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DOI	10.1038/s41598-021-97593-w
	GIS-based framework for artificial aquifer recharge to secure sustainable strategic water reserves in Qatar arid environment peninsula
	Mohieldeen, Yasir Elginaid; Elobaid, Elnaiem Ali; Abdalla, Rifaat
通讯作者	Elobaid, EA (corresponding author), Qatar Univ, Environm Sci Ctr ESC, H10-Zone 3-B113,POB 2713, Doha, Qatar.
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:1
英文摘要	This study proposes a large-scale artificial aquifer recharge plan to increase the strategic water reserve to cope with future emergencies. The main aim of the plan is to restore groundwater levels to those of the 1980s through artificial recharge. Desalinated water or highly treated municipal sewage effluent could be artificially recharged into the aquifer to recharge it. Potentiometric surface of aquifers and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis were used to assess change in the groundwater levels between 1980 and 2009. Zones that have experienced considerable decline in groundwater levels from their former natural status-when the aquifers were barely exploited, were identified. These zones are considered optimum recharge sites as they could provide 'natural' ground storage chosen by nature. Therefore, working with nature (not against it) by re-filling these natural spaces is the optimum approach. The artificial recharge of the main and principal upper aquifer in Qatar (Rus and Um er Radhuma) is targeted and recommended. It is estimated that up to 182.8 Million Cubic Meter (mcm) could be recharged and stored in these proposed zones, to increase the strategic water reserve of the country. This increase would sustain supplies of high quality for up to three months if consumption is maintained at the 2018 level. Moreover, this additional reserve could last for over one year, if emergency measures were put in place-in case of serious water-shortages, and disaster preparedness, for example by reducing the per capita consumption to the global average per capita consumption.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000696645100018
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368456
作者单位	[Mohieldeen, Yasir Elginaid] Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ HBKU, Qatar Environm & Energy Res Inst QEERI, Qatar Fdn, Doha, Qatar; [Elobaid, Elnaiem Ali] Qatar Univ, Environm Sci Ctr ESC, H10-Zone 3-B113,POB 2713, Doha, Qatar; [Abdalla, Rifaat] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Coll Sci, Muscat, Oman
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mohieldeen, Yasir Elginaid,Elobaid, Elnaiem Ali,Abdalla, Rifaat. GIS-based framework for artificial aquifer recharge to secure sustainable strategic water reserves in Qatar arid environment peninsula[J],2021,11(1).
APA	Mohieldeen, Yasir Elginaid,Elobaid, Elnaiem Ali,&Abdalla, Rifaat.(2021).GIS-based framework for artificial aquifer recharge to secure sustainable strategic water reserves in Qatar arid environment peninsula.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,11(1).
MLA	Mohieldeen, Yasir Elginaid,et al."GIS-based framework for artificial aquifer recharge to secure sustainable strategic water reserves in Qatar arid environment peninsula".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11.1(2021).