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Conference Portfolio and Overview

Co-Organizers

WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference "Water in the GCC...Towards Efficient Management"

October 20 – 22, 2014

Muscat, Oman

11th Gulf Water Conference – Conference Portfolio and Overview

Table of Contents

Item Page No.

Introduction 3

Conference Concept 6

Keynote Speakers 9

Conference Speakers List 10

Conference Program

13

Conference Recommendations

(Arabic)

19

Conference Recommendations

(English)

22

Conference Organizing Committee

25

Conference Scientific Committee

26

Pre Conference Events

27

List of Exhibitors

29

Closing Ceremony and Field Trips

31


Under the patronage of H.H. Al Sayyed Shehab Bin Tariq Al Said, Advisor to His Majesty

the Sultan of Oman, Muscat hosted the 11th Gulf Water Conference from 20 to 22

October, 2014. The conference held under the theme: “Water in the GCC … Towards

an Efficient Management”. The conference organized by Water Science and

Technology Association “WSTA”, in collaboration with the Ministry of Regional

Municipalities and Water Resources, the Secretariat General of the Cooperation

Council for the Arab States in the Gulf, Public Authority of Electricity & Water and the

Oman Water Society.

The conference attracted very high profile political, economic, scientific, academic

and utility leaders from the Arab Gulf states and other Arab countries in addition to

representatives of international organization and UN agencies (See List Officials &

VIP, see pages:), on the top of the list H.E. Dr. Abdullatif Al-Ziyani Secretary General

of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States, H.E. Ahmed Bin Abdulla Al Shihi,

Minister Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, H.E. Dr. Fuad Bin Jaffar Al

Sajwani, Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries, H.E. Mohamed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister

of Energy and Industry, State of Qatar, and H.E. Eng. Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim Minister of

Elecrtricity & Water, State of Kuwait, in addition to top ranking officials from other

Gulf States.

The opening ceremony was attended by more than 400 delegates and included

keynote speeches chronologically as follows: 1. Dr. Abdullatif Al-Ziyani Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council

2. Eng. Ali Bin Mohamed Al Abri, Undersecretary, MRMWR, Water Resources Affairs

3. Dr. Waleed Khalil Zubari, President of WSTA

4. Dr. Abdulla Al Alshaikh, President of the IDA

Introduction


The conference attracted more than 20 keynote speakers from government,

academic and research institutions in the water sector from GCC and the world.

It provided an opportunity and proper environment for dialogue and discussion

among all involved sectors with special emphasis on the water efficiency of the

water sector within a demand management framework, as well as related topics for

improving the management efficiency in the various consuming sectors, such as

appropriate governance approaches and stakeholders participation, legislative

consideration, innovative technologies, awareness raising, capacity development,

data requirements and transparent decision making process, economic analysis and

benefits, and many other factors relevant to the issue of water efficiency in a

scientific forum.

The conference discussed also the experiences and best practices from different

countries in improving water efficiency and overcoming the water challenges in the

arid GCC and Arab countries.


The conference gave also an opportunity for many national and international

organizations such as ESCWA, UNEP, UNESCO Cairo office, ACWUA, FAO, IDA, IAH,

World Bank, ICARDA and Arabian Gulf University to participate in supporting the

scientific program of the conference by either sponsoring special sessions and conduct

workshops and training courses or sponsor a key note speaker (For details about the

keynote speakers and sponsors please refer to page 9). During the preparation and execution of the conference, WSTA & the Ministry of

Regional Municipalities and Water Resources in Oman (the host) provided what is

required to ensure the success of the conference by nominating a Scientific

Committee headed by Professor Abdulaziz Al Turbak and an organizing committee

chaired by H.E. Eng Ali Bin Mohamed Al-Abri, Undersecretary for Water Resources

Affairs to support the work of the scientific committee. The Scientific Committee (Page 26) and the organizing committee (Page 25)

worked in synergy to prepare the conference program, and take necessary action

to ensure the smooth implementation of the conference plan (For details about the

conference program, see pages 13to 18).

The conference was accompanied with an exhibition comprising of over 30 stands. 21

local and international companies were participated in addition to 10 governmental

and NGO institutions, see list of participating firms in page 29.

Statistics:

Registered delegates: 400 Delegates Including officials and VIP, keynote speakers, speakers and delegates in the opening ceremony

Officials and VIP: 25 Officials

Keynote speakers: 18 Keynote speakers

Speakers: 50 Speakers

Sponsors: 5 Institutions /Companies

Scientific Supporters: 10 Institutions

For more details about the conference:

http://wstagcc.org/en/gwc2014

http://wstagcc.org/en/gwc2014


In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, situated in one of the driest and most

water-stressed region of the world, sustainable water provision to the various

development activities has grown to be one of the most challenging tasks faced. 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.

