Water Infrastructure in Palestine The Gaza Strip, with its 3,428-km-long water distribution network, faces an alarming and worsening situation, with only 1% of the population having … Tags: Desalination - Gaza - Wastewater - June 5, 2023
Water Quality and Use in Palestine In the Gaza Strip, with 78% of the population connected to sewerage networks and the remainder relying on on-site services such as septic tanks, … Tags: Agriculture - Pollution - Wastewater - June 5, 2023
Water Resources in Palestine The exploitation of surface and groundwater from available water was 79% in 2019, putting these resources at risk if the recharge rate outstrips the … Tags: Groundwater - Rainwater Harvesting - Wastewater - June 5, 2023
Glimpse on Water and Sanitation in the MENA Region The people mostly affected by this sanitation crisis are children, the poor, the marginalised and the most vulnerable communities. In fact, children … Tags: Wastewater - Water Treatment Plants - March 22, 2023
Water Quality in Jordan As demand for water continues to grow and supplies shrink, water quality is likely to continue to decrease. This reality highlights the need to … Tags: Groundwater - Wastewater - Water Scarcity - June 2, 2022
Water Resources in Qatar There are no fresh surface water resources in Qatar, which makes rainfall and groundwater recharge the main freshwater resources. The country’s … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - August 9, 2021
Water Resources in KSA Surface runoff at dams is the main surface water resource in KSA. The recorded average rainfall in 2019 was 59 mm, and the surface runoff at dams was … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - June 28, 2021
Water Resources in Kuwait Freshwater resources in Kuwait are very scarce due to low precipitation, a high rate of evaporation and the dry sandy nature of the topsoil. Kuwait … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - December 24, 2020
Water Quality in Kuwait Many desalination plants, power plants, recreational facilities, hospitals and other urban and industrial facilities have been constructed along the … Tags: Environment - Groundwater - Pollution - Wastewater - December 24, 2020
Water Resources in Tunisia Surface water resources are also constrained by the irregularity in rainfall between months and years. Moreover, surface water resources have a very … Tags: Groundwater - Wastewater - Water Scarcity - March 4, 2020
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 … Tags: Environment - Sewage - Wastewater - March 4, 2020
Water Resources in Bahrain Non-conventional water resources in Bahrain consist mainly of desalination and treated municipal wastewater. Industrial wastewater and irrigation … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - Water Scarcity - Water Treatment Plants - January 15, 2020
Water Use in Bahrain Figure 2 illustrates agricultural water consumption for the period 1979-2010. The sharp drop in agricultural water consumption (starting from 1998) Tags: Agriculture - Irrigation - Wastewater - January 15, 2020
Water Infrastructure in Bahrain Bahrain does not have dams, centralized irrigation systems or large wellfields. Its water-related infrastructure consists mainly of desalination and … Tags: Desalination - Wastewater - Water Treatment Plants - January 15, 2020
Water Resources in Yemen The combination of high population growth and exhaustion of water resources has contributed to a water crisis that may be one of the most catastrophic … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Rainwater Harvesting - Wastewater - December 10, 2019
Water Infrastructure in Yemen Marib dam is the first water harvesting system in history was built in the Arab region. Recent archaeological excavations discovered ruins of … Tags: Dams - Irrigation - Traditional Systems - Wastewater - December 10, 2019
Water Resources in Morocco The amount of water that is technically and economically exploitable is 80% of current available resources. This reveals the constraints on water … Tags: Basin - Desalination - Groundwater - Precipitation - Wastewater - September 17, 2019
Water Resources in Algeria Renewable water resources in Algeria are estimated at approximately 19 billion cubic metres per year (BCM/yr) (Table 1), approximately 450 cubic … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Rainwater Harvesting - Wastewater - July 30, 2019
Water Quality in Algeria Socio-economic development and rapid urbanization have had a detrimental impact on the quality of water resources, and industrial and urban pollution … Tags: Pollution - Salinity - Sewage - Wastewater - July 30, 2019
Water Resources in Syria Rain is the main water resource in Syria, affecting the availability of all other water resources. The average annual rainwater resource is estimated … Tags: Precipitation - Rainwater Harvesting - Wastewater - July 23, 2019
