Parameters

Range

Rate

Parameters

Range

Rate

Depth of water (D)

>30.4 m

1

Topography (T)

0% - 2%

10

2% - 6%

8

6% - 10%

5

10% - 18%

2

>18%

1

Impact of Vadose Zone

(I)

Wad fills: soil over bed rock

2

Shuaib/Azab

3

Net Recharge (R)

0-50 mm/day

1

Ghardan/ Mwaqar/Fuhais

4

Aquifer (A)

B2/A7: chert limestone, crystalline limestone with dolomite

6

A4: hard dense limestone, and dolomitic limestone

6

Wadi-Essir/Hummar/

Na’our/Kurnub

6

A1/2: limestone inter bed with thick marl limestone

6

Hydraulic Conductivity (C)

(m/s)

0.5 × 10−5 - 0.5 × 10−4

1

K: massive white sandstone with reddish silt and shale

6

0.5 × 10−4 - 0.15 × 10−3

2

Soil Media (S)

Inceptisol

5

0.15 × 10−3 - 0.36 × 10−3

4

0.36 × 10−3 - 0.51 × 10−3

6

Vertisols

2

0.51 × 10−3 - 0.10 × 10−2

8

>0.10 × 10−2

10