Groundwater of the MENA region This invisible, yet reliable source of freshwater is under immense pressure due to overexploitation, deterioration of quality, climate change, and … Tags: Aquifer - Groundwater - May 9, 2025
Why Gaza is Running Out of Fresh Water Gaza’s water crisis has been steadily worsening over recent decades. The area’s only source of fresh water is the Coastal Aquifer, a groundwater … Tags: Aquifer - Gaza - Water Crisis - October 10, 2024
Algeria’s Groundwater Resources: A Victim To The Exploitation Of Unconventional Energy Resources The pollution risk associated with hydraulic fracking makes the situation even worse. Besides using significant quantities of water, the technique … Tags: Aquifer - Conflict - Groundwater - Pollution - Transboundary Waters - December 11, 2022
Shared Water Resources in Qatar The Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System extends from northern Iraq to the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula over a distance of 2,200 km. … Tags: Aquifer - Groundwater - Salinity - Transboundary Waters - August 9, 2021
Shared Water Resources in KSA The southern section of the Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System spreads from the Gulf Coast in the north and the Oman Mountains in the south-east … Tags: Aquifer - Groundwater - Salinity - Transboundary Waters - Water Diplomacy - June 28, 2021
Shared Water Resources in Kuwait The Umm er Radhuma and Dammam constitute the main aquifers forming the shared aquifer system. The northern section of the system is shared by Iraq, … Tags: Aquifer - Transboundary Waters - Water Diplomacy - December 24, 2020
Water Quality in Libya In a largely arid country like Libya, clean water is most valuable for meeting human needs and agricultural production. Contamination from seawater … Tags: Aquifer - Environment - Groundwater - Water Treatment Plants - August 25, 2020
Shared Water Resources in Libya Libya has no shared surface water but shares groundwater with several of its neighbours. The North Sahara Basin extends over an area of more than 1 … Tags: Aquifer - Conflict - Groundwater - August 25, 2020
Shared Water Resources in Tunisia The major North-Western Sahara Aquifer System covers over 1 million km2, of which 700,000 are in Algeria, 80,000 in Tunisia and 250,000 in Libya. Tags: Aquifer - Groundwater - Water Diplomacy - March 4, 2020
Shared Water Resources in Morocco the Bounaim-Tafna basin, which is located in the north-east of Morocco and the north-west of Algeria and covers 2,650 km² (approximately 70% of which … Tags: Aquifer - Groundwater - Transboundary Waters - September 17, 2019
Shared Water Resources in Algeria The shared water resources in Algeria includes , five aquifers shared with its neighbours: Errachidia with Morocco, Tin-Sérririne with Niger, Air … Tags: Aquifer - Groundwater - Transboundary Waters - Water Diplomacy - July 30, 2019
Shared Water Resources in Oman There are no water agreements in place for the southern part of the Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer system, which is shared between Oman, Saudi Arabia, … Tags: Aquifer - Water Diplomacy - May 7, 2018
Water Resources in UAE Water resources in the UAE can be classified into two main categories: conventional, such as surface water (including aflaj water systems, springs and … Tags: Aquifer - Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - October 17, 2017
