climate and Soil Variability on Maize (Zea mays L.) Yield under Full and Deficit Irrigation in the Savannah Region of Northern Togo, West Africa 81 B. Histograms of distributions of the expected maize yield in northern Togo (scenarios in the third paper) 121

Norrvatten is a municipal association which owns a water treatment plant capable of supplying good quality drinking water to the consumers in the associated neighbouring municipalities. After preliminary investigations for the future year of 2050, there were estimates which suggest a potential water quality degradation in the lake which supplies the raw water for treatment due to uncertain future climatic conditions and other forms of pollutions from the surrounding. There is also a forecast of future population increase in the respective neighbouring municipalities of Stockholm county, which consequently increases the demand for additional quantity of supplied drinking water. The supplied drinking water, which even though is currently acceptable by the standards set by Swedish Food Agency, still requires additional advanced treatment techniques in order to provide an upscale to its quality. This increase in water quality can be achieved by increasing the natural organic matter removal treatment techniques in the water treatment plant by implementing more chemical and microbiological barriers. Norrvatten has proposed several alternative water purification methods, out of which one of them can be implemented in the water treatment plant, after an expansion in the capacity of the plant to achieve all the above-mentioned requirements.  A case study has been performed at Norrvatten in Stockholm, Sweden for evaluating the environmental performance of the proposed treatment alternatives. This study adopts a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment methodology to analyze the alternatives using stand-alone and comparative assessment methods. An explicit focus is given with the selection of 15 different environmental categories to assess the related environmental burdens. The various hotspots identified from the analysis is investigated and identified to find the associated trade-offs with the alternatives under study. Additional parameter changes have been made in the alternatives to apprehend how the impacts change accordingly.  The various hotspots identified from the results of the study were, the utilization of granular activated carbons for filtration, the consumption of aluminium sulphate for coagulation, the consumption of soda if iron chloride is selected as the main coagulant, the consumption of electricity in the WTP by nanofiltration process, hydropower from pumped storage and the use of heavy trucks for transporting chemicals from suppliers to the site. Other aspects and assumptions from conducting a sensitivity analysis indicated that there are possibilities to decrease the impacts through the following changes. By switching the main coagulant from aluminium sulphate to iron chloride to decrease the major resource depletion and human health impacts with a trade-off increase in impacts from an increased production of soda for chemical consumption. By switching the current purchase of electricity, from a green energy mix to the Swedish grid mix, to greatly improve the environmental performance of the treatment plant. This energy change was observed to result in the reduction of global warming potential from CO2 emissions. Other changes which can be implemented to reduce the overall environmental impacts are switching from fuel- based transportation trucks to electric trucks and switching chemical suppliers from outside Sweden to suppliers located near or within Sweden, closer to the water treatment plant. / Norrvatten är en kommunförening som äger en vattenreningsanläggning som kan leverera dricksvatten av god kvalitet till konsumenterna i de angränsande grannkommunerna. Efter preliminära undersökningar för det kommande året 2050 fanns det uppskattningar som tyder på en potentiell nedbrytning av vattenkvaliteten i sjön som ger råvattnet för behandling på grund av osäkra framtida klimatförhållanden och andra former av föroreningar från omgivningen. Det finns också en prognos om framtida befolkningsökning i respektive grannkommuner i Stockholms län, vilket följaktligen ökar efterfrågan på ytterligare mängd levererat dricksvatten. För närvarande levererat Dricksvatten, som trots att det är acceptabelt enligt de standarder som fastställts av Livsmedelsverket, kräver ytterligare avancerade behandlingstekniker för att ge en förbättring av dess kvalitet. Denna ökning av vattenkvaliteten kan uppnås genom att öka de tekniska behandlingsteknikerna för avlägsnande av organiskt material i vattenreningsverket genom att implementera fler kemiska och mikrobiologiska barriärer. Norrvatten har föreslagit flera alternativa vattenreningsmetoder, varav en av dem kan implementeras i vattenreningsverket, efter en utvidgning av anläggningens kapacitet att uppnå alla ovannämnda krav.  En fallstudie har utförts vid Norrvatten i Stockholm för att utvärdera miljöprestanda för de föreslagna behandlingsalternativen. Denna studie använder livscykelanalys för att analysera alternativen. Ett uttryckligt fokus ges med valet av 15 olika miljökategorier för att bedöma relaterade miljöbördor. De olika hotspots som identifierats från analysen undersöks och identifieras för att hitta tillhörande avvägningar med alternativen som studeras. Ytterligare parameterändringar har gjorts i alternativen för att förstå hur effekterna förändras i enlighet därmed.  