Review: Groundwater resource potential and status of groundwater resource development in Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorMengistu, Haile A.
dc.contributor.authorDemlie, Molla B.
dc.contributor.authorAbiye, Tamiru A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-30T09:53:16Z
dc.date.available2021-06-30T09:53:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe groundwater resources potential of Ethiopia is estimated to be about 40 billion cubic meters. Groundwater has been used as the main source of water supply since the 1970s for the main cities, towns and dispersed rural communities across the country, where provision of reticulated surface-water schemes is often expensive because of initial project construction costs and poor water quality. The exponential growth of the urban population and agriculture-led industrial development have resulted in greater attention to groundwater as the potentially cost-effective water supply source. As part of the growing focus on the use of groundwater, the Ethiopian government is currently implementing irrigation projects. One plan involves nine irrigation projects covering an estimated area of ​​8,000 ha, being developed on a pilot scale, with 9,000 test wells, 28,000 monitoring wells and 14,657 spring improvements.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMengistu, H. A. et al. (2019). Review: Groundwater resource potential and status of groundwater resource development in Ethiopia. Hydrogeology Journal, 27(3), 1051–1065. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-019-01928-xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1435-0157
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-019-01928-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6347
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.subjectGroundwater resource potentialen_US
dc.subjectIrrigationen_US
dc.subjectGroundwater managementen_US
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.titleReview: Groundwater resource potential and status of groundwater resource development in Ethiopiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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