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Gaza’s Water Crisis

The water crisis in Gaza is steadily worsening for the past decade. The causes are rapid population growth; the overpumping and pollution of local …

Conservation of Oasis Ecosystems in the MENA Region under Water Stress

Tunisia’s Vulnerable Groups Bear the Brunt of Climate Change

The water crisis will disproportionately impact impoverished communities, even in non-agricultural societies. For instance, the recent ban on washing …

Water Quality in Turkey

Groundwater quality has deteriorated as a result of excessive abstraction for domestic and agricultural purposes, resulting in aquifer salinization in …

Water Quality in Lebanon

The main sources of pollution are domestic wastewater, solid waste and point source contamination from industrial, health care and tourist facilities …

What role for environmental peacebuilding in addressing the water challenges of the Middle East?

Balancing local and regional environmental peacebuilding with the risks of persecution or social ostracism thus remains a challenge for civil society …

Water Quality in Sudan

Data on surface water quality is both scarce and old. These were mainly on the White and Blue Niles . Water characteristics are subject to the source …

Water Quality in KSA

Water quality in KSA is acceptable for drinking with respect to chemical characteristics. However, bacteriological contamination has been detected in …

Water Challenges in KSA

Despite the fact that 99.84 % of Saudis have access to potable water,[1] KSA is classified as one of the most water-scarce nations in the world. The …

Water Quality in Kuwait

Many desalination plants, power plants, recreational facilities, hospitals and other urban and industrial facilities have been constructed along the …

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 …

Water Quality in Tunisia

Surface water quality varies across Tunisia, with the highest quality having salinity less than 1.5 grams per litre (g/L) and representing 72% of …

Water Quality in Bahrain

Faced with groundwater quality deterioration and escalating municipal water demand, the municipal water authorities implemented a policy that in the …

Water Challenges in Bahrain

Inefficient water use in the agricultural sector represents the main water challenge in Bahrain. Irrigation methods, dominated by flood irrigation,

Water Quality in Yemen

There are no networks monitoring surface water quality in Yemen, as far as is known. Various projects have measured surface water salinity but only at …

Meet the Iraqi Activists Who Are Standing Up for the Environment

The year 2018 was marked by a severe drought in Iraq, a formerly water-rich country. The water crisis is complex, however, with multiple causes and …

Water Quality in Syria

Available water quality data clearly reveal that groundwater and surface water pollution is a common phenomenon across the country.

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 …

Water Challenges in Oman

Challenges in Oman’s water sector are numerous.[1] Some of the major ones are: water shortages; energy-intensive desalination; high water …

Water Quality in UAE

Groundwater quality in the shallow and deep aquifer systems, particularly in the Bajada region, ranges from 600 to 2000 parts per million (ppm). …