Vol. 109 No. 2 (2015)
Research Papers

Assessments of water demands for the Juba and Shabelle Rivers in Somalia

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  • Mesenbet Yibeltal Sebhat
Mesenbet Yibeltal Sebhat
Senior Lecturer in Hydrology Bahir Dar University Ethiopia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12895/jaeid.20152.318

Published 2015-12-23

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Sebhat, M. Y. (2015). Assessments of water demands for the Juba and Shabelle Rivers in Somalia. Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID), 109(2), 165–177. https://doi.org/10.12895/jaeid.20152.318
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Abstract

The study deals with a characterization of the water users and demands along the Juba and Shabelle Rivers were modelled using a WEAP model. The long-term mean annual flow volume at Luuq and Belet Weyne runoff stations were 5,638 and 3,499 MCM/yr in the Juba and Shabelle Rivers, respectively. If maintaining the existing irrigation infrastructure along the rivers, irrigation water demands for the year 2035 are 3% and 63% of the annual flow volume at the Juba and Shabelle Rivers, respectively.
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