Sustainability of groundwater in Mali, West Africa

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1441-1450

  Lutz, Alexandra ^a   Thomas, James M ^a   Pohll, Greg ^a   Keita, Mamadou ^b   McKay, W Alan ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b World Vision Mali Rural Water Project   (Mali)

Author keywords

Africa; Groundwater; Mali; Sustainability; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AQUIFER CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; MALI; POPULATION GROWTH; PUMPING RATE; RURAL COMMUNITY; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; WEST AFRICA;

AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; PUMPS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CONFINED AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; RECHARGE; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER YIELD;

AFRICA; BANI RIVER; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70449103293     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1646-9     Document Type: Article

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