Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water for both developed and developing
countries, including Ethiopia. The issue of unsustainable groundwater utilization is
becoming increasingly visible and it is the ...
Flooding which intermittently creates havoc in Upper Baro-Akobo basin of Ethiopia has
been studied intricately through GIS integrated with MCDA and HEC-RAS model. The
basic aim of this study is to generate flood hazard ...
Flood is one of the natural calamities that cause huge losses and damages. Flood hazard zonation has been widely produced to face the impact of the disaster. Mapping flood hazard is an effective tool in determining the ...
Many Ethiopian rural communities suffer from lack of Sustainable access to safe
and adequate water supply. One of the reasons is many drinking water supply
construction projects are fail shortly after construction. ...
Expansive soils are characterized by volume change due to variation in moisture content.
The cyclic wetting and drying process causes vertical and horizontal movement in
expansive soils leading to failure of civil ...
The main purpose of conducting this thesis paper was to evaluate the hydraulic
performance of Gidole town's water supply distribution system in order to meet the
demands of an ever-growing population by delivering water ...
Urbanization of an area invariably leads to increase in overall imperviousness of the area.
When land becomes impervious storm water will stagnate on the surface thereby affecting the
infrastructure, transportation and ...
Assessing the surface water potential available in a catchment or watershed is essential for
proposing different water resource projects like hydropower and irrigation in the area. This study
presents the assessment ...
Floods present a significant threat to Jowhar Town, Somalia, due to its location in a riverine
area. This study aimed to assess flood risk and identify vulnerable areas through a
comprehensive analysis using GIS and ...
Gaps in provision of adequate water supply to rapidly growing urban population in developing country are increasing dramatically. Wolaiyta soddo Town is one of the towns faced with problem of water shortage as well as water ...
The main objective of present research was to study the assessment of water supply
coverage, quality and performance of the supply schemes in Konso zone. The study
focuses on the assessment of drinking water coverage ...
Many river catchments, including those in the upper Jemma sub-basin, lack continuous
streamflow monitoring, and existing hydrologic models for ungauged catchments are
data-intensive, requiring calibration and uncertainty ...
Climate change and land use/land cover (LULC) changes significantly threaten global water
resources, impacting socio-economic systems. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of
climate and LULC changes on the ...
The town’s water supply infrastructure may be put under a lot of strain as the population
grows. The persistent and repeated failures of the water network are one of the most pressing
issues inthe water supply sector. ...
Construction materials are essential in every facet of civil engineering. Throughout
history, societies have demanded vast quantities of construction materials, road pavement
is a unique case where a large amount of ...
The analysis of seepage and slope stability is an important activity to set the safety of the dam. This study performed the analysis of seepage and slope stability of Amerti-Neshe earth fill dam. For this study, Geo-studio ...
This study examines the impact of future climate change on barley yields in the Basona Werana
District using the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) model,
complemented by an analysis of climate ...
Electricity is vital resources in today quests for prosperity and economic advancement. Ethiopia
has abundant water resources and ideal geography for hydropower development. The country’s
80% of population live in rural ...
Providing safe and reliable drinking water is one of the major challenges facing urban areas in
developing countries. In Hargeisa, Somaliland, rapid population growth combined with financial and
technical limitations ...