Addressing water scarcity, both natural and human-induced, is considered now as one

of the major and most critical challenges facing the GCC countries. This challenge is

expected to grow with time due to many pressing drivers, including population growth,

changing lifestyle and consumption patterns, food demand, prevailing general subsidy

system, climate change, and many other drivers, forcing these countries into more

expensive and costly investments in water supply sources and infrastructures (i.e.,

desalination, water treatment, dams, and groundwater wellfields) to meet escalating

water demands. The heavy financial, economic, and environmental costs, as well as

social costs associated with the currently practiced supply-side management

approach in the GCC countries cannot be overemphasized.

In general, a sustainable water management system can be defined as “a system that

can supply adequate amount of water with the required quality to the various

development sectors, under the lowest financial, economic, social and environmental

costs, to achieve maximum socio-economic benefits in terms of use added-value and

contribution to the overall national development, on a long term basis.” Strongly

embedded in this definition is the issue of “water efficiency”, which in the broad sense

ranges from use efficiency, recycling and reuse, to supply efficiency and long term

planning of resources use, and reflects a major shift in approach to water resources

management away from the traditional supply development to demand

management. Water efficiency can significantly help reduce wasteful use of the

resource, which represents an opportunity lost as well as use of water without an

economic or social purpose. Moreover, efficiency measures can often obviate or delay

the need for physical infrastructure investments, reducing burden on current financial

and energy resources and providing real gain to society.

Conference Concept


Currently, in the GCC countries water efficiency in both the supply-side and the

demand-side is generally very low. For example, on the supply side the physical

leakage component of the non-revenue water in the municipal networks ranges

between 30% and more than 40%, which is at odds with the high cost incurred in

producing desalinated water varying between 1-2US$ per cubic meter. Moreover,

recycling in the GCC countries is negligible, while the collected wastewater on

average does not exceed 40% of total domestic water volumes, and the reuse rate is

less than 60% of the treated volumes. On the demand side, the per capita water

consumption in the domestic sector in most of the GCC countries reaches 500

Liters/day and in some countries exceeds 700 Liters/day, which ranks amongst the

highest in the world. Furthermore, in the agricultural sector which consumes on average

more than 80% of the total water used in the GCC countries, the predominance of

inefficient irrigation practices leads to the loss of more than 50% of the amounts of

irrigation water applied. Similarly, in the industrial sector wasteful water practices are

common with negligible recycling efforts.

While the GCC countries have spent billions of dollars on water supply infrastructure

(i.e., desalination plants, treatment facilities, dams, and drilling of wells) in the provision

of water supply, inadequate attention has been given to how efficiently the existing

water is being used, being supplied, recycled, or reused. To enhance the sustainability

of the water management system and strengthen water demand management

policies in the GCC countries, there is an urgent need to reconsider the existing

traditional supply-side management approach, and improve water efficiency by

reducing wasteful use in all the water consuming sectors, and raise awareness and

influence consumers to make behavioral changes to reduce water wastage. In fact,

under the currently prevailing political economy in the GCC countries, where a general

subsidy system exists that makes the use of economic incentives/disincentives difficult, it

is becoming crucially imperative for these countries to focus on improving water

efficiency to sustain water supplies with the least costs and minimum risks, and to

achieve maximum productivity per cubic meter consumed.

Improving water efficiency by implementing measures that reduce waste, in both the

supply and demand sides, is more “cost-effective” than increasing water supply

capacity, as available water efficiency options have a lower unit cost than increasing

supply. For example reducing water leakage in urban distribution networks is more cost-

effective than expanding desalination capacity to augment supply; similarly, increasing

the conveyance system and irrigation efficiency is more cost-effective than increasing

groundwater abstraction to meet irrigation demands. Therefore, improving water

efficiency need to be seen as a viable complement, and in some cases may be a

substitute for, investments in long-term water supplies and infrastructure.


At the heart of this concept is an economic standard, where a good water use

efficiency program produces a level of benefits that exceed the costs required to

undertake the program; for example reducing the desalination plants production or

delaying their capacity expansion by implementing water efficiency measures, such as

reduction of the leakage in the distribution network, or water-saving devices, or

recycling, not only save consumers money and governments financial resources and

lower the burden on the national budget, but it also saves natural energy resources

assets (oil and gas), the main source of income to the GCC countries. Furthermore, in

addition to the increase in the added-value per cubic meter and freeing up water for

other uses, this will reduce the environmental costs in terms of greenhouse gases

emissions and effluents discharged to the marine environment by desalination plants,

thus reducing environmental degradation. Hence, improving water efficiency results in

a multitude of successive benefits and contributes directly to the developmental goals

of the GCC countries, would help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future

generation, and enhance the overall level of water security.

