Restoration of Wadi Aquifers by Artificial Recharge with Treated Waste Water

Ground Water

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 514-527

  Missimer, Thomas M ^a   Drewes, Jörg E ^b,c   Amy, Gary ^b   Maliva, Robert G ^c   Keller, Stephanie ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AQUIFER RECHARGE; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; BENEFICIAL USE; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; HIGH CAPACITY; INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; INTERIOR SURFACES; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEARSHORES; RE-CLAIMED WATER; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER AREAS; WATER-SUPPLY DEMAND;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; DESALINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECOVERY; RESTORATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUND WATER;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGEOLOGY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; SAUDI ARABIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SAUDI ARABIA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84863319487     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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