Groundwater modeling of Saq Aquifer Buraydah Al Qassim for better water management strategies

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 851-860

  Al Salamah, Ibrahim S ^a   Ghazaw, Yousry M ^a   Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Modeling; MODFLOW; Qassim; Saq Aquifer; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

MODELING; MODFLOW; QASSIM; SAQ AQUIFER; SAUDI ARABIA;

AQUIFERS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; PUMPING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SIMULATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

BURAYDAH; QASIM; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79151468931     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1428-1     Document Type: Article

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