Dialogue Programme on Water and Waste Management Models Offers Insights and Ways Forward for the MENA Region

This article provides a summary of a five-day dialogue programme of meetings, presentations, discussions and field trips entitled ‘Innovations in water and waste management: Models of transferability to the...

Oman

The Sultanate of Oman is holding a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. The population of Oman is 4.43 million (2016).

Water Resources in Oman

groundwater is the main water resource in Oman used for domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes.

Water Quality in Oman

The use of agrochemicals, both fertilizers and pesticides, is a widespread and potentially serious hazard to groundwater quality where, as is the case in most of the sultanate, groundwater...

Water Use in Oman

Agriculture consumes 1,546 MCM/yr (83% of total use), drinking water 196 MCM/yr and industrial consumption is 130 MCM/yr, totalling 1,872 MCM/yr. This represents a deficit of 316 MCM/yr.

Water Infrastructure in Oman

Among the major water infrastructure is a large number of desalination plants, including nine plants in operation that produce more than 100,000 m3/d