The Impact of Traditional Irrigation (Foggara) and Modern (drip, pivot) on the Resource Non-Renewable Groundwater in the Algerian Sahara

Kendouci, Mohammed Amine; Bendida, Ali; Khelfaoui, Rachid; Kharroubi, Benali

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.07.018

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“…Underground water transportation reduces water loss due to evaporation and prevents sediment accumulation caused by sandstorms. 41,42 However, this conventional system has been abandoned as a result of the substantial reduction of the groundwater table driven by an excessive supply of water and poor maintenance practices in favour of newer technologies, enabling water withdrawal that exceeds natural recharge. 43 Other ancient rainwater harvesting methods known as Meskat systems were of particular interest and commonly used in the Maghreb region.…”

Section: Water Harvesting and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing community well-being in African drylands through technology-based solutions in the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus

Chaibi,

Soussi,

Karnib

2024

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.

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Section: Water Harvesting and Conservationmentioning

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Enhancing community well-being in African drylands through technology-based solutions in the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus

Chaibi,

Soussi,

Karnib

2024

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.

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“…The climate of Bechar city is monitored by a weather station located in longitude 31°37′ 00″ N and in latitude 02°14′00″ W and with an altitude of 772 m, indexed by 13 01 32. The station is managed by the National Agency for Hydraulic Resources (Bekhira et al 2018) (Kendouci et al 2013). In terms of climate, the city of Bechar is located in the arid zone with a cold winter.…”

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Study of the management efficiency of the drinking water supply in arid areas: case of Bechar city (southwest of Algeria)

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Bechar, a typical Saharan city with an arid climate, receives an average annual rainfall of around 72 mm. Two resources ensure the supply of drinking water to the city of Bechar; the first comes from a catchment field consisting of eight boreholes, and the second comes from the Djorf Torba dam located in the west at about 45 km where is located the drinking water treatment plant. Water scarcity and water supply disruption have caused residents of Bechar city connected to the water supply system to invest in relatively expensive storage and pumping facilities to meet their domestic needs. The survey was conducted on a sample of 20% of the population of Bechar city in a period of 4 months. Through the survey, we have reached that 74% of citizens of Bechar city are not satisfied with the quality and quantity of water and 59% of respondents are not satisfied with the water pressure and are therefore forced to use the pumps.

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“…There is also a historical innovation of drainage system as Karez (also termed the Foggara and the Qanat) is an ancient underground drainage system ( Figure 2) that allowed water to drain to the surface using gravity to supply water for agriculture. This system has a long history of use and is widespread in western China, Iran, Arabia and the Mediterranean [29,39,40]. It has provided a pivotal source of inspiration for more sustainable ecological designs and management of today's environmental threats, and could be used for desalinization design in the oasis landscape.…”

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Landscape Design as a Tool to Reduce Soil Salinization: The Study Case of Keriya Oasis (NW China)

Seydehmet

Abliz

2019

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Irrational use and management of water and land are associated with poor hydro-geological conditions causing water logging and salinization problems, possibly leading to farmland abandonment and economic loss. This poses a great challenge to the sustainability of oasis’ and requires desalinization through reasonable landscape design by multiple crossing studies so we collected traditional knowledge by field interviews and literature schemes, except for the modern desalinization approaches by literature, and we found that the salinization problem has been solved by traditional land reclamation, traditional drainage, natural drainage and flood irrigation, locally. It is worth mentioning that the traditional reclamation in salinized areas requires flood water, sand dunes and a salinized pit area; the sand dunes are used to elevate the pit surface, and water is used to leach salt from the soil. Natural drainage (the depth and width are 4–10 m and 50–100 m, respectively) caused by flash flooding has significant benefits to some salinized villages in the range of 3000–5000 m and ancient groundwater drainage systems, such as Karez are supporting the oasis with drainage water for centuries. In addition landscape characteristics, salinization and hydro-geological conditions of the oasis were studied from Landsat image, DEM, literature and field photos. Then based on the gathered information above, a desalinization model was developed to decrease the groundwater table and salt leaching in the water logging landscape. Then according to landscape characteristics, different desalinization approaches were recommended for different landscapes. To address environmental uncertainties, an adaptive landscape management and refinement approach was developed, and acceptance of the model was validated by stakeholder opinion. The results provide guidelines for sustainable desalinization design and highlight the importance of combining traditional knowledge and modern ecological principles in sustainable landscape design.

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The Impact of Traditional Irrigation (Foggara) and Modern (drip, pivot) on the Resource Non-Renewable Groundwater in the Algerian Sahara

Cited by 11 publications

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Enhancing community well-being in African drylands through technology-based solutions in the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus

Enhancing community well-being in African drylands through technology-based solutions in the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus

Study of the management efficiency of the drinking water supply in arid areas: case of Bechar city (southwest of Algeria)

Landscape Design as a Tool to Reduce Soil Salinization: The Study Case of Keriya Oasis (NW China)

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