<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/426/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--24-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Availability of Surface Water of Wadi Rajil as a Source of Groundwater Artificial Recharge: A Case Study of Eastern Badia /Jordan</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff001'><sup>1</sup><instname>Al-Balqa-Applied University</instname>,<deptname>Department of Water Resources and Environmental Management</deptname>, <instaddress>Faculty of Agricultural Technology</instaddress>, <instcity>Al-Salt</instcity>, <instcountry>Jordan</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2013-08-31</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.8.2.04</doi><volume>Volume 8</volume><issue>Volume 8</issue><page>189-201</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&quot;&gt;Wadi Rajil catchment area is considered as one of the major wadis entering the Azraq Basin from the north. It is ungauged wadi and covers an area of about 3910km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. The annual average rainfall on Wadi Rajil catchment area is about 126.6mm. Heavy thunderstorms occur in April and May, causing significant floods covering the area. The flood waters are not utilized, and a small portion infiltrates into the ground, where the great portion of these waters remain over Qaa&amp;rsquo; Azraqfew months before evaporation. Due to the absence of the hydrometric stream flow station, no data are available about surface water runoff in Wadi Rajil catchment area. Therefore, the first part of this study calculates the surface water potential of Wadi Rajil to be utilized for groundwater artificial recharge, applying the SCS curvilinear synthetic unit hydrograph method. The synthesis unit hydrograph of Wadi Rajil catchment is characterized by a peak value of 1146 m&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;/s (4047 cfs) per one inch of rainfall excess. Flood hydrographs for 10,25,50, and 100 years return periods were derived and their peak flow are found to be 10,8,186,412, and 680 m&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;/s, respectively and the corresponding flood volumes are 0.95, 16.53, 36.89, and 61.5 MCM, respectively.Groundwater artificial recharge conditions are suitably prevailing in the most northern and central part of the catchment area, whereas, geological, Hydrogeological, and water quality characteristics of the floodwater encourage artificial replenishment of the exploited aquifer in the study area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Wadi Rajil</kwd><kwd> Hydrometric</kwd><kwd> Unit Hydrograph</kwd><kwd> Geological</kwd><kwd> Artificial Recharge</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>