Assessment of groundwater resources in Siwa Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

One of the major challenges facing Egypt is limited water resources associated with rapid increase in population. In 1960s, Egyptian government started to use groundwater from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) in the Western Desert to expand agricultural sector. Siwa Oasis is the focus of t...

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Main Authors: Noha H. Moghazy, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016819301590