Objective The WADE project aims to assess long-term (decades to centuries) water resources in selected semiarid to hyperacid ephemeral river basins by determining long-term transmission losses from floods and quantifying floodwater recharge into alluvial aquifers. An innovative approach will be applied based on three principal research themes.1) Palaeoflood hydrology will be used to determine long-term flood magnitude and frequency in order to quantify the frequency of recharging flood events.2) Surface and sub-surface hydrology will be monitored in order to quantify transmission losses through the riverbed into the alluvial aquifers. The combination of these two mythologies will be able to quantify long-term aquifer recharge through flooding.3) The final research theme focuses on thesauri-economic issues related to the use of alluvial aquifer groundwater within the study catchments. The research will be undertaken in 4 research basins, twinning catchments in Spain and Israel with study catchments in Namibia and South Africa. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basinsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Keywords Aquifer recharge Namibia Palaeofllods South Africa TDR monotoring Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2002-3.II.3.1.a - Twinning European/third countries river basins Call for proposal FP6-2002-GLOBAL-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS EU contribution No data Address Serrano, 117 MADRID Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel EU contribution No data Address MA Scopus Campus JERUSALEM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HYDROISOTOP GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Woelkestr. 9 SCHWEITENKIRCHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA Namibia EU contribution No data Address 7, Rossini Street WINDHOEK See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Old College, South Bridge EDINBURGH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN South Africa EU contribution No data Address Lovers' Walk RONDEBOSCH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE Canada EU contribution No data Address 2600 Laurier blvd, #640 SAINTE-FOY (QUEBEC) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV Israel EU contribution No data Address Research and Development Authority BEER-SHEVA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA Namibia EU contribution No data Address Luther Street WINDHOEK See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SURPLUS PEOPLE PROJECT South Africa EU contribution No data Address 45 Collingwood Road Observatory ATHLONE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KAMIESBURG MUNICIPALITY South Africa EU contribution No data Address Main Street, Garies GARIES See on map Total cost No data NAMA KHOI MUNICIPALITY South Africa EU contribution No data Address Namakwa Street, Springbok SPRINGBOK See on map Total cost No data
