Rainwater harvesting to alleviate water scarcity in dry conditions: A case study in faria catchment, palestine

Water Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-143

  Shadeed, Sameer ^a   Lange, Jens ^b  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid catchments; Faria Catchment; Management options; Rainwater harvesting; Surface water; TRAIN ZIN model; Water resources

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; RAIN; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID CATCHMENTS; FARIA CATCHMENTS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; TRAIN-ZIN MODELS;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 78651568274     PISSN: 16742370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3882/j.issn.1674-2370.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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