Although the water scarcity problem is well recognized in the GCC countries, water

efficiency has not yet become a major priority in the agendas of the governments of

the GCC countries. Moreover, in most of the GCC countries, institutions are rooted in a

centralized culture with supply driven management and fragmented and sub-sectoral

approaches to water management. Hence, it is of paramount importance that efforts

are made to incorporate explicitly water efficiency measures within a framework of an

integrated and comprehensive water policies and management strategies. Water

efficiency must be addressed at all levels in water management, through technical

means, improved management practices, and societal behavior changes. In short,

before simply “providing more water” (i.e., a supply management approach), which

often implies construction of new and expensive infrastructure, the first and more cost-

effective approach should be to improve the water efficiency of the water

management system, addressing the demand side issues, and as a last resort

augmenting supplies.

Through addressing the topic of sustainable water management in the GCC countries,

the WSTA Eleventh Gulf Water Conference focuses on the water efficiency of the water

sector within a demand management framework, as well as related topics for

improving the management efficiency in the various consuming sectors, such as

appropriate governance approaches and stakeholders participation, legislative

consideration, innovative technologies, awareness raising, capacity development,

data requirements and transparent decision making process, economic analysis and

benefits, and many other factors relevant to the issue of water efficiency in a scientific

forum. The conference will present the experiences and best practices from different

countries in improving water efficiency and overcoming the water challenges in the

arid GCC and Arab countries.


Glada Lahn Chatham House

Ibrahim Khamis IAEA

Ralf Klingbeil UN-ESCWA

Abdin Saleh UNESCO, Cairo

Joydeep Dutta Sultan Qaboos

University

Peter Werner UAE University

Theib Oweis, ICARDA

Slim Zekri, Oman

K. Khasman ACUWA, Jordan

Yasmeen Al Lawati, Oman

Bruce Misstear, Ireland

Hamed Bakir, WHO/CEHA

J. Grundmann Universität

Dresden

Fawzi Karajeh FOA

Miguel Angel Sanz, IDA

Doug Eisberg IDA, AMTA

Emillio Gabbrialli

IDA

Lance Johnson IDA

Sponsoring & Supporting Institutions

Keynote Speakers


No. Author Country Mail Address

1 Waleed Khalil Zubari Bahrain [email protected]

2 Ahmed Sultan Abdu Hassan Yemen [email protected]

3 José Joel Carrillo Rivera Mexico [email protected]

4 Ahmed Abdallah Sayed Egypt [email protected]

5 Abdulhakim Alkhulaidi Yemen [email protected]

6 Osama M. Sallam Egypt [email protected]

7 Saif Al Amri Oman [email protected]

8 Khadija Semhi France [email protected]

9 Rashid Al Abri Oman [email protected]

10 Naji Ali Al Lahbi Yemen [email protected]

11 Mohamed Mustafa Abbas SUDAN [email protected]

12 Ahmed Al Barwani Oman [email protected]

13 Adel A. Ashkar Saudi Arabia [email protected]

14 Wail A. Bardi Saudi Arabia [email protected]

15 Essam O. Alwagdani Saudi Arabia [email protected]

16 Zeinelabidin E. Rizk UAE [email protected]

17 Ahmed Murad UAE [email protected]

18 Medhat A. El-Bihery Oman [email protected]

19 Olfa Hajji Tunisia [email protected]

20 ABIDI Sahar Tunisia [email protected]

21 Fatiha Hadji Algeria [email protected]

22 Ali Al-Maktoumi Oman [email protected]

23 Thair Altaiee Iraq [email protected]

Conference Speakers List

mailto:[email protected]



No. Author Country Mail Address

24 Ahmed S. Al Oraifi Saudi Arabia [email protected]

25 Osman A. Hamed Saudi Arabia [email protected]

26 Hassan E. S. Fath Egypt [email protected]

27 El-Said I. El-Shafey Oman [email protected]

28 Noura S. Al-Deffeeri Kuwait [email protected]

29 Ahmed ElZayat Egypt [email protected]

30 Ahmed Al-Busaidi Oman [email protected]

31 S.A. Prathapar Sri Lanka [email protected]

32 Ashraf El Sayed M. Ismail Egypt [email protected]

33 Saeed Al Muselhi Oman [email protected]

34 basem alskkaf Yemen [email protected]

35 Khalid Alrowais Saudi Arabia [email protected]

36 Shakhawat Chowdhury Saudi Arabia [email protected]

37 Hamed Al-Dhuhli Oman [email protected]

38 Hala M. Ebaid Egypt [email protected]

39 Mubarak Aman Al-Noaimi Bahrain [email protected]

40 Abdullah Al Hosni Oman [email protected]

41 Abdulla Noaman Yemen [email protected]

42 Raafat A Mandour Egypt [email protected]

43 Padmasiri Dissanayake Oman [email protected]

44 Sarah E. Boone United Kingdom [email protected]

45 Majed Abusharkh Oman [email protected]

46 Moustaf Abbassy Egypt [email protected]

47 Ayisha Al-Khatri Germany [email protected]

48 Imad Saad UAE [email protected]

49 Barish Abdulkader ALGERIA [email protected]

50 Mariam M. Abdullah Qatar [email protected]







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 PRESENTATIONS: 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

