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Assessing Water Supply Coverage and Water Losses in Distribution System: A Case Study of Debre Birhan Town, Ethiopia

Tesfaye Gebrehiyot (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Safe drinking water is necessity for life. Debre Birhan town is currently facing water shortage duo to the shortfall supply, increasing water demand and large expansion of urbanization. This study mainly ...

OPTIMAL WATER ALLOCATION AND WATER DEMAND ASSESSMENT: CASE STUDY BARO WATERSHED

DEBEBE DERIB (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Watershed is considered to be the ideal unit for management of the natural resources. Extraction of watershed parameters using (GIS) and use of mathematical models is the current trend for ...

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF WONJI-SHOA IRRIGATION SCHEMES (CASE STUDY OF ULAGA IRRIGATION PROJECT)

ASHENAFI CHALA (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Irrigation schemes are usually designed and implemented on the basis of assumed efficiencies in water application, water conveyance, and water distribution. However, over time, physical changes in the schemes ...

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF EMBANKMENT DAM AND REMEDIAL MEASURES (CASE OF KESEM EMBANKMENT DAM, AFAR REGION, ETHIOPIA)

Ashenafi Melka (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Safety of earth dams depends on the proper design, construction, and monitoring of actual behavior during the construction and during the operation of the structure. The geotechnical and geodetic monitoring ...

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING FOR FLOOD FORECASTING IN NIGER RIVER BASIN: BENUE SUB BASIN, NIGERIA

FEKADU TESHOME TEFERA (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Flood forecasting can help to reduce the socio-economical and ecological effect of flood hazard in Benue Sub Basin, in Nigeria. The objective of this study is to set-up parsimonious flood forecasting ...

MODELING OF SEDIMENT YIELD USING SWAT AND STOCHASTIC MODELS (CASE STUDY ON MEGECH DAM WATERSHED, BLUE NILE BASIN, ETHIOPIA)

TIGABU TESHAGER (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Megech Dam is sited at the out let of Megech watershed of area 408 km 2 where siltation is a threat for future service life of the reservoir. This is because of 59.13% of the watershed is ...

KULFO RIVER CHANNEL STABILITY ANALYSIS, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Mesekerem Tsegaye Abebe (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Rivers are a process or system characterized by constant or changes due to change of land use and other natural factors in catchments. These changes vary spatially according to the position with in the basin and ...

FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION ANALYSIS: (CASE STUDY ON RIBB CATCHMENT, FOGERA FLOOD PLAIN)

Matias Ashagrie (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Fogera flood plain, located at the foot of Ribb catchment, has been repeatedly devastated by powerful flash floods. As the flood pass through center of the flood plain, it causes tremendous losses in terms of life and ...

MODELING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES OF GUMARA WATERSHED

CHALACHEW MERSHA (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

One of the most momentous potential concerns of climate change is to understand changes in hydrological components. Climate change and its impact is revealing on different natural and manmade systems, in ...

PREDICTING SEDIMENT LOAD FROM BELES SUB-BASIN IN BLUE NILE BASIN BY COUPLING SIMPLE EROSION MODEL WITH HBV MODEL

ASNAKE GASHAW ABEBE (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Soil erosion and land degradation are important phenomena in the Blue Nile Basin. Beles sub-basin is one of the major sub-basins of the upper Blue Nile which is used for water resources development ...

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF RAIN WATER HARVESTING BIRKAS: - THE CASE OF KEBRIBEYAH WOREDA OF SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA.

MULUGETA SHUME SHEBIE (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-10)

Water pollution and water stress is tremendous problem in the pastoral area of Somali region including Kebribeyah Woreda. This study was made to assess the performance of traditional rain water harvesting Birkas ...

HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE TO LAND USE LAND COVER DYNAMICS AND SUB WATERSHED PRIORITIZATION FOR LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT (Case study of Tekeze dam watershed, Northern Ethiopia)

KIDANE WELDE REDA (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-10)

Land use change is a very important issue considering global dynamics and their response on hydrologic characteristics and soil and water management of an area. Significant land use changes have observed ...

IDENTIFICATION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OPTION ON SEDIMENT YIELD USING SWAT (CASE STUDY IN GUMARA WATERSHED, ETHIOPIA)

GEBEYEHU AYSHESHIM (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-10)

The existence of soil erosion in a watershed is an indication of unsustainable land management practices. The major goal of the present study was to identify the critical erosion areas of an agricultural ...

SEDIMENT INFLOW ESTIMATION AND ITS SPATIAL VARIABILITY AT SUB BASIN SCALE (THE CASE STUDY OF TENDAHO DAM, AFAR, ETHIOPIA)

ASMELASH TILAHUN ASFAW (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-10)

Soil erosion or sedimentation is a major problem of reservoir operation in Ethiopia. Deforestation, overgrazing and poor land management practices are some which accelerate the rate of erosion and the ...

FLOOD MODELLING AND DAMAGE REDUCTION ANALYSIS: (A CASE STUDY ON RIBB CATCHMENT, UPPER BLUE NILE BASIN, ETHIOPIA)

Matias Ashagrie (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-06)

Fogera flood plain, located at the foot of Ribb catchment, has been repeatedly devastated by powerful flash floods. As the flood pass through center of the flood plain, it causes tremendous losses in terms of life and ...

The Effectiveness and rural water supply projects: Acase studyof Awi zone, The Effectiveness and Sustainability of donor assisted rural water supply projects: Acase studyof Awi zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Sustainability of donor assisted rural water supply projects: Acase studyof Awi zone,

BISHAW ANAGAW (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Worldwide, rural populations are far less likely to have access to clean drinking water than are urban ones. In many developing countries like Ethiopia, the current approach to rural water supply used of supply-driven, ...

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING FORECASTING IN NIGER HYDROLOGICAL MODELING FOR FLOOD FORECASTING IN NIGER RIVER BASIN: SUB BASIN, NIGERIA FOR FLOOD RIVER BASIN: BENUE

FEKADU TESHOME TEFERA (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Flood forecasting can help to reduce the socio-economical and ecological effect of flood hazard in Benue Sub Basin, in Nigeria. The objective of this study is to set-up parsimonious flood forecasting model ...

Evaluating the Effect (A Case of Central Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia) Effect of Catchment Characteristics on River Flow (A Case of Central Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia) River Flow (A Case of Central Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia)

ASSAFEW TAMENE ASSAFEW TAMENE (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Understanding the relationship between catchment characteristics and the resulting flow is a fundamental problem for water resource planning, operation and management.In this paper, an attempt has ...

ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMMINATION BY AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND URBAN EFFLUENTS IN ARBAMINCH AREA, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

TEMESGEN ALEMU (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Groundwater is a major source for all purpose of water requirements and it plays a vital role to human life and economic activities. But unplanned and non-scientific action on groundwater has led to sharp ...

SWAT BASED RUNOFF - SEDIMENT YIELD MODELING AND DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT OPTIONS: (A CASE STUDY OF GIBE III WATERSHED, UPPER OMO-GIBE, ETHIOPIA)

BEDILU BETELA (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015-05)

Surface runoff and sediment loading areimmense problems that have threatened water resources development in the Omo river basin.Deposition of sediment in reservoirs reduces the storage capacity of the ...

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