This research aims to shed light on the Syrian water reality through analysising
the Syrian water balance during the period (1992-2012) , And thus access to a set of
results that show actually watery Syrian and the reasons for the imbalance in the
Syrian
water issue, as well as providing a set of proposals that could contribute to overcome
these reasons form that can actually improve the water and protect water resource from
depletion and exploited efficiently and saves supplier and achieve sustainability.
When estimating groundwater recharge in karstified and fractured aquifers
it’s important to take into consideration, that they differ from porous aquifers
by inhomogeneities of their hydraulic properties because of the great variance
of infiltrati
on properties in their rocks. In this research the process of
groundwater recharge in Sher-mansour and Haramon areas in Antilebanon,
where karstified and fractured aquifers are developed, was discussed. The
portion of rainfall reaching the groundwater was calculated by applying water
balance and groundwater level changes methods. In the first method the area
was divided into surface zones and water balance components were calculated
in each zone and the portion was estimated at 55.8% of rainfall in dry years
like 2005-2006. In the second method the area was divided into subsurface
zones and groundwater level fluctuations, storage coefficient and groundwater
storage were calculated. The groundwater recharge varied between 17.5% in
Haramon area and 80% in Sher Mansour area. The results showed that
portions of rainfall reaching groundwater are not equal in the deferent
subsurface zones and are deferent from those calculated by water balance
method.