De olika hotspots som identifierats från resultaten av studien var användningen av grandulerat aktivt kol för filtrering, konsumtionen av aluminiumsulfat för koagulering, konsumtionen av läsk om järnklorid väljs som huvudkoaguleringsmedel, förbrukningen av el i vattenreningsverket genom nanofiltreringsprocessen , vattenkraft från pumplagring och användning av tunga lastbilar för transport av kemikalier från leverantörer till anläggningen. Andra aspekter och antaganden från att genomföra en känslighetsanalys visade att det finns möjligheter att minska effekterna genom följande förändringar. Genom att byta huvudkoaguleringsmedlet från aluminiumsulfat till järnklorid för att minska den största resursutarmningen och människors hälsoeffekter med en avvägning av effekterna från en ökad produktion av natriumkarbonat. Genom att byta det aktuella inköpet av el, från en grön energimix till den svenska nätmixen, för att kraftigt förbättra reningsverkets miljöprestanda. Denna energiförändring observerades leda till en minskning av den globala uppvärmningspotentialen från koldioxidutsläpp. Andra förändringar som kan genomföras för att minska den totala miljöpåverkan är att byta från bränslebaserade transportbilar till elektriska lastbilar och byta kemikalieleverantörer från utanför Sverige till leverantörer nära eller inom Sverige, närmare vattenreningen växt.

Climate change and increasing population demands expansion of infrastructures in urban areas. Drinking water treatment plants are part of the critical infrastructure and must upgrade in the future. However, expansions and technological advancements often come with impacts on the environment. Therefore, this thesis compares two drinking water treatment technologies regarding its environmental impacts through a life cycle assessment. In specific, the thesis elaborates the impacts of membrane precipitation and conventional precipitation in the suspended solids removal stage at a treatment plant in Piteå, Sweden. The research addresses the environmental challenges posed by traditional and modern water treatment methods, providing insights and knowledge to more sustainable water practices. The research involves an attributional, comparative life cycle assessment. The findings from this thesis intend to guide decision-making for future drinking water treatment plant designs.  The research was conducted through an attributional and comparative LCA using SimaPro software based on ISO 14040-series standards. This approach allowed for a detailed analysis of both the operational and construction phases of the treatment technologies, considering various environmental impact categories.  The results indicate that membrane system presents for most impact categories, a lower  environmental impact in the combined configuration scenario. The combined configuration scenario includes for the membrane system calcium carbonate, aluminium sulfate and 95% reduced hypochlorite consumption. The conventional system considers in the combined configuration scenario aluminum sulfate and calcium carbonate This is primarily due to its efficiency in reducing chemical usage such as coagulants. However, if both systems use the same chemical composition (same coagulant, pH-controlling chemicals as in the base scenario), the conventional system becomes more environmentally friendly than the membrane system in most impact categories. This is mainly due to the additional CEB chemical consumption of the membrane system, which nullifies the advantage of lower consumed coagulants. Compared to the operational phase in both systems, the construction phase is insignificant over the lifetime of the treatment plants. The major hotspots are identified as operational chemicals and chemical enhanced backwash chemicals, which are used for the membrane system only. Scenario analysis shows that chlorine/aluminum-based chemicals such as polyaluminum chloride and hypochlorite have a high environmental impact and with reducing or even changing these chemicals major improvements can be achieved. Especially changing aluminum-based chemicals to iron-based chemicals show a significant decrease of impacts in all categories. Further, the scenario analysis shows that by changing lime to calcium carbonate, the environmental impacts can be reduced significantly. Therefore, the future focus should rely on reducing and changing chemicals, especially switching aluminum/chlorine based to iron-based chemicals. / Klimatförändringarna och den ökande befolkningen kräver utbyggnad av infrastrukturen i stadsområden. Reningsverk för dricksvatten är en del av den kritiska infrastrukturen och måste uppgraderas i framtiden. Expansioner och tekniska framsteg medför dock ofta påverkan på miljön. Detta examensarbete jämförs därför två tekniker för dricksvattenberedning med avseende på miljöpåverkan genom en grundlig livscykelanalys. Mer specifikt behandlar avhandlingen effekterna av membranfiltrering och konventionell fällning i steget för avlägsnande av suspenderade ämnen vid ett reningsverk i Piteå, Sverige. Forskningen tar upp de miljömässiga utmaningar som traditionella och moderna vattenbehandlingsmetoder innebär och ger insikter och kunskap om mer hållbara vattenmetoder. Resultaten från denna avhandling är avsedda att vägleda beslutsfattandet för framtida utformningar av dricksvattenreningsverk och erbjuder ett första verktyg för mer hållbara vattenbehandlingsmetoder.  