Rainwater harvesting for urban areas: A success story from Gadarif City in Central Sudan

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2727-2736

  Ibrahim, Mohamed Babiker ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundwater increase; Rainwater harvesting; Sudan; Urban water demand

Indexed keywords

DAM RESERVOIRS; DRINKING WATER; RAINWATER HARVESTING; RIVER WATER; SAFE WATER; SEMI-ARID REGION; SMALL DAMS; SUDAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN WATER DEMAND; WATER DEFICITS; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMS; HARVESTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; RAINWATER; RESERVOIR; URBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GEDAREF; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 70349261065     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9405-6     Document Type: Article

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