Groundwater exploration and assessment in rural communities of Yobe State, Northern Nigeria

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-601

  Dawoud, Mohamed A ^a,c   Raouf, Abdel Rahman Abdel ^b  

^a NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b Dar Al Handasah   (Egypt)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Groundwater assessment; Groundwater exploration; Groundwater management; Water demand; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPETITION; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER WELLS;

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CLAY LAYERS; FLOW MODELLING; GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NIGERIA; POPULATION GROWTH; PRODUCTION CAPACITIES; PRODUCTION WELLS; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SANITATION SERVICES; SECOND LAYER; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; UPPER LAYERS; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING (VES); WATER DEMAND;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; YOBE;

EID: 58549083541     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9289-x     Document Type: Article

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