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1 Schweers, W.; Rieser, A.; Bruggeman, A.; Mazid, A. 2006. Using recharge estimation by the water balance method as a baseline for sustainable groundwater management in a water-scarce region of Syria. In Sharma, Bharat R.; Villholth Karen G.; Sharma, K. D. (Eds.). Groundwater research and management: integrating science into management decisions. Proceedings of IWMI-ITP-NIH International Workshop on "Creating Synergy Between Groundwater Research and Management in South and Southeast Asia," Roorkee, India, 8-9 February 2005. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.213-228.
Groundwater management ; Recharge ; Estimation ; Water balance ; Aquifers ; Domestic water ; Irrigated farming / Syria
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9104 G000 SHA Record No: H039318)
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2 Qadir, Mohammed; Sharma, Bharat R.; Bruggeman, A.; Choukr-Allah, R.; Karajeh, F. 2007. Non-conventional water resources and opportunities for water augmentation to achieve food security in water scarce countries. Agricultural Water Management, 87(1):2-22.
Water scarcity ; Salt water intrusion ; Groundwater ; Water quality ; Wastewater ; Water harvesting ; Irrigated farming ; Water supply ; Food security
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G000 QAD, PER Record No: H039620)
3 Rockstrom, J.; Hatibu, N.; Oweis, T. Y.; Wani, S.; Barron, J.; Bruggeman, A.; Farahani, J.; Karlberg, L.; Qiang, Z. 2007. Managing water in rainfed agriculture. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.315-352.
Rainfed farming ; Water management ; Water stress ; Drought ; Climate change ; Water policy ; Investment ; Water harvesting ; Water balance
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040201)
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4 Farahani, H.; Oweis, T.; Siadat, H.; Abbasi, F.; Bruggeman, A.; Anthofer, J.; Turkelboom, F. (Eds.) 2007. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Improving Water Productivity and Livelihood Resilience in Karkheh River Basin, Karaj, Iran, 10-11 September 2007. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) 169p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041918)
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5 Bruggeman, A.; Ouessar, M.; Mohtar, R. H. (Eds.) 2008. Watershed management in dry areas, challenges and opportunities: proceedings of a workshop held in Jerba, Tunisia, 4-7 January 2005. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). 173p.
Watershed management ; Water resource management ; Soil conservation ; Soil types ; Water conservation ; Soil management ; Arid lands ; Mountains ; Highlands ; Reservoirs ; Assessment ; GIS ; Water harvesting ; Runoff ; Sedimentation ; Infiltration ; Hydrology ; Analysis ; Rain ; Flooding ; Drought ; Models ; Calibration ; Rural areas ; Water table ; Groundwater recharge ; Wells ; Supplemental irrigation ; Cost benefit analysis ; Case studies / North Africa / Middle East / Morocco / Tunisia / Yemen / Algeria / USA / Oum Zessar Watershed / Red Sea / Walnut Gulch Watershed / Kamech Watershed / Zaghouan / Oued Zioud Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G229 BRU Record No: H034797)
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6 Hessari, B.; Abbasi, F.; Akbari, M.; Bruggeman, A.; Oweis, T.; De Pauw, E. 2009. Assessment of potential supplemental irrigation impacts on downstream flows in the Karkheh River Basin of Iran. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S. (Eds.). Increasing the productivity and sustainability of rainfed cropping systems of poor smallholder farmers: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, International Workshop on Rainfed Cropping Systems, Tamale, Ghana, 22-25 September 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.233-241.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631 G000 HUM Record No: H042443)
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Supplemental irrigation (SI) is applied in rainfed systems to alleviate soil moisture stress for improved crop yields and water productivity. However, SI developments upstream impact on the amount and quality of water flowing downstream. Runoff in the upper Karkheh River Basin in Iran was assessed using a simple water balance in a GIS framework. The potential flow changes under SI strategies were assessed at the upstream sub-basin scale. Water demand and runoff maps were then simulated for a range of rainfall and irrigation scenarios. Three runoff/flow scenarios were considered: average rainfall, average rainfall with an environmental flow allocation (15% of the mean annual runoff) and low rainfall. The water requirement for SI was assessed under two irrigation scenarios: a single irrigation for early sowing (75 mm in autumn); two irrigations in spring (150 mm total). A FORTRAN program was prepared to calculate the water allocations for the upstream sub-basins. The impacts of the different scenarios on stream-flow were evaluated for each sub-basin and subsequently at the basin scale by comparing the flow with and without the SI scenarios, for the three flow/runoff situations,. The results indicated that early sowing SI allocation in an average rainfall year will decrease downstream flow by about 15% annually, while full spring SI under dry conditions will reduce the amount by about 10%, if all potential areas for SI are developed.
7 Oweis, T.; Hachum, A.; Bruggeman, A.. (Eds.) 2004. Indigenous water-harvesting systems in West Asia and North Africa. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) 173p.
Water resources ; Water harvesting ; History ; Techniques ; Drinking water ; Ponds ; Dams ; Lakes ; Indigenous knowledge ; Arid zones ; Rain water management ; Runoff ; Reservoirs ; Agriculture / West Asia / North Africa / Tunisia / Jordan / Morocco / Syria / Libya / Iraq / Egypt / Yemen / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 OWE Record No: H045946)
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8 Tubeileh, A.; Bruggeman, A.; Turkelboom, F. 2016. Water-harvesting designs for fruit tree production in dry environments. Agricultural Water Management, 165:190-197. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.11.006]
Water harvesting ; Fruit trees ; Crop production ; Olives ; Water storage ; Arid zones ; Soil profiles ; Soil moisture ; Moisture content ; Sloping land ; Precipitation ; Rain ; Catchment areas / Syria / Mediterranean Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047630)
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Water scarcity and increasing demand coupled with climate change require maximizing the use of available resources. Water harvesting (WH) systems are currently being used in many areas to sustain crops and increase water productivity. This study investigated the effect of three treatments (S15: 50-m2 catchment area with 15% slope, S8: 50-m2 catchment area with 8% slope, and L8: 70-m2 catchment area with 8% slope) on the amount of water harvested in tree basin for young olive (Olea europaea L.) trees from November 2002 to July 2003. Soil moisture was monitored weekly during the rainy season and bi-weekly afterwards. To determine moisture changes in the catchment and target areas and amount of water harvested (in liters) for each tree, volumetric soil moisture content was measured at three or four points along the slope using a neutron probe down to a maximum depth of 120 cm, as soil depth allowed. WH structures increased soil moisture content in the rootzone compared to the catchment area. The rainfall threshold for runoff generation was less than 15 mm. Land slope was more important than micro-catchment size for increasing the amount of water harvested. Compared to the 8% slope, the 15% slope resulted in larger harvested amounts for small storms, but the two were comparable when storms were large. The large micro-catchment size resulted in higher amounts of harvested water only in the presence of storms greater than 26 mm. After adding the amounts lost by evapotranspiration, the net amount of water harvested in the tree basin of each tree for the 2002–2003 rainy season reached 722 and 688 l (or 361 and 344 mm) for treatments S15 and S8, respectively. Deeper soil profiles (i.e., >90 cm) were important to ensure longer storage periods. By early July, soil moisture content in the tree basin for treatments S15, L8 and S8 was still higher by 38, 13, and 5% respectively, than the levels recorded at the onset of the experiment. WH increased soil moisture content during the spring and early summer, a critical period for olive production.
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