Water in the Middle East and in North Africa: Resources, Protection and Management

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Natural Scarcity of Water Resources in the Semiarid and Arid Middle East and its Economical Implications....Pages 3-13
Exploitation of Fossil Aquifers and Future Water Supplies in the Middle East....Pages 15-20
Hydrogeological Investigations in the North-Eastern Dead Sea Area, Suweimeh, Jordan....Pages 21-30
The Jordan River: Natural Flow and Current Consumption by the Riparian Countries....Pages 31-39
Hydrology and Management of Lake Kinneret Aimed at Water Quality Protection....Pages 41-54
The Water Crisis in the E. Mediterranean — and Relation to Global Warming?....Pages 55-61
Surface Water in Jenin Governorate-Palestine....Pages 63-73
Herodion-Beit Fajjar Well Field of High Quality and Resource-Productivity Groundwater Endangered by Severe Over-Pumpage....Pages 75-85
Water Resources, Protection and Management in Palestine....Pages 87-99
The Role of Transient Flow and Drainage on Regional Groundwater Flow Pattern in Semi-Arid and Arid Climates....Pages 101-110
Why no Middle East Water Wars: Global Solutions to Local Deficits?....Pages 111-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Management, Protection and Sustainable Use of Groundwater — Results of Long-Term Technical Cooperation in the Middle East....Pages 129-143
Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping in the Arab Region....Pages 145-155
Intermittent Water Supply and Domestic Water Quality in the Middle East....Pages 157-166
Sewage Water Treatments and Reuse in Israel....Pages 167-180
Integrated Wastewater Concepts for Olive Mills in the West Bank, Palestine....Pages 181-190
Distribution Pattern of Some Inorganic Pollutants in Groundwater and Soil of a Sewage Farm at NE-Cairo/Egypt....Pages 191-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Water Utilization in Semi-Arid Zone, The Hula Valley (Israel): Pollutant Removal, Agriculture and Ecotourism Management....Pages 207-225
Regionalization of Hydrogeological Data for Use in Groundwater Modelling: Application to “Insel Hengsen” and at Northern Algeria....Pages 227-237
Water Resources Management in Palestine: Political, Technical and Financial Obstacles....Pages 239-249
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Conceptual and Numerical Flow Models of the Western Aquifer — Palestine / Israel....Pages 251-262
Ecosan — Introduction of Closed-Loop Approaches in Wastewater Management and Sanitation — A Supra-Regional GTZ-Project....Pages 263-273
IMPETUS West Africa An Integrated Approach to the Efficient Management of Scarce Water Resources in West Africa — Case Studies for Selected River Catchments in Different Climatic Zones....Pages 275-286
Capacity Building in Water Management in Palestine — Experience of InWEnt Palestinian Water Sector Training Programme (1995 – 2000)....Pages 287-294
Efficient Groundwater-Management for Organizations with a Small Financial Budget — the Continuous Improvement Method....Pages 295-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Water Conflict and Water Management in the Middle East....Pages 309-318
Syria and Turkey in Water Diplomacy (1962–2003)....Pages 319-332
Water Issue Among the Riparian States of Euphrates and Tigris Transboundary Rivers....Pages 333-343
Control, Allocation and Consumption of Water Resources in the Jordan Basin: The Struggle over a Scarce and Vital Resource in the Context of the Middle East Conflict....Pages 345-351
Water Conflicts in the Middle East: The Twin Rivers Orontes and Litani....Pages 353-362
Back Matter....Pages 363-369