DAY TWO: TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER, 2014

08:30-10:40

SESSION 2A: SURFACE WATER

MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Abdullateef Al Mogrin and

Aisha Al Qurashi

SESSION 3: MUNICIPAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Jameel Al Alawi and Zahran Al

Rashdi

08:30-08:20 Keynote: Sustainable Management of

Surface and Groundwater in the Arab

keynote: Efficient Management of Municipal

Water in the Arab Region, khaldoon Khashman,

Conference Program


Region, Abdin Saleh, UNESCO Cairo Office ACWUA

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

keynote: Urban Water Efficiency in Arid

Regions, Latest Trends, Alexander McPhail, The

World Bank Group

09:05-09:20

Regionalization of Morphometric 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

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

New Reclamations Mega Projects and

Increasing the Pressure on Water System in

the Nile Valley and Delta in Egypt, Osama M.

Sallam, Maher A. El Shewy, and Mohamed A.

Dawoud ,Egypt, paper # 14

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

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

Non-Revenue Water Management in Oman

Water Distribution Networks, Majed Abusharkh

and Ahmed Al Abri, Oman, paper # 104

09:50-10:05

Change detection of Brullus lake using

remote sensing technique, Ahmed Abdallah

Sayed, Egypt, paper #64

Assessment of drinking water quality: A case

study of Qatar’s drinking water, Tarek M. Awad

Ammar and Mariam M Abdullah, Qatar, paper #

116

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)

Reviving Ancient Wisdom: Building Social Norms

for Water Conservation in Modern Oman, Sarah

E Boone, UK, paper # 84

10:20-10:40 Discussion Discussion

10:40-11:00 Refreshment Break

11:00-12:45

SESSION 2B: GROUNDWATER

MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Salim Al Shibli and Ali Al

Maktoumi

SESSION 4: DESALINATION MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Adil BushnaK and Majeed Al

Awadhi


11:00-11:20

Keynote: Management of Groundwater

Resources, Bruce Misstear, International

Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

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

Scale Control in Multi Stage Flash (MSF)

Desalination Plants – Lessons Learnt, Osman A

Hamed, Saudi Arabia, paper # 56

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)

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

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

Development of Activated Carbon from Oil Fly

Ash for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Systems, Tahir Hussain, Canada, paper # 117

12:05-12:20

Efficient Water Resources Management of

Banyas Spring in the Syrian Coast using

WEAP, Ghatfan Ammar, Shaif Hayek, Syria,

paper # 20

Risk Assessment of Tropical Cyclone on Water

Supply Systems, Majed Abusharkh and Kassim Al

Jabri, Oman, paper # 103

12:20-12:35

Estimation of Industrial Water Demand :

Empirical Evidence from Bahrain, Mubarak A

Al Noaimi, Kingdom of Bahrain, paper # 108

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



13:15-15:00

SESSION 2C: GROUNDWATER

MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Abdulaziz Al Mushaikhi and

Mubarak Al Noaimi

SESSION 5: WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND

REUSE MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Rashid Al Kuwari and Mahad

Baawain

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

Keynote: Challenges in Sewage Treatment and

Reuse Opportunities in Arid Regions, Peter

Werner, UAE University


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

Keynote: Oil Produced Water Treatment and

Management, Yasmeen M Al Lawati, Oman

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

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

Determining the Sources of Nitrate Pollution

of the Liwa Quaternary Aquifer in the United

Arab Emirates, Zeinelabidin E. Rizk, UAE,

paper # 69

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

Groundwater Quality of Aïn Sefra used for

Irrigation Purpose (North-West, Algeria),

Fatiha Hadji, Algeria, paper # 85

Use of Treated Sludge (KALA Fertilizer) to

Improve Water Productivity, Ahmed Al-Busaidi,

Oman, paper # 17

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

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 Discussion

Wastewater Strategy for Haya Water, Said Al

Asmi, Oman

15:05-15:10 Discussion

15:10 Closing of Day 2 and Lunch

DAY THREE: WEDENSDAY 22 OCTOBER, 2014

08:30-10:40

SESSION 2D: GROUNDWATER

MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Ahmad Al Barwani and

Mohammad Al Murad

SESSION 6: AGRICULTURAL WATER

MANAGEMENT

Co-Chairpersons: Zaher Al Sulaymani and Osman

Abdallah

08:30-08:50

Keynote: Managed Aquifer Recharge-Aquifer

Storage and Recovery: Regional Experience

and Needs for Further Cooperation and

Knowledge Exchange in the Arab region, Ralf

Keynote: FAO’s Water scarcity Initiative

Stimulates Sustainable Efficient Management of

Agricultural through Partnership and

Cooperation: Oman and Jordan Cases, Fawzi


Klingbeil, UN-ESCWA, Beirut Karajeh, FAO NRE, Cairo

08:50-09:05

Groundwater from Ophiolite Aquifer: Flow

Path and Recharge Rate, Rashid Al Abri,

Osman Abdalla and Khadija Semhi, Oman,

paper # 34

keynote: Groundwater Management in Oman:

Institutions, Governance and Sustainability, Slim

Zekri, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

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

A Model for Estimating Water Demand Functions

for Agriculture in Bahrain, Mubarak A Al-Noaimi,

Bahrain, paper # 109

09:20-09:35

Environmental Groundwater Assessment in

the Wadi Khulays Basin, Western Province,

Saudi Arabia, Wail A. Bardi, Saudi Arabia,

paper # 61

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

The Exploration and Evaluation of Water

Resources in Harrat Khaybar, Essam O

Alwagdani and Ahmed Basamed, Saudi

Arabia, paper # 62

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

Analysis of Stakeholder’s Characteristics for

IWRM Implementation and its Application in

the Batinah Region of Oman, Ayisha Al-Khatri,

Oman, paper # 33

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

The Hydrogeologic and Hydrochemical Maps

of the Aban Al Ahmar Quadrangle, Adel A.

Ashkar, Ahmed Basamed and Majed Al-

Lehyani, Saudi Arabia, paper # 60

Improving Water Productivity by Applying

Magnetic Technology, Ahmed Al-Busaidi, Oman,

paper # 16


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)


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 Sulaimani (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


مبسم هللا الرحمن الرحي

جمعية علوم وتقنية املياه

مؤتمـــر الخليج الحادي عشر للميــاه

"فاعلةاملياه في دول مجلس التعاون... نحو إدارة "

عمان، مسقط، سلطنة 2014أكتوبر 20-22

نتائج وتوصيات املؤتمر

تحت رعاية صاحب السمو السيد شهاب بن طارق بن تيمور آل سعيد، مستشار جاللة السلطان املوقر، وبحضور معالي

بحضور عدد من الوزراء الدكتور عبداللطيف بن راشد الزياني، األمين العام ملجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية، و

والعديد من الخبراء واملختصين من دول املجلس والدول العربية الشقيقة والدول الصديقة بدول مجلس التعاون،

تحت الحادي عشر للمياه مؤتمر الخليج والجهات الحكومية وشركات القطاع الخاص واملنظمات غير الحكومية، عقد

، في مسقط، سلطنة عمان، 2014توبر، أك 22-20خالل الفترة "فاعلةاملياه في دول مجلس التعاون... نحو إدارة شعار "

، والهيئة العامة للكهرباء واملياه، بين وزارة البلديات اإلقليمية وموارد املياه، جمعية علوم وتقنية املياهبتنظيم مشترك

دعم عدد من باألمانة العامة ملجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية، و والجمعية العمانية للمياه، وبدعم ومباركة من

ملنظمات الدولية واإلقليمية واملحلية وشركات القطاع الخاص. ا

من "فاعلة... نحو إدارة املياه في دول مجلس التعاون "وقد جاء انعقاد مؤتمر الخليج الحادي عشر للمياه تحت شعار

أجل تحقيق األهداف التالية:

أهمية تحسين كفاءة املياه كخيار فعال من حيث رفع مستوى الوعي والتأثير على السياسات والقرارات املائية حول .1

التكلفة للمساهمة في تحقيق اإلدارة املستدامة للمياه في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي.

تحديد التحديات والفرص في مجال تحسين كفاءة املياه في ظل الظروف االجتماعية واالقتصادية والبيئية .2

.التعاون الخليجي والثقافية والسياسية السائدة في دول مجلس

Conference Recommendations (Arabic)


توفير ملتقى للمناقشة العلمية املفتوحة وتبادل اآلراء والخبرات بين الباحثين والتنفيذيين واملتخصصين وصانعي .3

السياسات والقرارات والقطاع الخاص حول تحسين كفاءة املياه في مختلف قطاعات تزويد واستهالك املياه في دول

مجلس التعاون الخليجي.

ياجات واألولويات البحثية العلمية والتقنية في مجال كفاءة املياه للمساعدة في عملية صياغة تحديد االحت .4

السياسات وصنع القرار في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي.

