Regional screening for managed aquifer recharge suitability in Jordan, Lebanon, and surrounding areas

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development, Arab Water Council, Hydrology.NL, National Center for Research and Development (Jordan), and American University of Beirut, completed a project for acceleration of aquifer storage and recovery in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The MENA region is globally the most water-scarce region with only two percent of the global average annual rainfall. Unsustainable groundwater withdrawals have caused groundwater levels to decline. Groundwater quality has also degraded due to seawater intrusion in coastal areas and infiltration of incompletely treated wastewaters. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is an established...

Tags: Hydrology, Inland Waters, Jordan, Land Use Change, Lebanon, All tags... Managed aquifer recharge, Middle East, Remote Sensing, Slope, Suitability mapping, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, accumulated ("routed") average annual surface runoff, digital elevation models, elevation, geoscientific information, geospatial datasets, hydrology, runoff, Fewer tags