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Optimal Water Resources Management: Case of Lower Litani River, Lebanon
Doummar, J.; Massoud, M.; Khoury, R.; Khawlie, M. - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 11, pp. 2343-2360
presents the results of the water resources optimization conducted for the Lower Litani River Basin in Lebanon. The overall aim …
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Identifying Major Factors Controlling Groundwater Quality in Semiarid Area Using Advanced Statistical Techniques
Salahat, M.; Al-Qinna, M.; Mashal, K.; Hammouri, N. - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 11, pp. 3829-3841
showed high capability to predict groundwater pollution (P > 0.0001 and 0.0038 for salinity and nitrate, respectively) where …There are many factors controlling groundwater pollution and vulnerability. However, the factors’ weights are still not … reasonably investigated. In order to assess groundwater quality and the controlling factors in semiarid region, 178 groundwater …
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Nitrate in the Water-Supply Wells in the Mancha Oriental Hydrogeological System (SE Spain)
Moratalla, A.; Gómez-Alday, J.; Heras, J. De las; Sanz, D. - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 8, pp. 1621-1640
This study determines the spatial and temporal distribution of nitrate content within the water-supply wells in the … Mancha Oriental System (MOS) for the period 1998–2003 and presents an example of the multiple nitrate pollution sources in … the El Salobral–Los Llanos Domain (SLD, southwestern Albacete). The groundwater resources of the MOS are used to maintain …
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Protection of Borehole Water Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa using Minimum Safe Distances and Zonal Protection
Rajkumar, Yasmin; Xu, Yongxin - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 13, pp. 3413-3425
In Africa, groundwater plays an increasingly important role as a source of potable water, more so in rural communities …. Protection of groundwater resources requires good planning and a concerted effort from the legislative level right down to the … threats that may result from the consumption or contact with contaminated groundwater. The reality in sub-Saharan Africa …
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Easier Said Than Done? The Establishment of Baseline Groundwater Conditions for the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Spain
Stefano, Lucia De; Martínez-Santos, Pedro; Villarroya, … - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 7, pp. 2691-2707
water resources. Groundwater plays a strategic role in Spain’s economy and also in the maintenance of its aquatic ecosystems …, making that country an excellent testing ground for getting an insight into the definition of baseline groundwater under the … definition of a baseline for groundwater, assessing their practical consequences on groundwater management. This paper argues …
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A Water Model for Water and Environmental Management at Mae Moh Mine Area in Thailand
Bhakdisongkhram, T.; Koottatep, S.; Towprayoon, S. - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 9, pp. 1535-1552
It is revealed that the water quality in Mae Moh Reservoir, Thailand, has been deteriorated by lignite mine drainage and power station effluent. This study aims to manipulate water quantity and quality to reduce environmental impacts in Mae Moh area through a model for water management. The...
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Water Quality in the Future Alcolea Reservoir (Odiel River, SW Spain): A Clear Example of the Inappropriate Management of Water Resources in Spain
Olías, Manuel; Nieto, José; Sarmiento, Aguasanta; … - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 1, pp. 201-215
The Odiel River is located in southwestern Spain; the greater portion of its basin is composed of materials from the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IBP), an area with numerous massive sulfide deposits that have been highly exploited since the third millennium BC. As sulfides come into contact with the...
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Experimental Studies on Water and Solute Transport Processes in a Hydraulic Model of the Severn Estuary, UK
Osei-Twumasi, A.; Falconer, R.; Bockelmann-Evans, B. - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 6, pp. 1731-1748
<Para ID="Par1">A physical model that consisted of a glass reinforced plastic model, constructed to a 1:25,000 horizontal scale and with a 1:125 vertical scale of the Severn estuary was designed and fitted into a tidal basin at Cardiff University. The model, which was first of its kind, was used to conduct...</para>
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Comparative Analysis of System Dynamics and Object-Oriented Bayesian Networks Modelling for Water Systems Management
Sušnik, Janez; Molina, Jose-Luis; … - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 3, pp. 819-841
reducing pumping of groundwater to coastal cities may prove the key to reducing the current aquifer deficit, though local …
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Challenges and Opportunities in GRACE-Based Groundwater Storage Assessment and Management: An Example from Yemen
Moore, Scott; Fisher, Joshua - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 6, pp. 1425-1453
Sustainable management of groundwater resources is often hampered by information asymmetries between abstracters and … managers. At the same time, developments in satellite remote sensing, particularly estimates of groundwater storage using the … potential for GRACE-based assessment of groundwater resources in the context of the persistent challenges of water management in …
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