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Symposium on Best practices & its impact on Water resources sustainability Ibri, 25-26th January 2016 Regional projects on water resources development: Case studies from the Arab region Dr. Jauad El Kharraz Head of Research The Middle
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General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman.
desalination and water reuse technologies to satisfy regional needs for available, affordable, clean fresh water through three programs: 1) Research 2) Development Cooperation 3) Continued Professional Education & Training in Water
Our region, the Middle East, has the lowest renewable water resource, the most extreme water stress and both massive population and per capita water consumption growth. More efficient desalination, better water reuse and a shift to renewable technologies are urgently needed to enable us rise to this challenge of fresh water scarcity. Our research program is about bringing the best regional and global expertise together to help find solutions to that challenge.
(researchers from 34 countries)
awarded to 115 regional nationals
the MENA region.
Our program aims to:
international cooperation in research activities
capacity building activities)
Combatting the Emerging Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) on Desalination Plants: Bloom Detection, Forecasting, and Strategies for Impact Reduction started in Aug’2014.
information and practical guidance on how to deal with HABs invasion as they occur.
Provide high quality specialized training for engineers, technicians,
plants or water and waste water processing plants through:
in classroom courses
Objectives
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through training of personnel that
means greater output with very little additional cost.
nationals can lead their desalination efforts.
WATER Development Resources Opportunity Policies for the water management in semi-arid areas
Water-DROP Project aims to develop an IWRM approach at the Mediterranean Basin level for managing the related cross-sector issues through the enforcement of multi-stakeholder partnerships, in particular with public and private actors. Main concerns:
monitoring, water treatment, water governance, and cost-benefit analysis
the water cycle management
leading to the progressive harmonization of the legislation on the issue at the Mediterranean Basin level.
sources of water, dig wells offense
pumps for wells, but after receiving a approval of the Water Authority to keep track of sold and installed,
wells)
About 3 million people will take advantage of the development of the improved common framework for IWRM: Italy: feasibility study for the recovery of Torre Flavia natural wetland on the northern coast of the Lazio region. Jordan: in Al Balqa region, set-up of 31 water saving systems in private and public buildings. Lebanon: 1) water monitoring on freshwater/marine interface on Lebanon northern coast 2) Set-up a constructed wetland for treatment of polluted water from aquaculture and 3) Construction of 3,5Km sewage system in the Municipality of Hermel. Palestine: in Ramallah area, set-up of a constructed wetland for treatment of urban waste water and reuse for agriculture irrigation.
Jordan Partner: (IUCN) Location: Allan ,um Allamad , Jalad Village (Balqa governorate ) Focus: Fighting water scarcity: Encourage rainwater harvesting in Jordan Lebanon Partner: National Council for Scientific Research Location: Hirmel , Assi River; Focus: improvement of a sewage system and reduction of pollution risk Palestine Partner: PHG Location: Bani Zaid Village in the Ramallah Governorate Focus: WWTP which are reused for irrigating olive and fruit orchards Italy Partners: ENEA Location: Torre Flavia area near Rome Focus: protection of a natural wetland rich in fauna and flora with wastewater auto-depurative capacity.
Pilot Action – Water Monitoring and Pollution Control
Beirut northern coast Water monitoring on freshwater/marine interface A monitoring programme on the freshwater/seawater interface is set up. 2 campaigns for assessing the contamination from heavy metals were carried out in two sampling stations selected for each of the three rivers and in the coastal areas. Bacteriological and physic-chemical parameters,
Municipality of Hermel Set-up of constructed wetlands for treatment of polluted water from
interventions of re-naturalisation of the outlet channels, rather than by building new cleaning basins. This will let to a decrease of the total amount of pollutants (N and P compounds and Suspended Solid) deriving from the trout farms. Set-up of 3,5 Km sewage system. The system has been designed for collecting wastewater from restaurants & houses along the river that currently discharge directly in. The intervention area has been identified in the zone where most of human activities are concentrated.
Pilot Action – Water Reuse
Pilot Action – Water Management
Demonstrate IWRM project Water- DROP in Balqa
Demonstrate IWRM project Water- DROP in Balqa
Demonstrate IWRM project Water- DROP in Balqa Participatory approach (involvements of all stockholders) 1- Establish steering committee for the project at local governorate level (MoEnv., MoH, MoEDU.,LGOV., MoSD, etc) 2- Selection of pilot area: three local communities (Allan, Um Elamad & Jalaad) Based on selection criteria agreed by SC 3- Beneficiary selection by local CBO, agreed by SC 4- Involvement of SC in setting of technical specification of demonstration , tendering , site selection , handling over to the beneficiaries
Demonstrate IWRM project Water- DROP in Balqa Capacity building of DSS ,WAJ officials,
Support with 2 laptops , Two GIS training course (Amman Dec.2014, Nicosia 5-6 March 2015) & looking for source of fund to equipped the GIS unite witch additional licence
community in PRA
for beneficiaries in the 3 local communities
Demonstrate IWRM project Water- DROP in Balqa Objective: To raise awareness among young people about the key concepts of saving/reuse of water, keeping in mind the climate change and pollution Beneficiaries: maximum 100 students/school, 6 schools in each country (Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan) and 5 teachers in each school: total of 1.800 students and 90 teachers.
Pilot Action – Water For Environment