Groundwater management by using mathematical modeling: case of the Makutupora groundwater basin in Dodoma Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorKashaigili, Japhet
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T03:52:58Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T03:52:58Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionAvailable in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF TD403.T34K37)en_US
dc.description.abstractWater supply for Dodoma National Capital of Tanzania is Makutupora Groundwater Basin, which is located 27km North of Dodoma. Dodoma is one of the drought prone areas of Tanzania. Exploratory observation and production boreholes drilling started early 1948, giving a total of 65 boreholes. Currently, nine production boreholes are in operation. The main objective of the study was to develop a management model that will ease the tasks of decision-makers (planners) in determining a sustainable abstraction volume from the Makutupora groundwater basin and other areas behaving similarly. The computer software package named Visual MODFLOW, a three dimensional finite difference groundwater flow and contaminant transport model was used to simulate unsteady flow in Makutupora Groundwater Basin, a confined aquifer covering an area of 650km . Several simplifying assumptions were made about the boundary conditions and aquifer properties. Faults and rivers were considered as recharge zones and were represented in the model by a series of rectangular blocks. Evaporation was neglected, as the aquifer is a confined one with a confining layer of about 50m thick. The model was first calibrated using a set of observed dynamic water levels, aquifer stress parameters and different values of hydraulic conductivity until the best fitting obtained.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKashaigili, J (2000) Groundwater management by using mathematical modeling: case of the Makutupora groundwater basin in Dodoma Tanzania, Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://41.86.178.5:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/13269
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectGroundwateren_US
dc.subjectManagementen_US
dc.subjectMathematicalen_US
dc.titleGroundwater management by using mathematical modeling: case of the Makutupora groundwater basin in Dodoma Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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