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Journal of Water Resource and Protection (JWARP) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas.
Monica de Aquino Galeano da Hora Rocha, Manoel Isidro de Miranda Neto
A Dam Safety Program aims to reduce the risks to human life, property, and the environment from dam related hazards. In Brazil, despite of the contemporary law about dam safety, there is still no cadastral information nor the classification of risk and associ…
Tamer El-Shater, Yigezu A. Yigezu, Kamil Shideed, Aden Aw-Hassan
This paper provides empirical evidence that improved supplemental irrigation (ISI) can be justified on both environmental and economic grounds. Results of a stochastic frontier model which explicitly and simultaneously accounts for technical inefficiency and…
Hamza B. Mahamat, Mathieu Le Coz, Hamit Abderamane, Paul Sardini, Moumtaz Razack
The Wadi-Fira region in eastern Chad is facing dramatic water supply problems, related to the climatic semi-arid context and the reception of refugees from the Darfour, which has increased the local population by 22% these last years. Expansion of agglomerati…
Huishu Li, Ji-Hee Son, Asma Hanif, Jianli Gu, Ashwin Dhanasekar, Kenneth Carlson
Currently, only a few states in the U.S. (e.g. Colorado and Ohio) require mandatory baseline groundwater sampling from nearby groundwater wells prior to drilling a new oil or gas well. Colorado is the first state to regulate groundwater testing before and aft…
Ohou-Yao Marie Jeanne Adelaïde, Ouattara Leygnima Yaya, Yapo Ossey Bernard, Mambo Veronique
Water supply is a global problem. A study was conducted on twelve (12) traditional wells water in Daba Dagnogo and Gnipi 2 to determine their physico-chemical quality. Two sampling campaigns (dry season and rainy season), were performed on 16 physical and che…
Shahrbanoo Hazrati-Yadkoori, Bithin Datta
Characterization of unknown groundwater contaminant sources is an important but difficult step in effective groundwater management. The difficulties arise mainly due to the time of contaminant detection which usually happens a long time after the start of con…
Lauben Muhangane, John Bosco Nkurunungi, Jane Yatuha, Morgan Andama
This study determined the physico-chemical and bacterial quality of raw (bore-hole, springs, wells) and tap water sources from Nyaruzinga wetland for domestic use in Bushenyi Municipality. Forty samples of raw water were randomly collected from Kacuncu, Kyeit…
Mamaru A. Moges, Petra Schmitter, Seifu A. Tilahun, Essays K. Ayana, Atikilt A. Ketema, Temsgen E. Nigussie, Tammo S. Steenhuis
Recently there are signs of water quality impairment in Lake Tana, the largest fresh water in Ethiopia. The lake is the growth corridor of the government and supports millions of livelihood around. In order to sustain the benefit and maintain the ecosystem of…
Josephine Ndjama, Gideon Aghaindum Ajeagah, Ndondo Gustave Raoul Nkoue, Wirmvem Mengnjo Jude, Ngon Eric Belmond Birama, Gloria Eneke Takem Eyong, Andrew Ako Ako, Mohamadou Bello, Tchouya Romaric Victorien Ntchantcho, Joseph Victor Hell
The deterioration of water quality in lakes constitutes an environmental problem faced by humanity. The Nkolbisson artificial lake which is located downstream of the Abiergue and Mintotomo streams in Yaounde is under the influence of various forms of pollutio…
Vanessa Silva Granadeiro Garcia, Eduardo Toshio Domingues Matsushita, Letícia Cristina Alves Mesquita, Deborah Inês Teixeira Fávaro, Sueli Ivone Borrely
The monitoring of water bodies means the attempt of protecting vulnerable groups of organisms inhabiting streams and rivers. Industrial and domestic discharges may worsen the water quality and affect biological balance, structure and the functioning of the ec…
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