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The Implication of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Oil Produced Water Discharged in Municipal Channels
This paper discusses the results and observations of experiments that were performed to investigate the presence and implication of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in oil produced water (OPW) samples from a...
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An Agent-based Framework for Transition from Traditional to Advanced Water Supply Systems in Arid Regions
The poor performance of traditional surface irrigation systems has motivated a transition to more advanced and efficient irrigation systems, especially in arid areas. However, such a transition often results i...
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A Water Resources Management Simulation–Optimization Model: Application of Graph-Based Hypergame Model in Water Supply Conflicts Resolution
To mitigate the unfavorable effects of excessive water resources consumption, mainly induced by poor performance of irrigation practices, efficient water resource management strategies are required. In respons...
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Transition to sustainable hydrogen energy in Oman: implication for future socio-economic transformation and environmental well-being
Hydrogen is one of the most preferred types of clean energy forms needed to achieve a green economy, considering its potential to be stored in different energy forms. This study aims to review the potential re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modeling CO2 Geological Storage and CO2-Circulated Geothermal Harvest in a Heterogeneous Reservoir in North Oman
CO2 geological storage has been investigated and carried out as a strategic approach to mitigate climate change caused by drastic increase of CO2 emission to the atmosphere in the past 20 years. To offset the cos...
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Information-theoretic summary statistics for diagnostic calibration of the groundwater models using approximate Bayesian computation
This paper presents a novel approach to analyzing uncertainty in complex groundwater models based on the approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) framework and information-theoretic summary statistics. Two summa...
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Impacts of pressure, temperature, and CO2 fraction on performance of CO2-circulated geothermal power plants
Although CO2 behaviors in porous subsurface formations have been extensively investigated during decades of CO2-enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration practices, very limited efforts have been focused on the...
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Dynamic conservation of traditional irrigation systems: a Falaj case study
Irrigation schemes depending on Aflaj, Qanats, Khariz, and Foggaras are found all over the world. In Oman, more than 3000 ancient Aflaj are still operated and managed the way they used to be a hundred years ag...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Assessment of CO2-Circulated Geothermal Production from a Closed Reservoir System
Renewable energy is becoming more attractive to meet energy demands due to increasing concerns about carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, environmental pollution, and exhaustion of oil/gas reserves. In addition to oil ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Decision Support Tool for the Dynamic Groundwater Management of Coastal Aquifers Under Uncertainty
In this paper, we described a computationally efficient simulation–optimization (S/O) framework for coastal groundwater management (CGM), based on the combined application of numerical modeling, artificial neu...
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A coupled water allocation simulation–optimization model to advance agricultural water management
Proper water allocation plays a key role in sustainable water resources management due to limited water resources and increasing demand for agricultural water consumption. Although the soil water balance appro...
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Integrated Study of Flash Floods in Wadi Basins Considering Sedimentation and Climate Change: An International Collaboration Project
Recently, Wadi flash floods (WFFs) have happened frequently in arid environments, resulting in great damage the society and the environment. In Oman, severe WFFs have occurred repeatedly within the last 10 yea...
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Optimal Water Allocation from Subsurface Dams: A Risk-Based Optimization Approach
Subsurface dams, strongly advocated in the 1992 United Nations Agenda-21, have been widely studied to increase groundwater storage capacity. However, an optimal allocation of augmented water with the construct...
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A Probabilistic Multiperiod Simulation–Optimization Approach for Dynamic Coastal Aquifer Management
Combined simulation–optimization (CSO) schemes are common in the literature to solve different groundwater management problems, and CSO is particularly well-established in the coastal aquifer management litera...
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Water table rise in arid urban area soils due to evaporation impedance and its mitigation by intelligently designed capillary chimney siphons
Waterlogging of urban area soil in a hyperarid climate, caused by impedance of evapotranspiration due to land cover by an impervious pavement, is studied by a multidisciplinary team of researchers (hydropedeol...
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A review of geothermal energy status and potentials in Middle-East countries
Geothermal energy production and consumption is one of the world’s top priorities as it ensures sustainable developments via steady yield of renewable energy and helps to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) e...
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Optimization of storage and recovery of seasonal surplus desalinated water in a coastal aquifer
An increase in groundwater storage in aquifers in arid areas improves water security. Most desalination water production around the globe involves the private sector in the form of “build, operate, and transfe...
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Hydrological and economic feasibility of mitigating a stressed coastal aquifer using managed aquifer recharge: a case study of Jamma aquifer, Oman
This study explored the hydrological and economic feasibility of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) using tertiary treated wastewater (TWW) to mitigate salinity in the coastal aquifer of Jamma, Oman. A steady-stat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recharge Estimation of Hardrock-Alluvium Al-Fara Aquifer, Oman Using Multiple Methods
Groundwater resources have been extensively explored in Wadi Al-Fara coastal catchment, located at the northwest of Oman, to supply agricultural, industrial and domestic demands. Consequently, groundwater leve...
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Topical Collection: Coastal aquifers in the Middle East and North Africa region
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region suffers from low precipitation and high evaporation. Coastal areas of the MENA region are usually densely populated; hence, the coastal aquifers are easily over-e...
