Essays about: "Groundwater flooding"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words Groundwater flooding.

  1. 16. Rural water supply management and sustainability in Ethiopia with special emphasis on water suplly schemes in Adama area

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Abebe Tadessa Lencha; [2012]
    Keywords : Community participation; cost sharing; sustainability; rural water supply; water committee; women; community management safe water;

    Abstract : Ethiopia is situated at the area where the weather is complimented with relatively higher amount of rainfall. This has given the country with enormous water resource potential. Accordingly, it was estimated that the country has an annual surface runoff of 122 billion cubic meters of water (EWRMP, 2001). READ MORE

  3. 17. Sustainable Drainage and Surface Water Management in Xiamen, China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Gunnar Olsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Sustainable urban drainage systems; SUDS; Xiamen; China; Stormwater; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) is a relatively new way of handling stormwater in urban environments. Originating in the late 1980’s, the concept has developed as an alternative to the traditional way of removing the urban water as quick as possible in pipes, buried underneath the ground. READ MORE

  4. 18. Mapping of Floodplains in the Atankwidi River Basin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Andrej Nikolaev; [2010]
    Keywords : Idrisi; C-band; L-band; Atankwidi; mapping of floodplains; SOBEK; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The Atankwidi River Basin is situated in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The Basin has an area of around 275 km2. The semiarid climate in which the Atankwidi is situated is characterized by one rainy season spanning from April to September and one dry season spanning from September to April. READ MORE

  5. 19. The effect of urban runoff on the water quality of the Sweetbriar Brook, Ampthill, UK

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil Sciences

    Author : Anna Krafft; [2006]
    Keywords : runoff; water quality; catchment; thermotolerant coliform bacteria; nutrients; rain; first flush; Sustainable Urban Drainage System SUDS ; sediment;

    Abstract : The Sweetbriar Brook, a small watercourse in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, in a mainly residential catchment, was studied. The scope was to characterise the water quality during low flow conditions and storms, by chemical analyses of dissolved oxygen, turbidity, metals, nutrients, oil and thermotolerant coliform bacteria, among others. READ MORE