Safe and reliable access to groundwater is a necessity for people in rural Africa. Many rely on handpumps, for which there is often no system of maintenance in place, leading to around one third being out of use at any given time. Many places are experiencing increased demand for groundwater, leading to the need for a system to monitor groundwater levels. This paper presents a novel approach to...

Groundwater resource is a very important water resource that has stable temperature, clear, tidy and confident. In recent years, population growth, industrialize and need to food and water, have exposed the groundwater resource on the risk. Reduction of water resources is a main problem in throughout the world. In this research groundwater potential mapping was obtained in Norabad plain, Lorest...

Background & Aims of the Study: Groundwater resources are a crucial component of the ecosystem. Management and cleanup of contamination from groundwater resources requires a long term strategy and a huge amount of investments. Artificial neural networks (ANN) and Geographic Information System (GIS) can be useful in determining management strategies. To protect these valuable resourc...

Background & Aims of the Study: Due to the increasing pollution of water resources, tow documented methods: the Heavy metal potential index (HPI) and the Heavy metal evaluation index (HEI) were evaluated for their suitability for contamination monitoring of heavy metals (As, Zn, Pb, Cd and Cu) contamination in groundwater resources of Asadabad Plain during spring and summer in 2012. Material...

This review considered groundwater resources, its characteristics, qualities, pollutions and available treatments. Groundwater refers to all the water occupying the voids, pores and fissures within geological formations, which originated from atmospheric precipitation either directly by rainfall infiltration or indirectly from rivers, lakes or canals. The chemical, physical and bacterial charac...

The Chalk aquifer of Northern Europe is an internationally important source of drinking water and sustains baseflow for surface water ecosystems. The areal distribution of microorganic (MO) contaminants, particularly non-regulated emerging MOs, in this aquifer is poorly understood. This study presents results from a reconnaissance survey of MOs in Chalk groundwater, including pharmaceuticals, p...

Snowmelt dominates the hydrograph of many temperate montane streams, yet little work has characterized how streamwater sources and nitrogen (N) dynamics vary across wildland to urban land use gradients in these watersheds. Across a third-order catchment in Salt Lake City, Utah, we asked where and when groundwater vs shallow surface water inputs controlled stream discharge and N dynamics. Stream...

The study area consists of eight upazilas of north-west region of Bangladesh. This is one of the driest parts of Bangladesh, normally less rain from November to April. The study area has been irrigated using about 2100 Deep Tubewells. It covers only about 80% of the total cultivable area. The remaining 20% area has been planned to cover by installation of additional Deep Tubewell under Banglade...

Streamflow of the Colorado River Basin is the most overallocated in the world. Recent assessment indicates that demand for this renewable resource will soon outstrip supply, suggesting that limited groundwater reserves will play an increasingly important role in meeting future water needs. Here we analyze 9 years (December 2004 to November 2013) of observations from the NASA Gravity Recovery an...

INTRODUCTION Students of groundwater hydrology enjoy several benefits from an introduction to groundwater modeling software, such as MODFLOW (Harbaugh and McDonald, 1996). From a practical perspective, students gain a skill that is useful in consulting practice. From an educational perspective, students gain insight into the geometry and dynamics of groundwater flow, since results are presented...