Quantitative Groundwater Resources Evaluation in the Lower Part of Yalamlam Basin, Makkah Al Mukarramah, Western Saudi Arabia

Bayumi, Tariq H.

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“…The results of this study indicate that the lower parts of the Wadi Yalamlam basin are the promising areas for groundwater potentiality, as they include high and moderate potential zones. Figure 11 shows 3D perspective view of false color composite Landsat image (bands 7, 4 Table 3 Pumping rate for some selected wells distributed along the Sa'diyah subbasin (Bayumi 2008) Well number 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 17 18 20 21 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 Pumping rate (m 3 /day) 25 20 25 30 20 15 18 20 10 20 15 25 15 15 20 30 50 45 Environ Earth Sci and 2; RGB) draped over ASTER GDEM digital elevation model. It clarifies the groundwater variations along the Wadi Yalamlam basin.…”

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“…8b, a gradual decrease in water table elevation is observed from well #SA01 till well #SB01, and then an abrupt decrease from 112.9 to 75.7 m. This sudden decrease is attributed to the presence of dykes in the area between wells #SA01 and #SB01 (south to Abu Helal farm). Table 3 shows the pumping rate for 18 wells distributed along the Sa'diyah subbasin, in the lower part of Wadi Yalamlam collected after Bayumi (2008). Figure 10 shows …”

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“…Water table elevation is calculated for each well using depth to water table data. Pumping rate data is used as from Bayumi (2008). 3D-Field software is utilized to generate depth to water, water table elevation and pumping rate thematic maps.…”

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“…In arid regions, groundwater constitutes a significant factor in many development activities (Subyani 2005;Bayumi 2008). One of the most important satellite data used to explore and monitor groundwater storage variations from space is GRACE data.…”

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Groundwater potential mapping using remote sensing techniques and weights of evidence GIS model: a case study from Wadi Yalamlam basin, Makkah Province, Western Saudi Arabia

Madani

Niyazi

2015

Environ Earth Sci

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In the present study, remote sensing techniques, GIS models and field measurements are integrated to identify and map groundwater potential zones at Wadi Yalamlam (Sa'diyah) basin, Makkah Province, Western Saudi Arabia. The study area is located in the Arabian Shield heterogeneous basement terrain. It is characterized by insignificant primary porosity and permeability and is mainly covered by massive and altered gneissose granites, diorite, and gabbro and metamorphosed basalts. Lithology, rainfall, lineament density, drainage density, slope steepness and landuse/landcover are the main hydrogeological parameters defined to be related to the groundwater storage in the study area. They are prepared using the processed satellite data and integrated using weights of evidence and index overlay GIS models to generate groundwater potential zones map. Within the GIS model, those parameters are assigned values of 30, 20, 15, 15, 10 and 10, respectively, as score values. The resulting groundwater potential zone map for Wadi Yalamlam basin is categorized into three main classes (high, moderate and low groundwater potential zones) based on pixel values. The results of this study indicate that the lower parts of the Wadi Yalamlam basin is the most promising area for groundwater occurrences and contains both high and moderate potential zones. High groundwater potential zones are located to the north of the main dyke area around Abu Helal farm. They are characterized by loose wadi deposits, flat areas, gentle slope (ranges between 0 and 5 degrees), low drainage density (\100 D/30 km 2 ) and shallow water table (water table is 7 m from the ground surface). The present study proved: (1) the usefulness of the processed remote sensing satellite imageries for generating several indirect groundwater parameters; (2) the usefulness of weights of evidence and index overlay GIS models for the integration process and the production of groundwater potential zone map along the study area.

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Groundwater potential mapping using remote sensing techniques and weights of evidence GIS model: a case study from Wadi Yalamlam basin, Makkah Province, Western Saudi Arabia

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Niyazi

2015

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“…In the KSA, groundwater is the most important freshwater resource, with precipitation acting as the recharging source (Kinzelbach et al, 2002;e.g., Scanlon, Healy, & Cook, 2002;Sultan et al, 2008). However, the major recharge process occurred only during the past wet climatic periods and only minimal amounts during the dry periods, such as the current-day situation (Abouelmagd et al, 2012(Abouelmagd et al, , 2014Bayumi, 2008;Sultan et al, 2008;Sultan et al, 2011;Wagner, 2011;Zaidi, Nazzal, Ahmed, Naeem, & Jafri, 2015).…”

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Quantifying temporal variations in water resources of a vulnerable middle eastern transboundary aquifer system

Fallatah

Ahmed

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Freshwater resources in the arid Arabian Peninsula, especially transboundary aquifers shared by Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq, are of critical environmental and geopolitical significance. Monthly Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite‐derived gravity field solutions acquired over the expansive Saq transboundary aquifer system were analysed and spatiotemporally correlated with relevant land surface model outputs, remote sensing observations, and field data to quantify temporal variations in regional water resources and to identify the controlling factors affecting these resources. Our results show substantial GRACE‐derived terrestrial water storage (TWS) and groundwater storage (GWS) depletion rates of −9.05 ± 0.25 mm/year (−4.84 ± 0.13 km3/year) and −6.52 ± 0.29 mm/year (−3.49 ± 0.15 km3/year), respectively. The rapid decline is attributed to both climatic and anthropogenic factors; observed TWS depletion is partially related to a decline in regional rainfall, while GWS depletions are highly correlated with increasing groundwater extraction for irrigation and observed water level declines in regional supply wells.

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Use of a maximum entropy model to identify the key factors that influence groundwater availability on the Gonabad Plain, Iran

Golkarian

Rahmati

2018

Environ Earth Sci

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Quantitative Groundwater Resources Evaluation in the Lower Part of Yalamlam Basin, Makkah Al Mukarramah, Western Saudi Arabia

Cited by 5 publications

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Groundwater potential mapping using remote sensing techniques and weights of evidence GIS model: a case study from Wadi Yalamlam basin, Makkah Province, Western Saudi Arabia

Groundwater potential mapping using remote sensing techniques and weights of evidence GIS model: a case study from Wadi Yalamlam basin, Makkah Province, Western Saudi Arabia

Quantifying temporal variations in water resources of a vulnerable middle eastern transboundary aquifer system

Use of a maximum entropy model to identify the key factors that influence groundwater availability on the Gonabad Plain, Iran

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