This is due to limited available natural water resources on one hand, and escalating sectoral water demands resulting from the fast-paced socio-economic development and its associated rapid population growth on the other. Currently, the GCC countries are experiencing an alarming future of increasing water scarcity and increasing water supply costs, which might not only threaten their future development, but also the preservation and sustainability of their past economic and social achievements.
WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference
"Water in the GCC...Towards Efficient Management"
Al -Bustan Hotel, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 20 - 22 October 2014
Conference Program
DAY ONE: MONDAY 20 OCTOBER, 2014
08:00-09:00
Conference Registration
09:00-10:30
OPENING CEREMONY & EXHIBITION OPENING
10:30-11:00
Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00- 12:45
SPECIAL SESSION 1: GCC COUNTRY P
RESENTATIONS: GCC COUNTRIES EFFORTS IN ACHIEVING WATER EFFICIENCY
Co-Chairpersons:
Ali Al Abri and Waleed Al Zubari
12:45 - 13:15
Dhohor
Prayer
13:15 - 15:10
SESSION 1: WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANGEMENT
Co - Chairpersons: Said Al Habsi and Abdulaziz Al Turbak
Keynote: Counting the Cost of Water Resources in the GCC Countries: A Nexus Perspective,
Glada Lahn, Chatham House, UK
Keynote: Water and Sanitation Services are Fundamental to Health, Hamed Bakir, WHO/CEHA
keynote: Agricultural Water Management under Scarcity: from Efficiency to Productivity, Theib
Oweis, ICARDA
Keynote: Integrated Assessment of the Efficiency of the Water Management System in Bahrain,
Waleed K Al-Zubari, Arabian Gulf University
Keynote: Strategies for Efficient Water Management in NPPs: The IAEA Water Management
Programme (WAMP), Ibrahim Khamis, IEA, Austria
Discussion
15:10
Closing of Day 1 and Lunch
DAY TWO: TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER, 2014
08:30 - 10:40
SESSION 2A: SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT
Co - Chairpersons:
Abdullateef Al Mogrin and Aisha Al Qurashi
8:20 - 08:30
Keynote: Sustainable Management of Surface and Groundwater in the Arab Region, Abdin Saleh, UNESCO Cairo Office
08:50 - 09:05
An Overview of Flash Floods Events in Jeddah City, KSA: (2009 and 2011) Impacts and Causes, Ahmed Youssef, Saleh Sefry, and Emad Abu Al Fadail, paper # 57
09:05 - 09:20
Regionalization of Morphome
tric and Hydrological Characteristics of Small Watershed and their Impacts on the Silting of Tunisian Lakes, Olfa Hajji, Sahar Abidi, Habaieb Hamadi, and Mahjoub Mohamed Raouf, Tunisia, paper # 82
09:20 - 09:35
New Reclamations Mega Projects and Increasing the Pressure on Water System in the Nile Valley and Delta in Egypt, Osama M. Sallam, Mah er A. El Shewy, and Mohamed A. Dawoud, Egypt, paper # 14
09:35 - 09:50
Integrated Management of Transboundary Water Resources Under Climate Change in the Blue Nile River Basin, Mohamed Mustafa Abbas and Marwa Faisal Salman, Sudan, paper #51
09:50 - 10:05
Change detection of Brullus lake using remote sensing technique, Ahmed Abdallah Sayed, Egypt, paper #64
10:05 - 10:20
Prediction of a Reference Evapotranspiration using Artificial Neural Network for the Efficient Management of Alsin Spring Water Resources in the Syrian Coast, Badia Haidar and Ghatfan Ammar, Syria, paper # 23 (in Arabic)
10:20 - 10:40
Discussion
11:00 - 12:45
SESSION 2B: GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
Co- Chairpersons: Salim Al Shibli and Ali Al Maktoumi
