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Groundwater management in northern Iraq

Hydrogeology journal, 2009-03, Vol.17 (2), p.367-378 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer-Verlag 2008 ;Springer-Verlag 2009 ;ISSN: 1431-2174 ;EISSN: 1435-0157 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0331-0

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Title:
Groundwater management in northern Iraq
Author: Stevanovic, Zoran ; Iurkiewicz, Adrian
Subjects: Aquatic Pollution ; Aquifers ; Dams ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Earth Sciences ; Geology ; Geophysics/Geodesy ; Groundwater flow ; Groundwater management ; Hydrogeology ; Hydrology ; Hydrology/Water Resources ; Injection wells ; Over-abstraction ; Subsurface dams ; Waste Water Technology ; Water Management ; Water Pollution Control ; Water Quality/Water Pollution ; Water resources management
Is Part Of: Hydrogeology journal, 2009-03, Vol.17 (2), p.367-378
Description: Groundwater is vital and the sole resource in most of the studied region of northern Iraq. It has a significant role in agriculture, water supply and health, and the elimination of poverty in rural areas. Although Iraq is currently dramatically disturbed by complex political and socio-economic problems, in its northern part, i.e. the Kurdish-inhabited region, fast urbanization and economic expansion are visible everywhere. Monitoring and water management schemes are necessary to prevent aquifer over-exploitation in the region. Artificial recharge with temporary runoff water, construction of subsurface dams and several other aquifer management and regulation measures have been designed, and some implemented, in order to improve the water situation. Recommendations, presented to the local professionals and decision-makers in water management, include creation of Water Master Plans and Water User Associations, synchronization of drilling programmes, rehabilitation of the existing well fields, opening of new well fields, and the incorporation of new spring intakes in some areas with large groundwater reserves, as well as construction of numerous small-scale schemes for initial in situ water treatment where saline groundwater is present.
Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1431-2174
EISSN: 1435-0157
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0331-0
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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Groundwater management in northern Iraq

Springer-Verlag 2008 ;Springer-Verlag 2009 ;ISSN: 1431-2174 ;EISSN: 1435-0157 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0331-0

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