Water shortage in Jordan - Sustainable solutions

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-202

  Hadadin, Nidal ^a   Qaqish, Maher ^b   Akawwi, Emad ^b   Bdour, Ahmed ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Desalination; Irrigation; Water balance; Water harvesting; Water shortages

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; FAIR SHARE; HIGH RATE; IRRIGATION WATERS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; REUSE OF WASTEWATER; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE WATER; WATER BALANCE; WATER DEMAND; WATER HARVESTING; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; COMPETITION; DESALINATION; FLOW OF WATER; HARVESTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

DESALINATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 71849095124     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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