11:00 - 11:20
Keynote: Management of Groundwater Resources, Bruce Misstear, International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
11:20 - 11:35
Groundwater Management of the South Al Batinah/Interior Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman, Saif Al Amri, Osman Abdalla and Rudolf Liedl, Oman, paper # 24
11:35 - 11:50
Management of Available Groundwater Resources in the Area Located between Margiyah and Alhusayn Rivers in the Syrian Coast using Visual MODFLOW, Sharif Hayek and Ghatfan Ammar, Syria, paper # 18 (in Arabic)
11:50 - 12:05
A Modeling Study of Aquifer System in South Batinah, Oman, Medhat A El-Bihery, Abdel Aziz Al - Mushikhi, Salim Al - khanbashi and Ahmed Al Saeedi, Oman, paper # 78
12:05 - 12:20
Efficient Water Resources Management of Banyas Spring in the Syrian Coast using WEAP, Ghatfan Ammar, Shaif Hayek, Syria, paper # 20
12:20 - 12:35
Estimation of Industrial Water Demand: Empirical Evidence from Bahrain, Mubarak A Al Noaimi, Kingdom of Bahrain, paper # 108
12:35 - 12:45
Discussion
13:15 - 15:00
SESSION 2C: GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
Co-Chairpersons:
Abdulaziz Al Mushaikhi and Mubarak Al Noaimi
13:15 - 13:35
Keynote: Principles and Challenges of Integrated Water Resources Management, How a Concept can be Transferred into Practice for a Coastal Arid Region, Jens Grundmann, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
13:35 - 13:50
Groundwater Quality in Oman: Investigation of Arsenic Concentrations, Khadija Semhi, Rashid Al Abri, Salim Al Khanbashi and Sam Chaudhuri, Oman, paper # 29
13:50 - 14:05
Monitoring of Salinity Changes along Al Batinah Coastal Aquifer 1983 - 2010, Northern Oman, Tariq Helmi and Ahmed Said Al Barwani, Oman, paper # 53
14:05 - 14:20
Determining the Sources of Nitrate Pollution of the Liwa Quaternary Aquifer in the United Arab Emirates, Zeinelabidin E. Rizk, UAE, paper # 69
14:20 - 14:35
Groundwater Quality of Aïn Sefra used for Irrigation Purpose (North - West, Algeria), Fatiha Hadji, Algeria, paper # 85
14:35 - 14:50
Possible Effects of Changing Groundwater Level and Chemistry on Building Foundation of Al Shuiaba Residential District, Al - Ain City, UAE case study, Ahmed Murad, Saber Hussein, Hasan Arman and Ala Aldahan, UAE, paper # 72
14:50 - 15:10
Discussion
08:30 - 10:40
SESSION 3: MUNICIPAL WATER MANAGEMENT
Co - Chairpersons: Jameel Al Alawi and Zahran Al Rashdi
8:20 - 08:30
Keynote: Efficient Management of Municipal Water in the Arab Region, khaldoon Khashman, ACWUA
08:50 - 09:05
Keynote: Urban Water Efficiency in Arid Regions, Latest Trends, Alexander McPhail, The World Bank Group
09:05 - 09:20
Efficient Management of Municipal Water : Water Crises in the Taiz City in Yemen, Issues and options study, Abdulla Noaman and Abdelwale Al - Sharjabe, Yemen, paper # 21
09:20 - 09:35
Improvement of Environmental Performance by Activities Related to Water Supply Systems, Padmasiri Dissanayake and K.M.assim Al Jabri, Oman, paper # 70
09:35 - 09:50
Non - Revenue Water Management in Oman Water Distribution Networks, Majed Abusharkh and Ahmed Al Abri, Oman, paper # 104
09:50 - 10:05
Assessment of drinking water quality: A casestudy of Qatar's drinking water, Tarek M. Awad Ammar and Mariam M Abdullah, Qatar, paper #116
10:05 - 10:20
Reviving Ancient Wisdom: Building Social Norms for Water Conservation in Modern Oman, Sarah E Boone, UK, paper # 84
10:20 - 10:40
Discussion
10:40 - 11:00
Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:45
