Measuring and modeling hydrological processes of sand-storage dams on different spatial scales

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 289-298

  Quilis, Rosa Orient ^a   Hoogmoed, Merel ^b   Ertsen, Maurits ^a   Foppen, Jan Willem ^c   Hut, Rolf ^a   Vries, Arjen de ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Acacia Water   (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kenya; Modeling; Planning; Sand storage dams; Water Security

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CONCRETE DAMS; DROUGHT; FOOD STORAGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; SAND; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA; MODELING; PLANNING; SAND-STORAGE DAMS; WATER SECURITY;

DAMS;

DAM; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; SEMIARID REGION; STORAGE STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; KITUI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59549086792     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.057     Document Type: Article

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