the optimal allocation of the chahnimeh water resources among different sectors, viz. domestic, agricultural and environmental consumptions, was determined using the goal programming method in gams, based on the present condition in the area. results showed an increase of 15.4, 44.5 and 230% in allocation of water to domestic, agriculture and environment sectors, respectively, in this method as...

Faced with limited water supply options in the longer term and the worst drought on record in the short term, the Queensland Government is constructing the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project which will supply up to 182 ML/day of purified recycled water for industrial and potable purposes. The project is one of a suite of capital works projects in progress which in the longer term will supp...

In control of a linear collider, the ground motion is one of the big problems. Various things can be considered as a factor of the ground motion, environmental vibration, atmospheric pressure variation, and the earth tides, etc. This time, we measured the slow ground motions using the tunnel of the underground hydroelectric power station "Shintoyone" located in the granite region. For the follo...

arid and desert lands in terms of specific environmental characteristics such as low annual precipitation,sequential droughts, huge drop in ground water levels or the like, have always faced strict limitations in waterresources. in the shadow of these characteristics and many other factors, water price index (wpi) is significantlyaffected. this study set out with the aim of identifying and dete...

fifty-four drinking groundwater samples were collected in april 2010 from some districts of the dakahlyia governorate, egypt. the water samples were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer for iron, manganese, lead, nickel, chromium, zinc, copper, cobalt and cadmium concentrations. all samples but two were found suitable for drinking; from the water sample from aga district showed sligh...