Forskningen genomfördes genom en bokförande och jämförande LCA med hjälp av programvaran SimaPro baserat på ISO 14040-seriens standarder. Detta tillvägagångssätt möjliggjorde en detaljerad analys av både drifts- och konstruktionsfaserna för behandlingsteknikerna, med beaktande av olika miljöpåverkanskategorier.  Resultaten tydar på att membranfiltrering ger en lägre total miljöpåverkan vid vanliga förhållanden. Detta beror främst på dess effektivitet när det gäller att minska kemikalieanvändningen, t.ex. koaguleringsmedel. Men om båda systemen använder samma kemiska sammansättning (samma koaguleringsmedel) är det konventionella systemet mer miljövänligt än det konventionella systemet. Detta beror främst på den extra kemikalieförbrukningen för CEB i membransystemet, vilket upphäver fördelen med lägre förbrukning av koaguleringsmedel. Jämfört med driftsfasen i båda systemen är byggfasen obetydlig under reningsverkens livstid. De viktigaste aspekterna identifieras som driftskemikalier och kemikalier för kemiskt förstärkt backspolning, som endast används för membransystemet. Scenarioanalysen visar att klor-/aluminiumbaserade kemikalier som polyaluminiumklorid och hypoklorit har en hög miljöpåverkan och att stora förbättringar kan uppnås genom att minska eller till och med byta ut dessa kemikalier. Särskilt om aluminiumbaserade kemikalier byts ut mot järnbaserade kemikalier minskar påverkan betydligt i alla kategorier. Vidare visar scenarioanalysen att miljöpåverkan kan minskas betydligt genom att byta ut kalk mot kalciumkarbonat. Därför bör fokus i framtiden ligga på att minska och byta ut kemikalier, särskilt att byta ut aluminium/klorbaserade kemikalier mot järnbaserade kemikalier.

International LCA literature indicates that little data is available pertaining to potable water production and supply, in particular with respect to the environmental burdens generated within the system. This study aims to investigate and assess the environmental burdens associated with the potable water supply to an industrial area (Rosslyn, north of Pretoria, in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality). The procedure, as well as the assessment of the environmental impacts of a life cycle, is dependent on a comprehensive life cycle inventory (LCI) of the evaluated system. Water use is included in LCIs, which are incorporated into the LCIA procedure, as it reflects a direct extraction from available resources. The water supply system diagram has been developed and data was collected, treated and analysed in the inventory analysis phase. The study closely followed the four phases as stipulated in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 14040 series of standards) for conducting LCAs, including: -- goal and scope definition; -- LCI analysis; -- LCIA; and -- interpretation, conclusions and recommendations. The methodology used in the impact assessment phase was the introduced LCIA framework for South Africa in order to determine the extent of different environmental impacts. The inventory analysis, conforming to the scope of the study, provided an overall inventory of energy and other resource requirements, emissions to water and air, dust fallouts and solid or liquid wastes for the system under study. By using this methodology and by tracing all unit processes involved in the potable water supply system, the main contribution to the environmental burdens imposed on the potable water supply system was found to be the extraction of the required water from nature to supply potable water to Rosslyn. The toxicity potential impacts on water resources, mainly due to the electricity required for the water supply system, are of minor importance. This conclusion is valid for the system investigated, and as a result, the recommendations for environmental improvements should focus on water losses that must be addressed foremost. What is required at this stage is strategic planning regarding the extraction, use and conservation of water resources. Furthermore, to optimise all processes of water extraction, and to make them more efficient, electricity and other energy inputs are also of importance, albeit to a lesser extent. / Dissertation (M (Applied Sciences : Environmental Technology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Chemical Engineering / unrestricted

The subject of this diploma thesis is the design of heating and hot water in the administrative building in Zlin on Jižní Svahy. The building has five floors above ground and one underground floor. There are designed two variants of heat source for heating and hot water (transfer sta-tions and gas boiler). Part A solves water quality in heating systems. Part B deals with design of the heating system, hot water heating, insurance and facility expansion, technical report and drawings heating in the building. The last part C is the experimental measurement of the quality of heating water in the CZT systems.