SESSION 4: DESALINATION MANAGEMENT
Co - Chairpersons: Adil Bushna Kand Majeed Al Awadhi
11:00 - 12:45
SESSION 4: DESALINATION MANAGEMENT
Co-Chairpersons:
Adil Bushna Kand Majeed Al Awadhi
11:00 - 11:20
Keynote: Nanotechnology Based Pretreatment and Desalination for Effective Salt Removal from Brackish Water, Joydeep Dutta, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
11:20 - 11:35
Groundwater Management of the South Al Batinah/Interior Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman, Saif Al Amri, Osman Abdalla and Rudolf Liedl, Oman, paper # 24
11:35 - 11:50
Modified Date Palm Leaflets for the Treatment of Brackish Water, El - Said I El - Shafey and Amal S. J. Al - Hadi, Oman, paper # 100
11:50 - 12:05
Development of Activated Carbon from Oil Fly Ash for Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems, Tahir Hussain, Canada, paper # 117
12:05 - 12:20
Risk Assessment of Tropical Cyclone on Water Supply Systems, Majed Abusharkh and Kassim Al Jabri, Oman, paper # 103
12:20 - 12:35
Operational Experience of an Integrated UF-RO System with Arabian Gulf Seawater, Nasir Moosa, Veronica Garcia Molina, Hashim Kamakhi, and Mohanad Bahshwan, Saudi Arabia, paper # 118
12:35 - 12:45
Discussion
12:45 - 13:15
Dhohor Prayer
13:15 - 15:00
SESSION 5: WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE MANAGEMENT
Co-Chairpersons: Rashid Al Kuwari and Mahad Baawain
13:15 - 13:35
Keynote: Challenges in Sewage Treatment and Reuse Opportunities in Arid Regions, Peter Werner, UAE University
13:35 - 13:50
Keynote: Oil Produced Water Treatment and Management, Yasmeen M Al Lawati, Oman
13:50 - 14:05
Use of Dynamic Modeling in the Wastewater System Management in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Hameed Al Mahal, Waleed Al - Zubari and Alaa El - Sadek, Bahrain, paper #98
14:05 - 14:20
Assessment of the Efficiency of the Biological Stages in Removing Wastewater Organic Materials in Hijjah Wastewater Treatment Plant, Basem M A Al - Sakkaf and Fadhel A S Al - Nuzaili, Yemen, paper # 112 (in Arabic)
14:20 - 14:35
Use of Treated Sludge (KALA Fertilizer) to Improve Water Productivity, Ahmed Al - Busaidi, Oman, paper # 17
14:35 - 14:50
Use of an Activated Sand - Carbon Filter in the Treatment of Wastewater from Alkask Refinery in Mosul City, Zaina F Ismail and Yahya B Ali, Iraq, paper # 11 (in Arabic)
14:50 - 15:05
Wastewater Strategy for Haya Water, Said Al Asmi, Oman
14:50 - 15:10
Discussion
DAY THREE: WEDENSDAY 22 OCTOBER, 2014
08:30 - 10:40
SESSION 2D: GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
Co-Chairpersons: Ahmad Al Barwani and Mohammad Al Murad
08:30 - 08:50
Keynote: Managed Aquifer Recharge-Aquifer Storage and Recovery: Regional Experienceand Needs for Further Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange in the Arab region, Ralf Klingbeil, UN- ESCWA, Beirut
08:50 - 09:05
Groundwater from Ophiolite Aquifer: Flow Path and Recharge Rate, Rashid Al Abri,Osman Abdalla and Khadija Semhi, Oman, paper # 34
09:05 - 09:20
Hydropedology and Water Resources Management: Case study of Al- Khoud Recharge Dam, Oman, Ali Al-Maktoumi, Said Al-Saqri, Said Al - Ismaily, Anvar Kacimov and Hamad Al - Busaidi, Oman, paper # 90
09:20 - 09:35
Environmental Groundwater Assessment in the Wadi Khulays Basin, Western Province, Saudi Arabia, Wail A. Bardi, Saudi Arabia, paper # 61
09:35 - 09:50
The Exploration and Evaluation of Water Resources in Harrat Khaybar, Essam O Alwagdani and Ahmed Basamed, Saudi Arabia, paper # 62
