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1. A GIS-based approach for identifying potential sites for harvesting rainwater in the Western Desert of Iraq

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Khamis Naba Sayl, Ammar Adham, J.G. Wesseling, Luuk Fleskens, Coen J. Ritsema, Mohamed Arbi Abdeladhim, Michel Riksen, Usama F.A. Karim, Rasha Abed, and Faculty of Engineering Technology

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Water en Landgebruik, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Soil texture, 0208 environmental biotechnology, Soil Science, Rainwater harvesting, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, Soil, Soil, Water and Land Use, Bodem, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Suitability model, WIMEK, Land use, Water and Land Use, Groundwater recharge, Bodemfysica en Landbeheer, PE&RC, GIS, Suitability map, Livelihood, Arid, Bodem, Water en Landgebruik, Iraq's western desert, 020801 environmental engineering, Soil Physics and Land Management, lcsh:TA1-2040, Environmental science, lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Water resource management, Surface runoff, Agronomy and Crop Science
Abstract

People living in arid and semi-arid areas with highly variable rainfall and unforeseeable periods of droughts or floods are severely affected by water shortages and often have insecure livelihoods. The construction of dams in wadies to harvest rainwater from small watersheds and to induce artificial groundwater recharge is one of the solutions available to overcome water shortages in the Western Desert of Iraq. The success of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems depends heavily on their technical design and on the identification of suitable sites. Our main goal was to identify suitable sites for dams using a suitability model created with ModelBuilder in ArcGIS 10.2. The model combined various biophysical factors: slope, runoff depth, land use, soil texture, and stream order. The suitability map should be useful to hydrologists, decision-makers, and planners for quickly identifying areas with the highest potential for harvesting rainwater. The implementation of this method should also support any policy shifts towards the widespread adoption of RWH. Keywords: GIS, Rainwater harvesting, Iraq's western desert, Suitability map

Published
2018
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2. A GIS-based approach for identifying potential sites for harvesting rainwater in the Western Desert of Iraq

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Adham, Ammar, Sayl, Khamis Naba, Abed, Rasha, Abdeladhim, Mohamed Arbi, Wesseling, Jan G., Riksen, Michel, Fleskens, Luuk, Karim, Usama, Ritsema, Coen J., Adham, Ammar, Sayl, Khamis Naba, Abed, Rasha, Abdeladhim, Mohamed Arbi, Wesseling, Jan G., Riksen, Michel, Fleskens, Luuk, Karim, Usama, and Ritsema, Coen J.

Abstract

People living in arid and semi-arid areas with highly variable rainfall and unforeseeable periods of droughts or floods are severely affected by water shortages and often have insecure livelihoods. The construction of dams in wadies to harvest rainwater from small watersheds and to induce artificial groundwater recharge is one of the solutions available to overcome water shortages in the Western Desert of Iraq. The success of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems depends heavily on their technical design and on the identification of suitable sites. Our main goal was to identify suitable sites for dams using a suitability model created with ModelBuilder in ArcGIS 10.2. The model combined various biophysical factors: slope, runoff depth, land use, soil texture, and stream order. The suitability map should be useful to hydrologists, decision-makers, and planners for quickly identifying areas with the highest potential for harvesting rainwater. The implementation of this method should also support any policy shifts towards the widespread adoption of RWH.

Published
2018

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