TU Delft Case Study

Mass awareness to environmental issues in my country is fairly low and the repercussions for this action occurs at an enormous scale. This became more evident after I witnessed a massive cholera outbreak in the northern part of Nigeria in 2013. About 200 cases were recorded at that time, with my baby brother being affected also. Several of those located in the affected areas had no access to pipe borne water and relied strongly on hand dug wells. Most of these wells were indiscriminately excavated by people who had no knowledge about proper selection of groundwater-well locations to ensure they were at distances and depths away from underground faecal contaminants seeping into the soil from septic tanks.
This was one of the reasons why I decided …show more content…
Personally, I felt inspired by TU Delft's motto: challenge the future to be there someday. Upon further research, I discovered Delft X, which is one of the largest repositories of online courses pertaining to water and the environment available on the internet. The amazing part about this discovery was that most of the courses were free of charge. This meant that I could access world-class content at no costs, smiling and ecstatic about this find, I signed up for some of these courses [Drinking water treatment, Introduction to water and climate and the Urban Sewage treatment courses available on EdX] and the learning began. Thanks to this, I was able to craft a more informed decision about my areas of interest even as I gained more exposure to global environmental issues and what is being done about them. The practical approach at which these courses were presented made understanding the subject being discussed easier. They also opened my eyes to the technology and research implementation deficit in my locality. After my admission to TU Delft, I intend to work with professionals in my field to solve the issues plaguing my …show more content…
Therefore information about grades and credits earned are yet to be known. The problem of urban waste management has been prevalent in our society due to increase in population growth which has, in turn, lead to increase in commercial, residential and infrastructural development. As a result of this, innovative methods need to be employed to better handle the waste issues in such areas. The scope of work which I will execute include:
Appropriate planning for efficient waste management by assessing the pre-existing waste strategies of the Ado Odo area. The method which will be employed involves acquiring attribute and spatial information using handheld GPS and satellite imagery systems. The images will then be geo-referenced and digitized showing the location of existing waste disposal units. The identification of suitable final dumpsites to prevent contamination problems will be carried out. This will be done with the aid of site suitability maps for each of the potential dumpsites. Futhermore this will be developed in a GIS environment [preferably ArcGIS]. This study is aimed at being a decision support tool for solid waste management in this area while leveraging on the capabilities of Geo-Information