Staff Profiles

PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering.

MSc in Civil Engineering (Water supply and Sewerage Engineering).

Professional Member: Water Environment Federation (WEF). USA. # 17776258

Member: Botswana Institution of Engineers.

• Characterization of pit contents and developing a scientific understanding of processes occurring in onsite dry pit latrines systems in low income urban areas. Funded By Water Research Commission (South Africa/Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation).
• Understanding the anthropogenic and climate variability and change influences on semi-arid Botswana’s surface water reservoirs using Earth Observation Analytics and Artificial Neural Network Model (Funded by University of Botswana)

1. Principal Supervisor: Impact of Climate and land use/Cover Change on Water Availability and Crop Yields: A case Study of Aswa Catchment, Uganda. (Student: Michael Iwadra) University of Botswana.
2. Co Supervisor: Municipal Wastewater Reclamation to Increase Water Supply in Botswana. (Ms Tshephang Tumoyagae) Registered at Cranfield University at UK.

1. Odirile, P.T., Thukwi, I., Dintwa, O. and Mbongwe, B. (2018) Faecal Sludge Management in Botswana: A Review of Current Practices and Policies Using the Case of Gaborone Low Income Areas. Journal of Environmental Protection, 9, 122-139.
2. Denis Nono, Phillimon T. Odirile, Innocent Basupib, Bhagabat P. Paridaa, (2019), Assessment of probable causes of chlorine decay in water distribution systems of Gaborone city, Botswana. WaterSA. Vol 45 No.2, https://doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v45i2.05
3. Michael Iwadra, Phillimon T. Odirile, Parida B.P., Moalafhi D.B., An Investigation into the Future Changes in Onset and Cessation of Rains and their Variability over Aswa Catchment, Uganda. Climate 2019, 7, x (Accepted).