Water Resources in Algeria - Part I : Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Resources

This book reviews the latest information on the assessment of surface and groundwater resources in Algeria. The authors cover a large diversity of topics, including the status and assessment of water resources, impacts of pesticides, soil droughts, analysis of flood characteristics, hydrogeological investigations and modeling applications, and evapotranspiration. Special attention is given to the impacts of climate changes on water resources. The assessment methods present in this book can be used or adapted to study other regions of North Africa, Middle East and/or in the Mediterranean with similar climate conditions as Algeria. This book and the companion volume __Water Resources in Algeria__ __- Part__ __II: Water Quality, Treatment, Protection and Development__ will appeal to engineers, researchers, graduate students and policymakers interested in the field of groundwater and surface water assessment. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction to “Water Resources in Algeria: Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Resources” (Abdelazim M. Negm, El-Sayed Ewis Omran, Abdelkader Bouderbala, Haroun Chenchouni, Damia Barcelo)....Pages 3-12 Overview of Water Resources, Quality, and Management in Algeria (Mennat Allah Neama, Michael Attia, Abdelazim Negm, Mahmoud Nasr)....Pages 13-25 Front Matter ....Pages 27-27 Origin and Quality of Groundwater of the Taoura Syncline Aquifer in North-Eastern of Algeria (L. Djabri, S. Bouhsina, A. Hani, H. Chaffai, F. Z. Trabelsi, F. Rouaibia et al.)....Pages 29-52 Impact of Toxic Metals on Water Quality Around an Abandoned Iron Mine, Bekkaria, Algeria (Larbi Djabri, Lassaad Ghrieb, Azzedine Hani, Saad Bouhssina, Hicham Chaffai, Fatma Trabelsi)....Pages 53-68 Impacts of Pesticides on Soil and Water Resources in Algeria (El-Sayed Ewis Omran, Abdelazim Negm)....Pages 69-91 Front Matter ....Pages 93-93 Analysis of Flood Characteristics in the Context of Climate Variability in Northern Algeria: Case of Cheliff Watershed (Abdelkader Sadeuk Ben Abbes, Mohamed Meddi, Mohamed Renima, Abdelkader Bouderbala)....Pages 95-110 Assessing the Climate Change Impact on Water Resources and Adaptation Strategies in Algerian Cheliff Basin (Yamina Elmeddahi, Ragab Ragab)....Pages 111-133 Assessment of Projected Precipitations and Temperatures Change Signals over Algeria Based on Regional Climate Model: RCA4 Simulations (Ayoub Zeroual, Ali A. Assani, Hind Meddi, Senna Bouabdelli, Sara Zeroual, Ramdane Alkama)....Pages 135-159 Comparison of Evolving Connectionist Systems (ECoS) and Neural Networks for Modelling Daily Pan Evaporation from Algerian Dam Reservoirs (Abderrazek Sebbar, Salim Heddam, Ozgur Kisi, Lakhdar Djemili, Larbi Houichi)....Pages 161-179 New Formulation for Predicting Daily Reference Evapotranspiration (ET0) in the Mediterranean Region of Algeria Country: Optimally Pruned Extreme Learning Machine (OPELM) Versus Online Sequential Extreme Learning Machine (OSELM) (Salim Heddam, Ozgur Kisi, Abderrazek Sebbar, Larbi Houichi, Lakhdar Djemili)....Pages 181-199 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Water Resources in Coastal Aquifers of Algeria Face Climate Variability: Case of Alluvial Aquifer of Mitidja in Algeria (Abdelkadar Bouderbala, Nacéra Hadj Mohamed)....Pages 203-224 Assessment of Groundwater Resources in the Jurassic Horst (Western Algeria) (Fouzia Bensaoula, Bernard Collignon, Mohammed Adjim)....Pages 225-266 Front Matter ....Pages 267-267 Participatory Approaches to Sustainable Development and Management of Soil Resources in Arid Zones of Algeria (A. S. Belouchrani, A. Bouderbala, M. Hocine)....Pages 269-292 Scale Inhibition in Hard Water System (Amina Karar, Abdellah Henni)....Pages 293-318 Front Matter ....Pages 319-319 Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations for “Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Resources in Algeria” (Abdelazim Negm, El-Sayed Ewis Omran, Damia Barcelo)....Pages 321-336