إقامة الروابط وتكوين شبكات االتصال بين األفراد واملؤسسات والجمعيات املتخصصة في دول مجلس التعاون .5

الم األخرى في مجال كفاءة املياه.والدول العربية ودول الع

ولقد بارك املؤتمر الجهود املبذولة من قبل األمانة العامة في إعداد اإلستراتيجية املوحدة للمياه في دول املجلس وأعداد

، كما بارك املؤتمرون التدشين الرسمي للشبكة العربية إلدارة املوارد املائية في 2035 - 2015خطة تنفيذية لها للفترة

تها في سلطنة عمان. املناطق الجافة واختيار مقر أمان

من 350ومن خالل جلساته العلمية وحلقات النقاش التي شارك فيها أكثر من ومتخصصا

وباحثا

وأكاديميا

مسئوال

توصل املؤتمر إلى التوصيات الرئيسة التالية: العاملين في مختلف مجاالت املياه

تقنيات تحلية املياه وصناعة قطع وامتالك نقل وتوطين زيادة االستثمارات والعمل املشترك بين دول املجلس في .1

.الوطني وتحفيزهبالتعاون مع القطاع الخاص وذلك غيار التحلية

بما في ذلك املياه املصاحبة للنفط إنشاء مركز خليجي مشترك متخصص في أبحاث تحلية وتنقية ومعالجة املياه .2

.رائدة في هذه املجاالتلتعزيز العمل الخليجي املشترك ولتصبح دول املجلس

.العمل على تأمين مياه الشرب في حاالت الطوارئ لدول املجلس من خالل الربط املائي .3

تحسين مستوى الحوكمة وإتباع النهج التشاركي في إدارة املوارد املائية وتعزيز ثقافة االستخدام الرشيد للموارد .4

.ة في دول املجلساملائي

وضع التعرفة املناسبة و األخذ باألدوات االقتصادية كإحدى األدوات اإلدارية الفعالة في إدارة املوارد املائية، .5

الستخدامات املياه في القطاعات املختلفة بهدف زيادة كفاءة االستخدام واستدامة املوارد املائية واسترجاع

تغيير الدعم العام إلى الدعم املوجه الذي يهدف إلى رفع تكاليف الصيانة والتشغيل في مرافق املياه املختلفة، و

، مع األخذ في االعتبار دعم الشرائح ذات الدخل املحدود في املجتمع.كفاءة استخدام املياه

وازن بين الزراعة املحلية واالستيراد واالستثمار الزراعي في الخارج لتحقيق األمن الغذائي في .6إتباع سياسة تكاملية ت

ووضع السياسات والخطط الزراعية الواقعية التي تتالءم مع قدرة ،ةإلستراتيجية في دول الخليج العربيالسلع ا

.املوارد املائية املتاحة


همية مواصلة العمل ومتابعة تأثيرات تغير املناخ على املوارد املائية في دول املجلس، باإلضافة إلى أالتأكيد على .7

ث السيول والفيضانات للتقليل من أضرارها واالستفادة من مياهها.تكثيف الدراسات املتعلقة بكوار

زيادة االعتماد على الطاقات املتجددة، وباألخص الطاقة الشمسية، في مختلف عمليات املياه وخصوصا في مجال .8

تقنية تحلية املياه.

.فع كفاءة املياهلر زيادة معدالت استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي املعالجة في القطاع الزراعي والصناعي .9

الساحلية. املياه الجوفيةاستخدام التقنيات املناسبة للتخفيف من آثار تداخل مياه البحر في تكثيف .10

وضع آليات لربط البحث العلمي وتطوير القدرات املحلية بتخطيط وإدارة املوارد املائية وتشجيع ودعم التعاون .11

عن املياه والقطاع الخاص العامل في مجاالت البحث والتطوير في املتبادل بين الجهات البحثية والجهات املسئولة

مجاالت املياه املختلفة.

ضرورة إتاحة البيانات واملعلومات املائية في دول مجلس التعاون في مجاالت إدارة املوارد املائية املختلفة، وإنشاء .12

على الدراسات والبحوث املتعلقة بوابات إلكترونية متخصصة تساعد على تحقيق ذلك، ومركز معلومات يحتوي

بمختلف مجاالت املياه في دول املنطقة، وتشجيع إنشاء الشبكات البحثية الخليجية والعربية لتبادل املعلومات.

يفوض املجتمعون مجلس إدارة جمعية علوم وتقنية املياه برفع هذه التوصيات لألمانة العامة ملجلس التعاون لعرضها

ية للمياه ومتابعة نتائجها، ويطلب من مجلس إدارة الجمعية تعميم هذه التوصيات على املنظمات على اللجنة الوزار

.اإلقليمية ذات العالقة والدول الواقعة في نطاق املناطق الجافة والجهات ذات العالقة لالستفادة منها

عيد، مستشار جاللة السلطان آل س لسمو السيد شهاب بن طارق بالشكر إلى صاحب ا ونتوجه املؤتمر يوفي الختام،

رعايته وتشريفه للمؤتمر، وشكر أصحاب املعالي والسعادة الوزراء على مشاركتهم وحضورهم للمؤتمر، على كريم املوقر

يثني و ،على تفضلها باستضافة املؤتمرحكومة سلطنة عمان ممثلة بوزارة البلديات اإلقليمية وموارد املياه وشكر

واللجنة العلمية ، هلتي أدت إلى نجاحلتنظيم املؤتمر وا الوزارةللمؤتمر التي شكلتها لجنة التنظيميةعلى جهود الاملؤتمرون

مشاركة القطاع الخاص واملنظمات اإلقليمية في دعم على جهودها في متابعة تحكيم واختيار األوراق املقدمة، وثمن أيضا

املؤتمر ونجاح أعماله.

