January 2025

Advancing integrated water resources management approaches for the sustainability of small dams in arid and semi-arid regions: A case study of the Um Dafoug dam in South Darfur State, Sudan

Small dams are essential for providing water to rural communities in semi-arid and arid regions, supporting human consumption, livestock, and limited irrigation. Constructed with earth embankments and controlled or uncontrolled spillways, these dams store seasonal runoff from ephemeral streams (Wadis), with capacities ranging from less than 1 to 10 million cubic meters (Mm³). Despite their importance, many small...

Author(s): Hamid Omer Ali  

March 2025

Improving groundwater-level prediction through the integration of machine learning models with innovative optimization techniques

Groundwater is essential for ecosystems, agriculture, and human consumption. Accurate prediction of groundwater levels is critical for resource management, especially in areas with limited and variable water supplies. Traditional hydrological models often fail to capture the complex, non-linear dynamics of groundwater systems. This study introduces a Swarm Intelligence-based Improved Support Vector Machine (SI-ISVM) for...

Author(s): Manan Sharma and Samjhana Rawat Sharma