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Masoud Jafari Shalamzari, Wanchang Zhang, Atefeh Gholami and Zhijie Zhang
Site selection for runoff harvesting at large scales is a very complex task. It requires inclusion and spatial analysis of a multitude of accurately measured parameters in a time-efficient manner. Compared with direct measurements of runoff, which is tim...
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Rasha Abed, Ammar Adham, Mohammed Falah Allawi and Coen Ritsema
The potential impacts resulting from climate change will cause significant global problems, particularly in underdeveloped nations where the effects are felt the most. Techniques for harvesting water such as small dams provide an alternative supply of wa...
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Negash Tessema, Dame Yadeta, Asfaw Kebede and Gebiaw T. Ayele
The salt problem in Ethiopia has been further exacerbated by a number of factors, including poor water quality, ineffective on-farm water management techniques, and a lack of appropriate and technically sound drainage infrastructure at irrigation sites. ...
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Hamdan Al Mahmoud, Khouri Al Issam, Arslan Awadis
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This research was conducted through the rain season 2009 -2010, in Mehasseh Research Center at (Al Qaryatein), The area is characterized by a hot and dry climate in summer and cold in winter with an annual average rainfall of 114 mm. Three slopes (8%, 6%...
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Mohammad Akrami, Alaa H. Salah, Mahdieh Dibaj, Maxime Porcheron, Akbar A. Javadi, Raziyeh Farmani, Hassan E. S. Fath and Abdelazim Negm
The need for sustainable desalination arises from fast-occurring global warming and intensifying droughts due to increasing temperatures, particularly in the Middle East and North African (MENA) regions. Lack of water resources has meant that the countri...
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Pedro Fraga-Santiago, Alejandro Gómez-Pazo, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Pablo Montero and Xose Lois Otero Pérez
Coastal lagoons are habitats of great environmental value. However, they are currently subject to major threats, particularly due to increasing sea levels. This study aims to identify changes?both natural and induced by anthropic activity?and their impac...
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Tewodros Assefa, Manoj Jha, Manuel Reyes, Raghavan Srinivasan and Abeyou W. Worqlul
The study was conducted in Lake Tana Basin of Ethiopia to assess potentially irrigable areas for home gardens, water availability, and feasibility of water-lifting technologies. A GIS-based Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) technique was applied to access ...
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Aikifa Raza, Jin-You Lu, Safa Alzaim, Hongxia Li and TieJun Zhang
Efficient solar vapor/steam generation is important for various applications ranging from power generation, cooling, desalination systems to compact and portable devices like drinking water purification and sterilization units. However, conventional sola...
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Mukta Sapkota, Meenakshi Arora, Hector Malano, Ashok Sharma and Magnus Moglia
There are pressures on existing centralized water infrastructures in urban centers which justify the search for alternatives. An increasingly important alternative is to shift from centralized to hybrid systems, often in response to climate variability a...
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Alastair R. Rohrer, Neil P. Armitage
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Stormwater Harvesting (SWH) to alleviate water scarcity is often hindered by the lack of suitable available storage in urban areas. This research aimed to discover an economically viable strategy of storing runoff in existing stormwater ponds with the as...
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