Future groundwater development in the Jifarah Plain, Libya
Budoucí využití podzemních vod v oblasti Jifarah Plain, Libye
dissertation thesis (DEFENDED)

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Study Information System: 83835
CU Caralogue: 990013576610106986
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Author
Advisor
Consultant
Mls, Jiří
Hrkal, Zbyněk
Referee
Tesař, Miroslav
Matula, Svatopluk
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Science
Discipline
Applied Geology with Specializations
Department
Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics
Date of defense
15. 4. 2010
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Přírodovědecká fakultaLanguage
English
Grade
Pass
Keywords (Czech)
podzemní voda, Libye, Jifarah PlainKeywords (English)
groundwater, Jifarah Plain, LibyaLibya as many other regions under arid climates suffer from inadequate water resources to cover all the needs of this rapidly developing country. Increasing water amounts for population supply, agricultural irrigation and use for industry are needed. As groundwater is the main water source in the country it represents a natural resource of the highest economic and social importance. Conceptual and numerical models were implemented in a regional scale to show how the natural situation has been changed after heavy groundwater abstraction having occurred in the last decades in the northwestern part of Libya. Results of the numerical model indicated that the current zones of depression in piezometric surface could have been caused by smaller withdrawn amounts than previously estimated. Indicated differences in assessed withdrawn groundwater volumes seem to be quite high and might influence considerably the future possibilities of groundwater use in the study region. 6
Libya as many other regions under arid climates suffer from inadequate water resources to cover all the needs of this rapidly developing country. Increasing water amounts for population supply, agricultural irrigation and use for industry are needed. As groundwater is the main water source in the country it represents a natural resource of the highest economic and social importance. Conceptual and numerical models were implemented in a regional scale to show how the natural situation has been changed after heavy groundwater abstraction having occurred in the last decades in the northwestern part of Libya. Results of the numerical model indicated that the current zones of depression in piezometric surface could have been caused by smaller withdrawn amounts than previously estimated. Indicated differences in assessed withdrawn groundwater volumes seem to be quite high and might influence considerably the future possibilities of groundwater use in the study region. 6