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1.9 meters. The preliminary water balance model is afirst attempt at understanding the lakes water budget.Better data (ground water recharge, rainfall and riverflow) should be used to re-calibrate the Water Balancemodel before a final water balance model can bedeveloped.3.2 Abbreviation and acronymsWTW-Wisesens-chaftlich Technische WerkstättenWeiheim, (Germany).DO-Dissolved OxygenWWF-World Wide Fund for Nature3.3. AcknowledgmentI wish to thank the management of the WWF and theDarwin Initiative for financing the study.3.4. ConclusionTo improve and maintain surface flows and water qualityin the catchment, more information needs to be generatedon the status of water resources, with particular emphasison the current rates of utilization and the rate ofreplenishment and other changes that may affect theavailability and quality of water. . There is also need toestablish a framework for integration of sound andsustainable practices in resource management anddevelopment with regard to initiating programmesaimed at improving and maintaining water quality andbalance in the catchment basin. A GIS database Manualfor Water Pollution & Hydrological Analysis Modulesdeveloped recently by JICA, if properly used, will helpin the calculation of pollution load, water quality, riverdischarge and lake levels.3.5 References1) Beasley Val, Aiyasami S.S, Motelin G., Pesier A.P.,Codd, G.A., Nelson M,N., Maddox C.W.,Carmichael W.W., Anderson M.D., Sileo L., KockR.A., Cooper J.E., Franson, J.C., Cooper W.E.,Kilewo, M.K., Mlengeya, T.K., Manyibe, T., RuizM.O(2006). Mass Die-offs of Lesser Flamingo(Phoeniconaias minor) in East and Southern Africa.Current Knowledge and Priorities for Research.Manuscript No. 7017 submitted to the Journal ofWildlife Diseases.2) Tuite, C.H. (1978). The lesser flamingo (P. minorGeoffroy) Aspects of its ecology and Behaviour inthe Eastern Rift Valley Lake of Kenya and NorthernTanzania, a Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Univ.Bristol.3) Harper D.M, R. Brooks Childress, Mauren, M.Harper, Rosalind R. Boar, Phil Hickley, Susanne C.Mills, Nickson Otieno, Tony Drane, EkkehardVareschi, Oliver Nasirwa, Wanjiru E. Mwatha,Joanna P.E.C. Darlington & Xiavier Escute’-Gasulla ( 2003). Aquatic biodiversity and salinelakes: Lake Bogoria national Reserve, Kenya. K.Martens (ed.) Aquatic Biodiversity. KluwerAcademic Publishers, Netherlands.4) Childress B., Harper D., Hughes B., Bossche W.,Berthold P., Querner U. (2004). Satellite trackingLesser Flamingo movements in the Rift Valley, EastAfrica: pilot study report. Ostrich, 2004, 75(1&2):57-65.5) Ballot A., Krienitz, L., Kotut, K., Wiegand, C.,Metcalf, S. J., Codd, G.A., Pflugmacher, S. (2004).Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in threealkaline Rift Valley lakes of Kenya-Lakes Bogoria,Nakuru and Elementeita.6) Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)(2002b) Final report for special assistance forproject sustainability (SAPS II) for Greater Nakuruwater supply project in the republic of Kenya. JapanBank for International Cooperation, Tokyo, Japan.7) Ballot, A.,L., Krienitz, Kotut, C. Wiegand, J.S.Metcalf, G.A. Codd, and S. Pflugmacher,2004.Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in threealkaline Rift Valley lakes of Kenya-Lakes Bogoria,Nakuru and Elmenteita. Journal of PlanktonResearch 26:925-935.8) ILEC (2005). Managing Lakes and their Basins forSustainable Use. A Report for Lake Basin Managersand Stakeholders. International Lake EnvironmentCommittee Foundation: Kusatsu, Japan.9) JICA (1994). Nakuru Sewage Works Rehabilitationand Expansion Project Feasibility Study FinalReport.10) JICA (2002). Final Report for Special Assistance forProject Sustainability II.11) Kenya Wildlife Service (2002). Lake NakuruIntegrated Ecosystem Management plan 2002- 2012.Plan developed in collaboration with NetherlandsGovernment, KWS, MCN, WWF, Moi University,and University of Nairobi.12) American Public Health Association, AmericanWater Works Association, and Water PollutionControl Federation.1995. Standard Methods for theExamination of Water and Wastewater, 19 th ed.American Public Health Association, Washington,DC.6