09:50 - 10:05
Analysis of Stakeholder's Characteristics for IWRM Implementation and its Application in the Batinah Region of Oman, Ayisha Al - Khatri, Oman, paper # 33
10:05- 10:20
The Hydrogeologic and Hydrochemical Maps of the Aban Al Ahmar Quadrangle, Adel A. Ashkar, Ahmed Basamed and Majed Al- Lehyani, Saudi Arabia, paper # 60
10:20 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 10:50
Refreshment Break
10:50- 11:20
Networks presentations (10 minutes each)
Arab GWADI Network/UNESCO GWADI, AWARENET/Cap - Net, and MENA NWC
08:30 - 10:40
SESSION 6: AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
Co-Chairpersons: Zaher Al Sulaymani and Osman Abdallah
08:30 - 08:50
Keynote: FAO's Water scarcity Initiative Stimulates Sustainable Efficient Management of Agricultural through Partnership and Cooperation: Oman and Jordan Cases, Fawzi Karajeh, FAO NRE, Cairo
08:50 - 09:05
Keynote: Groundwater Management in Oman: Institutions, Governance and Sustainability, Slim Zekri, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
09:05 - 09:20
A Model for Estimating Water Demand Functions for Agriculture in Bahrain, Mubarak A Al - Noaimi, Bahrain, paper # 109
09:20 - 09:30
Pricing of water resources used in the production of wheat and dates in Riyadh, Khalid N Al - Ruwis, Adil M K Ghanem, and Bandar I Al - Eid, KSA, #93 (in Arabic)
09:35 - 09:50
Rigorous Irrigation Experiments Together with a Novel Simulation - based Optimization Tool for Optimizing Water Productivity under Saline Conditions, Hamed Al - Dhuhli, Gerd H. Schmitz, Niels Schütze, Jens Grundmann, Oman, paper #39
09:50 - 10:05
Analyzing the Effects of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Saudi Arabia, Shakhawat Chowdhury, Muhammad Al - Zahrani and Abdullah Abbas, Saudi Arabia, paper # 27
10:05- 10:20
Improving Water Productivity by Applying Magnetic Technology, Ahmed Al- Busaidi, Oman, paper # 16
10:20 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 10:50
Refreshment Break
10:50- 11:20
Networks presentations (10 minutes each)
Arab GWADI Network/UNESCO GWADI, AWARENET/Cap - Net, and MENA NWC
11:20 - 11:30
Short Break
11:30 - 12:45
SPECIAL SESSION 2: DESALINATION TRENDS: VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, Roundtable Organized by IDA
- Lance Johnson, Asia (IDA Secretary)
- Doug Eisberg, North America (Representative of the American Membrane Technology Association AMTA)
- Emilio Gabbrielli, Latin America (First Vice-President, IDA)
- Neil Palmer, Australia (Representative of the Australian Desalination Association, ADA)
- Miguel Angel Sanz, Europe (Vice-President, IDA)
12:45 - 13:15
Dhohor Prayer
13:15 - 14:45
SPECIAL SESSION 3: MDGS-SDGS TRANSITIONAL PROCESS AND ITS IMPLICATION ON THE ARAB REGION, Organized by UN-ESCWA and ACWUA
- Opening by ESCWA, ACWUA and WSTA
- MDG+ Initiative in the Arab Region: Prospective and Challenges, ACWUA
- Global and Regional Processes Towards the SDGs/Post-2015 Development Agenda, UN-ESCWA
- Water Aspects within the Currently Proposed SDGs, Ralf Klingbeil, UN-ESCWA
14:45 - 15:00
Short Break
15:00 - 15:30
CONFERENCE CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Ali Al Abri (MRMWR), Waleed Al Zubari (WSTA), Zaher Al Sulaymani (OWS), and Abdulaziz Al Turbak (Conference Scientific Committee Chairperson)
15:30
Closing of Conference and Lunch
DAY FOUR: THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER, 2014
Departure 08:30
Return 15:00 - 16:00
FIELD TRIPS (by Registration)
1. AL JABAL AL AKHDHAR
2. WADI DHAIGHA DAM