وهللا املـوفق،،،

الطرباقسليمان أ.د. عبدالعزيز وليد خليل الزباري أ.د.

رئيس اللجنة العلمية للمؤتمر املؤتمر رئيس رئيس مجلس اإلدارة و


In the name of God, the most Merciful, the most Compassionate

WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference

“Water in the GCC States…Towards an Efficient Management”

20-22 October 2014, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Conference Conclusion and Recommendations

Under the patronage of HH Sayed Shehab Bin Tariq Bin Taimour Al-Saeed, Advisor to His

Majesty the Sultan of Oman, and with participation of HE Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani,

Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, a number of

GCC ministers, experts and specialists from the GCC States and other Arab and friendly

countries, in addition to representatives of government, non-government and private sector

organizations, the WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference was held during the period 20-22

October 2014, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Conference was co-organized by the

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, Water Science and Technology

Association, the Public Authority of Electricity and Water, and the Omani Water Society,

and was supported by the GCC Secretariat-General, international, regional and local

organizations and private sector.

The conference was held under the theme "Water in the GCC…Towards an Efficient

Management" to achieve the following objectives:

1. Raising awareness and influencing policy and decision making to the importance of

improving water efficiency as a cost-effective option contributing to a more sustainable

water management in the GCC states.

2. Identifying challenges and opportunities in improving water efficiency under the

prevailing socio-economic, environmental, cultural, and political conditions in the GCC

states.

3. Facilitating an open scientific discussion platform to share knowledge and experiences

between researchers, executives, decision and policy makers, private sector, and other

stakeholders, on improving water efficiency in the various water supply and consuming

sectors in the GCC states.

4. Identifying scientific and technological research needs and priorities in the field of water

efficiency to aid the process of policies formulation and decision making in the GCC states.

Conference Recommendations (Arabic)


5. Building a research and experience exchange network between individuals, institutes,

civil society/NGOs and private sector in the GCC states, other countries in the Arab region,

and beyond in the field of water efficiency.

The Conference commended the efforts made by the GCC Secretariat-General in the

preparation of the Unified GCC Water Strategy and its Implementation Plan for the period

2015-2035. The meeting also commended the official launching of the Arab GWADI

Network and the selection of its Secretariat in Oman.

Through its scientific sessions and panel discussions with participation of more than 350

water officials, academics, researchers, and specialists from various water fields, the

Conference has reached the following recommendations:

1. To increase GCC investment and joint actions in the transfer, localization and possession

of water desalination technology and manufacturing of desalination spare parts in

collaboration with the national private sector.

2. To set up a joint GCC research center specializing in water desalination and treatment,

including oil-associated water, to enhance GCC joint actions and to make the GCC states

the pioneers in these fields.

3. To provide drinking water during emergencies in the GCC States through a GCC water

grid.

4. To improve governance and to adopt a participatory approach in water resource

management, and to promote a culture of water conservation and rationalization in the

GCC States.

5. To adopt economic tools as one of the most effective tools for water resources

management, to set appropriate tariffs for water use in the various consuming sectors to

increase use efficiency, water resources sustainability, and cost recovery for the O&M costs

in various water utilities; and to change the dominating general subsidy system into

targeted subsidies to raise use efficiency while taking into consideration the low income

segments of society.

6. To adopt an integrated policy that balances local agriculture, food imports, and

agricultural investment abroad to ensure food security of strategic commodities in the GCC

States, and to develop realistic agricultural policies and plans that are commensurable with

available water resources.

7. To continue work and follow up of the impacts of climate change on the GCC water

resources, and to intensify studies on storm water and flood disasters to reduce their

damages and to benefit from these waters.

8. To increase the dependence on renewable energy, particularly solar energy, for various

water operations, especially in water desalination technology.


9. To increase the use of treated wastewater in the agricultural and industrial sectors to

increase water efficiency.

10. To intensify the use of appropriate technologies to alleviate the impacts of seawater

intrusion into coastal aquifers.

11. To develop mechanisms for connecting scientific research and local capacity building

in water resources planning and management, and to encourage mutual cooperation

between research institutes, water authorities, and R&D private sector in research and

development in the various water fields.

12. To avail GCC water data and information in various water resources management, and

to establish a specialized electronic portals to this effect; to establish information center that

contains various water studies and research related to water in the region; and to

encourage the establishment of GCC and Arab research networks for information

exchange.

The conference delegated the Board of Directors of the WSTA to submit these

recommendations to the GCC Secretariat-General for presentation to the Ministerial

Committee on Water and to follow up these recommendations. The WSTA Board of

Directors is also requested to distribute these recommendations to the relevant regional

organizations, countries in arid regions, and relevant agencies to benefit from them.

