Hydrology and Water Resources Volume 5- Additional Volume International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions, 23-27 March 2002, Kuwait

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section 1: Surface water hydrology -- An ANN model for estimation of potential evaporation /A. Agarwal, R.P. Pandey & V.P. SingH -- Drought tendencies in north-western regions of India /R.P. Pandey, S.K. Mishra, K.S. Ramasastri, R. Singh & V.P. Singh -- Regional analysis using AM and POT floods of River Brahmaputra (India) /P.K. Bhunya, S.K. Mishra & V.P. Singh -- Urban storm drainage with curb-opening inlets /A. Uyumaz -- Isotopic investigations for lakes: A case study of lake Nainital in Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India /B. Kumar & R.P. Nachiappan -- Hydrologic and sediment transport modeling of a watershed in Illinois for planning restoration /D.K. Borah, M. Bera & R. Xia -- Section 2: Groundwater hydrology -- Groundwater exploration using remote sensing and GIS /L. Frech -- Lava fields as potential groundwater sources in Western Saudi Arabia /A.M. Al-Shaibani -- Origin and recharge rates of alluvial ground waters, Eastern Desert, Egypt /M. Sultan, H. Gheith, N.C. Sturchio, Z. El Alfy & S. Danishwar -- Stormwater and groundwater management in a semi-arid region (Campo de Dalias, SE Spain) /A. Pulido-Bosch, W. Martín-Rosales, P. Pulido-Leboeuf & A. Vallejos -- Considerations for stochastic finite element in geostatistics and modeling /S. Osmani & D. Gjovreku -- Section 3: Groundwater quality -- Utilization of groundwater vulnerability maps to assess aquifer pollution potential /T.G. AL-Zabet -- A study of physico-chemical properties of groundwater in a coastal aquifer sandwiched between marine and brackish water bodies /S. Rajendran & R. Aneesh Raj -- Hydrochemical characteristics of the Faria groundwater, NE West Bank, Palestine /Marwan Ghanem & Broder Merkel -- Cyclic variation of fluoride contents with time in a granitic aquifer in semi-arid region /S. Ahmed & P.D. Sreedevi -- Numerical assessment of non-aqueous-phase liquids contaminant transport in porous media /K.I. Hamza -- Incorporating subsurface heterogeneity and uncertainty in groundwater flow and transport modeling: Three approaches for three different environments /A.E. Hassan, G. Pohll, K.F. Pohlmann & J.B. Chapman -- Section 4: Ecological modeling -- Ecological and hydrochemical zoning of an arid region with a developed agro-industrial complex /E.M. Vidineeva & G.A. Tolkacheva -- Variation of certain water quality parameters with stream water turbidity: A case study from southern part of Germany /C.S.P. Ojha, U. Muller, G. Baldauf & W. Kühn -- Impact of land-based sources of pollution on the levels of heavy metals in Abu-Qir Bay, Egypt /M.A.H. Saad & W.A.N. Younes -- Modeling the dynamics of water and thermal regimes of a dry area under the variation in atmospheric precipitation /A.V. Babkin -- Wet deposition of air pollution at southwest monsoon outbreak and its impact on groundwater resources of Greater Kochi Region /T. Joseph, M. Nair, K.K. Balachandran, K.K.C. Nair & J.S. Paimpillil -- Biological treatment of MTBE /E. Enssani -- Experiences with the performance of a stream water renovation system in Germany /C.S.P. Ojha, U. Muller, G. Baldauf & W. Kühn -- Section 5: Water resources development and management Planning for inter-basin water transfer in a large system in India /S.K. Jain, N.S.R.K. Reddy & U.C. Chaube -- Rainwater harvesting for survival and development: A revolution in Nyabushozi, Uganda /J. Mwami -- Water consumption and pricing policy: Azerbaijan events /I. Mammadzadeh -- A comparative evaluation of infiltration models in border irrigation /S.K. Jain & V.P. Singh -- Corrosion monitoring in the desalination plants /B.S. Al-Enzi, K.A. Al-Shayji & A.R. Khan -- Author index.

Biography

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6405, USA. Water Resources Division Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.