American Journal of Water Science and Engineering

Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2020

  • A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Revealing Causes of Pavement Failures: Case Study of Minna – Suleja Highway, North-Central Nigeria

    Umar Muhammed Umar, Ejepu Jude Steven, Aweda Abdulwahid Kolawale, Ozoji Tochukwu Malachi, Adamu Lukman Musa, Abdulkadir Sani Ahmad, Umoru Charles Ile

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 81-88
    Received: 27 July 2020
    Accepted: 8 August 2020
    Published: 20 August 2020
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    Abstract: Remote sensing, geotechnical studies and geophysical data have been applied to determine the causes of the continuous pavement failure of the Minna – Suleja highway in a part of North-Central Nigeria. In this study, remotely sensed data in the form of Landsat 8 OLI and SRTM DEM were processed to extract structural lineaments and drainage pattern of... Show More
  • Flood Moderation & Water Management Study in a Non-Himalayan Indian Basin

    Sanjay Kumar Ray, Venkappayya Rangappayya Desai

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 89-103
    Received: 17 September 2020
    Accepted: 30 September 2020
    Published: 13 October 2020
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    Abstract: India is one of the very few countries in the world endowed with substantial land and water resources. Being a country with predominantly monsoon climate, the rainfall is erratic, unevenly distributed in space, time and hence droughts in some parts/seasons and floods in some other parts/seasons frequently occur. Sometimes, both of them also occur s... Show More