Groundwater in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

This book provides comprehensive studies from Middle East, African countries and Asia including Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, India, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia and Turkey on groundwater management, modelling and monitoring. A broad approach such as modelling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and statistical models was applied in arid and semi-arid areas for management of the groundwater. These new approaches are currently in high demand. The book delves into the applications of these methods and will be a potential asset to the researchers worldwide. The book is a timely publication containing chapters based on primary data or/and extensive review chapters comprising new emerging techniques. Current high-demand research on management through the application of modelling, artificial intelligence and machine learning is the main selling point of this book.

1. Introduction to “Groundwater in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas”

   • Shakir Ali, Asaad M. Armanuos

   Pages 3-9

2. Groundwater in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of India: A Review on the Quality, Management and Challenges

   • Faheem Ahamad, Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, Mahavir Singh, Arun Kumar Sharma

   Pages 11-52

3. Vulnerability to Pollution of Karstic Aquifers in the Tafna River Basin and Risk Mitigation Strategies (Northwest Algeria)

   • Fouzia Bensaoula, Bernard Collignon

   Pages 55-80

4. Effect of Urbanization on Water Resources: Challenges and Prospects

   • Esra Bilgiç, Alper Baba

   Pages 81-108

5. Understanding the Challenges: Sustainable Usage of Groundwater Resources in Türkiye

   • Alper Baba, Nilüfer Tirol

   Pages 109-129

6. Application of Geospatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis in the Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation in the Northern Sector of Gabes Region (SE Tunisia)

   • Fatma Ben Brahim, Zeinab Rhayma, Salem Bouri

   Pages 131-157

7. Creation of Rational Groundwater Management Schemes in the Chu Valley of the Kyrgyz Republic Based on Groundwater Modeling

   • Rafael G. Litvak, Ekaterina I. Nemaltseva, Aman Ch. Imanaliev

   Pages 161-175

8. Applications of Machine Learning Models for Solving Complex Groundwater Modelling, Monitoring and Management Problems

   • Alvin Lal, Ravi Naidu, Bithin Datta

   Pages 177-196

9. New Trends in Groundwater Contaminant Transport Modelling

   • Kamilia Hagagg

   Pages 197-212

10. Groundwater Environment and Management in Kabul, Afghanistan

    • Abdulhalim Zaryab, Mohammad Zia Jamal, Mohammad Salem Hussaini, Asadullah Farahmand, Shakir Ali

    Pages 215-231

11. Groundwater in the Nile Delta Aquifer, Egypt: Assessment, Modelling and Management with Climate Change in the Core

    • Asaad M. Armanuos, Sobhy R. Emara, Ahmed Shalby, Mohamed I. Metwally, Am Pris John, Abdelazim Negm

    Pages 233-287

12. Groundwater Contamination by Fluoride and Mitigation Measures for Sustainable Management of Groundwater in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

    • Mohammed Aasif Sulaiman, Divya, Mohammad Masroor Zafar, Saima Anjum, Anupma Kumari

    Pages 289-314

13. Groundwater Quality in Shallow Aquifers of the Sedimentary Plain in Iraq: A Potential Concern for Drinking and Irrigation

    • Alhassan H. Ismail

    Pages 315-339

14. Investigating and Improving Natural Treatment Processes by Riverbank Filtration in Egypt

    • Ismail Abd-Elaty, Osama K. Saleh, Hala M. Ghanayem, Am Pris John, Salvatore Straface

    Pages 341-368