Bekhira, Abdelghani Habi, Mohammed Morsli, Boutkhil
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Journal of Water and Land Development
During the last few years, the City of Bechar in Algeria has witnessed some extreme events, such as the great flood of the year 2008 in which an exceptional amount of rain was recorded with a flow rate of 830 m3∙s−1 (hwater = 4 m, b = 200 m); similar flooding also occurred in 2012 and 2014. The problem is that most of the City of Bechar has an urba...
Bouchareb, Abderrezak Metaiche, Mehdi Lounici, Hakim
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Journal of Water and Land Development
In recent years, the increasing threat to ground water quality due to human activities has become a matter of great concern. The ground water quality problems present today are caused by contamination and by over exploitation or by combination of both. Reverse osmosis (RO) desalination is one of the main technologies for producing fresh water from ...
Gopchak, Igor Basiuk, Tetiana Bialyk, Ihor Pinchuk, Oleg Gerasimov, Ievgenii
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Journal of Water and Land Development
The environmental assessment of the surface water quality of the Western Bug River has been made using the system of classification quality of land surface water of Ukraine in accordance with the approved methodology, which allows comparing water quality of separate areas of water objects of different regions. The calculation of the environmental a...
Vadiati, Meysam Nalley, Deasy Adamowski, Jan Nakhaei, Mohammad Asghari-Moghaddam, Asghar
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Journal of Water and Land Development
Groundwater quality modelling plays an important role in water resources management decision making processes. Accordingly, models must be developed to account for the uncertainty inherent in the modelling process, from the sample measurement stage through to the data interpretation stages. Artificial intelligence models, particularly fuzzy inferen...
Lawal-Adebowale, Okanlade A.
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Journal of Water and Land Development
The objective of this study was to ascertain the socioeconomic and geospatial traits responsible for little or no usage of tractors for land clearing and cultivation by rural farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Data were obtained on the study objectives with use of interview guide, in-depth discussion and field observation a randomly selected 247 arabl...
Klimov, Serhii Pinchuk, Oleg Kunytskiy, Serhii Klimova, Anastasiia
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Journal of Water and Land Development
In the context of climate change, it is important to minimize the changes that are introduced in the territory adjacent to the object of human economic activity. In some cases, this can be done with the help of drainage-screened modules – an anti-filtration screen that redistributes the zone of influence of the drain placed near it. As a result, th...
Sennaoui, Foued Benabdesselam, Tamara Saihia, Abdallah
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Journal of Water and Land Development
Agricultural drainage has become a priority in agriculture and the economic development of the state. Algeria has launched several agro-economic projects pertaining to natural resources and human potential for development in agricultural areas. Our aim is to model the morphological evolution of open drainage channels, under the influence of sedimen...
Kebede, Abebe Raju, Jaya Prakash Korecha, Diriba Takele, Samuel Nigussie, Melessew
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Journal of Water and Land Development
Drought is an extreme event that causes great economic and environmental damage. The main objective of this study is to evaluate sensitivity, characterization and propagation of drought in the Upper Blue Nile. Drought indices: standardized precipitation index (SPI) and the recently developed standardized reconnaissance drought index (RDIst) are app...
Aromolaran, Adetayo K. Ademiluyi, Ibiyinka O. Sotola, Abiodun E. Wole-Alo, Felicia I. Aromiwura, Oluwadamilola A. Ogunsuyi, Olubukola E.
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Journal of Water and Land Development
Water is an essential commodity which affects life and livelihoods in the universe. This study examined perceived effect of water scarcity on livelihoods in Iwoye-Ketu, Ogun State. Random sampling was used to select 80 rural households and water samples for the study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive, inferential and laboratory analys...
Bemmoussat, Abdelkader Adjim, Mohammed Bensaoula, Fouzia
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Journal of Water and Land Development
The Henaya Irrigated Perimeter (HIP) is an agricultural area irrigated by treated wastewater (TWW) of Ain El Hout treatment plant. Various analyses have shown that i) this water has low concentration of heavy metals and toxic elements, ii) the average values of the physicochemical parameters for 136 samples are satisfactory (29.2 mg O2∙dm−3 for che...
