Managing water under stress in Sana'a, Yemen

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2 C, 2005, Pages 69-83

  Foppen, J W A ^a   Naaman, M ^b   Schijven, J F ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Irrigation   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ground water pollution; Groundwater modeling; Pollution control; Sustainable water use; Urban groundwater; Waste water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849096352     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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