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Handbook of Hydrosystem Restoration

Groundwater Natural Recharge (GNR)

  • 1st Edition - September 24, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian
  • Language: English

Hydrosystem Restoration Handbook: Groundwater Natural Recharge (GNR), Second Edition covers the essentials of GNR with a range of global case studies that encompass the most up-to-… Read more

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Description

Hydrosystem Restoration Handbook: Groundwater Natural Recharge (GNR), Second Edition covers the essentials of GNR with a range of global case studies that encompass the most up-to-date management approaches in streams. The book provides comprehensive methods for sustainable water supply through debris removal, along with conservation practices to assist researchers and graduate students specializing in this field.

Key features

  • Covers traditional and novel techniques for efficient water resources management to overcome the water scarcity problem
  • Includes the latest methods for Sustainable and Integrated Water Resources Management
  • Contains case studies from Africa, Australia, China, Eurasia, India, MENA Countries, Canada, and North America, that offer deep analysis of techniques of flow restoration and groundwater artificial recharge

Readership

Graduate students, scientists, and researchers in the fields of Water Science and Engineering, Soil Sciences, Watershed Management, Water Board Staff, State Members of Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Energy, Consultant Engineers, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Table of contents

1. An Introduction to GNR

2. Ecohydrological Models for Estimating Soil Moisture

3. Aquifer Storage and Recovery

4. Water Productivity Enhancement using GARC

5. Groundwater Vulnerability to Climate Change

6. Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction

7. Remote Sensing Data to Model Groundwater Recharge Potential

8. GNR from River

9. GNR from Irrigated Cropland

10. Global GNR in Semiarid and Arid regions

11. Groundwater Dam

12. Karst Watersheds: Advantages and Disadvantages

13. Application of Soft-Computing for GNR Modeling and Estimation

14. Future Perspective of Semi-Arid and Arid Regions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 24, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Saeid Eslamian

Saeid Eslamian received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of New South Wales, Australia in 1998. Saeid was Visiting Professor in Princeton University and ETH Zurich in 2005 and 2008 respectively. He has contributed to more than 1K publications in journals, conferences, books. Eslamian has been appointed as 2-Percent Top Researcher by Stanford University for several years. Currently, he is full professor of Hydrology and Water Resources and Director of Excellence Center in Risk Management and Natural Hazards. Isfahan University of Technology, His scientific interests are Floods, Droughts, Water Reuse, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainability and Resilience

Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Full Professor, Disaster Relief: Resilient and Sustainable Water Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

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Faezeh Eslamian

Faezeh Eslamian is a PhD holder of bioresource engineering from McGill University. Her research focuses on the development of a novel lime-based product to mitigate phosphorus loss from agricultural fields. Faezeh completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evaluated natural and low-cost absorb bents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on the worldwide water quality standards and wastewater reuse guidelines. Faezeh is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher with research interests in soil and water quality, environmental remediation, water reuse, and drought management.
Affiliations and expertise
Project Manager, GHD, Quebec, Canada

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