Water harvesting: Groundwater storage reservoir in Wadi Ishe, Jordan

Is the groundwater reservoir linear?

Is the groundwater reservoir linear? Learning from data in hydrological modelling F. Fenicia, H. H. G. Savenije, P. Matgen, and L. Pfister Public Research Center – Gabriel Lippmann, 41 rue du Brill, 4422 Luxembourg Water Resources Section, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands Received: 2 August 2005 – Accepte...

Bus water storage tank as a reservoir of Legionella pneumophila.

Health concerns associated with Legionnaires' disease have been identified as an area of the increasing public and professional interest. Any natural water or man-made water systems worldwide might be reservoirs of Legionellae. We presented a sporadic, community-acquired case of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionellapneumophila serogroup 1 in a bus driver who used water for hand and face wa...

Using Landscape Metrics Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess Water Harvesting Potential Sites in Jordan

Jordan is characterized as a “water scarce” country. Therefore, conserving ecosystem services such as water regulation and soil retention is challenging. In Jordan, rainwater harvesting has been adapted to meet those challenges. However, the spatial composition and configuration features of a target landscape are rarely considered when selecting a rainwater-harvesting site. This study aimed to ...

The most important medicinal plants in Wadi Araba desert in South West Jordan : A review

This paper reviews the relevant information from journal articles and other resources on the most important medicinal plants present in the desert of Wadi Araba in South-West Jordan including the pharmaceutical and indigenous knowledge research. Many of Wadi Araba plants are common in the deserts of other Arab countries such as Arab gulf countries, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine and Sudan a...

The Effect of Harvesting on Macrophyte Regrowth and Water Quality in LaDue Reservoir, Ohio