Chapter seven

Conclusion
 The study area:
 Is located in central Ethiopia
 Is enclosed between latitude of 70 20’54” to 8025’56”
 Has longitude of 38013’02” to39024’01”,
 consists of three physiographic areas namely:
 Highland
 fault escarpment and
 Rift floor.
 The area is drained by:
 Meki River from the west and
 Katar River from the east;
 Both rivers feed the lake at rift floor and then outflow to Bulbula
River in southwest.
 The climate varies from
 Arid at rift floor
 To humid at highlands.
 The positions of Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and
topography influence:
 On temporal and
 Spatial distribution of precipitation in the area.
 Direct groundwater recharge of the area is strongly related to:
 Geology andTopography,
 magnitude of highland precipitation and
 Degree of water resource management
 Groundwater recharge from precipitation was estimated using:
 Base flow separation and
 Water balance methods.
 A decrease of:
 surface , base flow and
 an increase of Et are observed in Meki river sub-watersheds
 The increased irrigation development works in the watershed:
 are one of the major drivers to reduce the flow of Meki River
 affect the hydrology of Meki river by making it shallower
and increasing Et (as has been observed in this study), along
with increasing air temperature in these times of climate
change
 The recharge of the catchment is 166.5mm which is calculated
using:
 water balance method and
 base flow separation method
Recommendation
 The meki river catchment water balance estimate depend on
the accuracy of the water balance components which is recorded
for long sequence of period, but this study depend on the latest
data (2000-2017) due to the rapid change of lake level in this
period from previous period.
 This study would like to recommend further research should be
carried out by increasing the data sequence when the lake show
rapid change.
 Detail hydraulic properties like hydraulic conductivity,
transitivity, storage coefficient and aquifer geometry of the rocks
in the catchment should be determined in future works using
additional borehole data.
 In order to decrease losses during irrigation, efficient
irrigation techniques like drip irrigation should be
employed especially by investors irrigating large area
to minimize the excess water lost due to evaporation.
 Such technique can help to develop more area using
the same amount of water!!!!
In order to decrease losses during irrigation, efficient
irrigation techniques like drip irrigation should
be employed especially by investors irrigating
large area to minimize the excess water lost
DON’T STAND ALONE!!!
due to evaporation. Such technique can help to
develop more area using the same amount of
water.