Artificial recharge with surface water; a pilot project in Wadi Madoneh, Jordan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1251-1263

  de Laat, Pieter J M ^a   Nonner, Johannes C ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; Infiltration; Jordan; Retention reservoir; Root zone; Runoff coefficient; Wadi hydrology

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HISTORICAL DATA; IN-CHANNELS; JORDAN; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL CONTRACTORS; NON-CONVENTIONAL WATER RESOURCES; PILOT PROJECTS; ROOT ZONE; RUNOFF COEFFICIENT; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; INFILTRATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SITE SELECTION; WATER RESOURCES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM; DESERT; DESIGN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFILTRATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RETENTION; RHIZOSPHERE; RUNOFF; SITE SELECTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

AMMAN; JORDAN; WADI MADONEH;

EID: 84856339904     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1372-6     Document Type: Article

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