Runoff management based water harvesting for better water resources sustainability: a comprehensive review

ZH Doost, M Alsuwaiyan… - Knowledge …, 2024 - … journals.publicknowledgeproject.org
The exacerbation of drought conditions has significantly enhanced water scarcity, notably
impacting arid and semi-arid regions globally. Consequently, effective runoff management …

Selection frameworks for potential rainwater harvesting sites in arid and semi-arid regions: A systematic literature review

S Ahmed, M Jesson, S Sharifi - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water shortage is a concern in arid and semi-arid regions across the globe due to their lack
of precipitation and unpredictable rainfall patterns. In the past few decades, many …

Potential water harvesting sites identification using spatial multi-criteria evaluation in Maysan Province, Iraq

IA Alwan, NA Aziz, MN Hamoodi - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rainwater harvesting is a promising tool for supplementing surface water and groundwater
to overcome the imbalance between water supply and demand under changing climate …

Minimizing the impacts of desertification in an arid region: a case study of the West Desert of Iraq

KN Sayl, SO Sulaiman, AH Kamel… - Advances in Civil …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, desertification is a major problem in the western desert of Iraq. The harsh nature,
remoteness, and size of the desert make it difficult and expensive to monitor and mitigate …

GIS-based modeling for selection of dam sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq

AA Othman, AF Al-Maamar, DAMA Al-Manmi… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Iraq, a country in the Middle East, has suffered severe drought events in the past two
decades due to a significant decrease in annual precipitation. Water storage by building …

Optimal sites identification for rainwater harvesting in northeastern Guatemala by analytical hierarchy process

RS Wu, GLL Molina, F Hussain - Water Resources Management, 2018 - Springer
The Guatemala's rural population have limited resources, high vulnerability to climate
change, traditional agriculture practices and adversely affected by water scarcity. These …

Allocation of reservoirs sites for runoff management towards sustainable water resources: Case study of Harirud River Basin, Afghanistan

ZH Doost, ZM Yaseen - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
The intensification of drought conditions in arid and semi-arid regions coupled with the
growing population increased water demands (domestic, and irrigation). It signifies the …

Locating site selection for rainwater harvesting structure using remote sensing and GIS

MA Khudhair, KN Sayl, Y Darama - IOP Conference series …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Rainfall is a key source to diminish the problem of water scarcity in the arid and semi-arid
regions. Rainwater harvesting is considered an imperious tool for rainwater conservation …

Detection of suitable sites for rainwater harvesting planning in an arid region using geographic information system

HQ Hashim, KN Sayl - Applied Geomatics, 2021 - Springer
Water is a key natural resource on earth, especially in arid and semi-arid regions with limited
rainfall amounts. The impact of drought could be alleviated via constructing dams to ensure …

Monitoring mass variations in Iraq using time-variable gravity data

A Othman, A Abdelrady, A Mohamed - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Iraq is facing a water shortage due to water scarcity and anthropogenic activities. The recent
advance in technologies in geophysical methods has made groundwater monitoring …