Supplementary water from private wells in Greater Beirut: A 1982 survey in retrospect

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-334

  Acra, A ^a   Milki, R ^a,b   Karahagopian, Y ^a   Raffoul, Z ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Ministry of Higher Education   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Natural recharge water; Seawater infiltration

Indexed keywords

SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS; WELL DRILLING;

PRIVATE WELLS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; RECHARGE; SEAWATER INTRUSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WELL;

LEBANON, BEIRUT;

EID: 0030609369     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207239708711109     Document Type: Article

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