Integrated groundwater management and it's role in the reduction of water shortage and insuring increased water demand in Barada and Auvage basin
published by Damascus University
in 2012
in
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
Barada and Auvage basin, experience of limited water resources against
growing of human activities related to increasing of inhabitants, and climate
changes influence on precipitation and water balance. This research focuses on
the definition of present and expected water shortage in Barada and Auvage
basin within the period between 2012-2035 year, and the abilities of its changes
regarding the increasing of the gap between supply and demand, and the role of
integrated groundwater resources management in facing water challenges, so
decreasing of water shortage, taking into account, sustainability of ecosystems,
as an important element of integrated water resources management.
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The World Bank, 2002-2006, Sustainable Groundwater Management: Concepts and Tools, Urban Wastewater as Groundwater Recharge