The Water of the Jordan Valley

by Hotzl, Heinz; Moller, Peter; Rosenthal, Eliahu

• ISBN13: 9783540777564
• ISBN10: 3540777563
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

"Natural saline water, waste water, and irrigation return flow endanger the groundwater aquifers in the Rift. In the long run this will ruin the socio-economic backbone of the settlements in the area. Sustainability of the water resources will only be achieved when the process of water replenishment and its underground flow is understood and water extraction is regionally controlled. Rare earth element and spider patterns are presented as new tools for studying the hydrology. Progress in 3-D modelling of groundwater flow proved successfully the impact of pumping on the surroundings of wells and over-exploitation of aquifers."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Heinz Hotzl is Professor for Hydrogeology and head of the Department of Applied Geology at the University of Karlsruhe.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Scope and goals	p. 1
Regional setting	p. 3
State of the Art	p. 15
Geology	p. 15
Hydrogeology	p. 55
The hydrochemical history of the Rift	p. 75
Research Studies	p. 83
Hydrochemical aspects	p. 83
Characterization of aquifer environments by major and minor elements and stable isotopes of sulfate	p. 83
Characterization of recharge areas by rare earth elements and stable isotopes of H[subscript 2]O	p. 123
Regional hydrochemical and hydrogeological aspects of groundwater in the Jordan-Dead Sea Rift system	p. 149
Specific regional hydrological aspects	p. 181
Geophysical investigations of the hydrogeological basins in the central Jordan Valley	p. 181
Hydrogeology and flow pattern along the Fazael-E-Salt cross-section	p. 199
Lake Tiberias and its dynamic hydrochemical environment	p. 219
Retreat of the Dead Sea and its effect on the surrounding groundwater resources and the stability of its coastal deposits	p. 247
Aquifers in the western Jordan Valley	p. 265
The Uppermost aquifer in the Wadi Qilt area	p. 265
3-D Hydrogeological model of the Marsaba-Feshkha region	p. 287
Groundwater flow and transport model of the Jericho area	p. 313
Hydrochemistry and isotope hydrogeology in the Jericho area/Palestine	p. 325
A GIS based hydrosystem model for the Jericho Plain, Palestine	p. 349
Aquifers in the eastern Jordan Valley	p. 361
Hydrogeology and hydrochemistry of Wadi Waleh and Wadi Zarqa Ma'in catchment, central Jordan	p. 361
GIS based model for groundwater flow and heat transport in Zarqa Ma'in and Jiza area, central Jordan	p. 371
Groundwater conditions of the Jordan Rift escarpment northeast of the Dead Sea	p. 385
Protective potential of soils, ground-water vulnerability and hazards in the Wadi Shueib, Jordan	p. 413
An integrated approach for the hydrogeological investigation of unconsolidated aquifers in the lower Jordan Valley	p. 447
Groundwater Management	p. 465
Overview of available water resources and uses in the Jordan Rift Valley	p. 465
Sustainable management of groundwater resources	p. 473
State of water strategy and policy	p. 481
Future water demands	p. 505
Summary and conclusions	p. 511
Subject Index	p. 521
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