1st Edition
Recharge of Phreatic Aquifers in (Semi-)Arid Areas IAH International Contributions to Hydrogeology 19
240 Pages
by
CRC Press
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Groundwater use is of fundamental importance to meet the rapidly expanding urban, industrial and agricultural water requirements in (semi) arid areas. Quantifying the current rate of groundwater recharge and define its variability in space and time are thus prerequesites for efficient groundwater resource managment in these regions, where such resources are often the key to economic... Read more
1. Groundwater Recharge Principles
2. Recharge from Precipitation
3. Recharge from Intermittent Flow
4. Recharge from Permanent Water Bodies
Case Studies:
Losses from canals in Pakistan
Efficiency of artificial recharge from percolation tanks
Biography
Dr Ian Simmers is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Free University of Amsterdam. His research interests were in recharge and flow in porous media as applied to the management and protection of wetlands, on which he has published extensively. He is Editor in Chief of the publication series of IAH.
