Karst and artificial recharge: Theoretical and practical problems. A preliminary approach to artificial recharge assessment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 189-202

  Daher, Walid ^a,b   Pistre, Séverin ^a   Kneppers, Angeline ^c   Bakalowicz, Michel ^a,b   Najem, Wajdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Karst aquifer; Lebanon; Managed aquifer recharge (MAR); Methodology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER RECHARGE; ARID ZONES; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; EPIKARST; FEASIBILITY INDEX; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; KARST AQUIFER; KARST CONDUIT; KARST VULNERABILITY; LEBANON; LINEAR FORMULAS; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE (MAR); MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGY; MULTI-CRITERIA; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; PRELIMINARY APPROACH; PRIVATE WELLS; RECHARGE WATER; REGIONAL SCALE; SEMI ARID; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAPS; POROUS MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; RATING; SEAWATER; WATER RESOURCES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATIC REGION; COASTAL ZONE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; KARST; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOGRAPHY; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 80052948203     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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