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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Aquifer depletion"”.
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Perception of Aquifer Depletion and the Effects of Land Use Change Across the Madaba Plain, Jordan
… agricultural purposes has put a high strain on aquifer resources. Water mining, erosion, and desertification have all increased as global temperatures rise. This along with fragmentation of the landscape have altered the environment in a profound way. The Madaba Plain was chosen for this study …
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Assessment of a Passive Sampler for Aquifer Microbial Community Profiling and Comparison of Porous Media
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) with advanced treated wastewater is a promising strategy to combat aquifer depletion; however, its impact on native microbial communities remains insufficiently characterized. Concerns include the potential introduction of pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes …
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Thermodynamic design and fouling of membrane distillation systems
… under the stresses of increasing demand, aquifer depletion, and climate change, the market for efficient desalination technologies has grown rapidly to fill the void. One such developing technology, membrane distillation (MD), has experienced keen academic interest and an increase in …
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Essays on the spatial dynamic interaction of individual behavior, institutions, and the environment
… their response to new policies, as well as to aquifer depletion and climate change. This dissertation presents two studies that seek to understand the spatial dynamic interaction between economic agents and physical systems. The approaches presented in each chapter use field-level data on the …
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GPS Imaging of Vertical Land Motion and Earthquake Coseismic Displacements in the GPS Mega-Network
… km area. This region is home to the High Plains aquifer, the largest aquifer in the country and a major source of groundwater for agriculture. Water levels for the southern part of the aquifer have declined over 45 m, with greatest declines centered near the Texas Panhandle. Hydrological …
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Three essays on the economics of water management in agriculture
… imposed on groundwater flow rates by underlying aquifer characteristics. I find that limitations on the instantaneous supply of groundwater can affect irrigation decisions nonlinearly with a threshold effect. A profit-maximizing farmer with maximum available water flow rate below the threshold …
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Remote Sensing Big Data and Physical Models for Resilience to Geohazards in the Water-Energy Nexus
… revealing the compound effects of long-term aquifer depletion on urban infrastructure and regional water security. At Lake Mead, I assess drought-induced hydrologic deformation between 2020 and 2022 using InSAR and elastic loading models. A maximum uplift of 6 mm/yr is observed near the …
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Human mediated physical and virtual water transfers of the United States: Who uses the water?
… can lead to water scarcity, groundwater depletion, or other environmental impacts, but, with better understanding, can provide an opportunity for innovative and sustainable solutions to local water issues. The primary goal of this dissertation is to better understand the telecouplings …