This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the water resources in the Souss-Massa river basin in southwestern Morocco and provides novel water-management approaches to narrow the gap between supply and demand for water. It evaluates conventional water resources?surface water and groundwater?and discusses in detail rainfall harvesting into dams along the Souss and Massa wadis. Further, it explores topics including the geology of the aquifer; the risk of over exploitation; alternative water resources, such as desalinated seawater and treated domestic wastewater, as well as management approaches like Data Development Analysis and the SALTMED model. With a focus on linking scientific research to practical applications and the demands of agriculture and associated agro-industry, urbanization and tourism, which compete for the limited water resources, the book appeals to environmental scientists, geologists, engineers and environmental managers.
| ISBN: | 9783319511290 |
| Publication date: | 3rd March 2017 |
| Author: | Redouane ChoukrAllah, Ragab Ragab, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Damià Barceló |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 355 pages |
| Series: | The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry |
| Genres: |
Environmental chemistry Analytical chemistry Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere Hydrology and the hydrosphere Pollution and threats to the environment |