In conclusion, the participants extend their gratitude to HH sayed Shehab bin Tariq bin

Taimour Al-Saeed , advisor of His Majesty the Sultan of Oman, for his kind patronage of the

conference and HE honorable attendance to its opening ceremony. Gratitude also goes to

Their Excellencies the Ministers for their attendance in the conference, and to the

Government of the Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Regional

Municipalities and Water Resources, for hosting the conference. The participants also

commend the efforts of the Conference Organizing Committee that made this conference

a success, the Conference Scientific Committee for its efforts in refereeing and selecting the

presented scientific papers, the regional organizations scientific contribution and support,

and the support of the private sector, all contributing to the success of the conference.

Prof. Dr. Waleed K. Al-Zubari Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Turbak

Conference Chairman Scientific Committee Chairman


No. Name Position/Organization Designation

1 Eng. Ali Bin Mohamed Al Abri

Undersecretary, Ministry

of Regional

Municipalities & Water

Resources (MRMWR)

Co-Chair,

Conference

Organizing

Committee

2 Dr. Waleed Khalil Zubari

President, Water Science

& Technology

Association (WSTA)

Co-Chair,

Conference

Organization

Committee

3 Eng. Saeed Bin Naser Al

Habsi

Director General, Water

Resources Evaluation,

(MRMWR)

Member

4 Eng. Zahran Bin Salem Al

Rashdi

Director General,

Customer Services,

Public Authority for

Electricity & Water

(PAEW)

Member

5 Eng. Zaher Bin Khalid Al

Sulaimani

President, Oman Water

Society (OWS) Member

6 Eng. Hamed Bin Khamis Al

Hatmi

Vice President, Water

Science & Technology

Association (WSTA)

Member

7 Eng. Ahmed Bin Salem Al

Tobi

Director, Public

Relations, (MRMWR) Member

8 Dr. Aysha Bent Saed Al

Ghabshia

Director, Awareness &

Information (MRMWR) Member

9 Eng. Saif Bin Abdulla Al Naibi Director, Financial

Affairs, (MRMWR) Member

10 Mr. Hashim Bin Khamis Al

Bloshi

Director, International

Relations (MRMWR) Member

11 Eng. Mohamed Ismael

Qamber Treasurer, (WSTA) Member

12 Eng. Ali Redha Hussain Executive Director,

(WSTA) Member

13 Eng. Ahmed Bin Saed Al

Barwani

Water Resources Expert,

(MRMWR) Member

14 Eng. Yousuf Bin Hamdan Al

Ajmi

Geologist, Office of the

Undersecretary,

(MRMWR)

Member

Conference Organizing Committee


No. Name Position/Organization Designation

1 Prof. Abdulaziz Sulaiman Al

Turbak Board Member, WSTA

Chair, Conference

Scientific Committee

2 Dr. Waleed Khalil Zubari President, WSTA

Vice Chair,

Conference Scientific

Committee

3 Eng. Hamed Bin Khamis Al

Hatmi Vice President, WSTA Member

4 Eng. Rashid Bin Yahya Al Abri Board Member, WSTA Member

5 Eng. Zaher Bin Khalid Al

Sulaimani

President, Oman Water

Society (OWS) Member

6 DR. Alaa El Sadek Board Member, WSTA Member

7 Eng. Ahmed Bin Saed Al

Barwani

Water Resources

Expert, (MRMWR) Member

8 Dr. Mohamed Ali Al Murad Board Member, WSTA Member

9 Dr. Ahmed Ali Murad Board Member, WSTA Member

10 Dr. Mubarak Aman Al

Nuaimi Member, WSTA Member

11 Dr. Nader Al Bastaki Board Member, WSTA Member

12 Dr. Rashid Al Kuwari Board Member, WSTA Member

Conference Scientific Committee


UNEP GEMS/Water Regional Training Workshop

“Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment in the Arab Region: Challenges

and Opportunities”

This workshop was held on the 19th October 2014 as a pre function event of the 11th

Gulf water Conference, organised with an objective to inform relevant participants

about the GEMS/Water network programme and to illustrate the principles on which

the revised programme will operate. It also provided an opportunity to determine some

of the current challenges in the region relating to water quantity and quality and the

future water strategy for the region.

The workshop was facilitated by Gerry Cunningham of UNEP/DEWA with the support of

contacts through the Eye on Earth network. It was attended by 28 participants and was

held at the Control Centre of the Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW),

Muscat, which was a newly built facility, providing an excellent conference venue.

The resource persons for the workshop were:

Dr Deborah Chapman, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland

Mr Philipp Saile, Federal Institute of Hydrology (FIH), Germany

Mr Mohamed Dawoud, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), UAE

AWARNET Training Course

“Water Footprint Awareness Raising for GCC and Arab Countries”

AWARENET, the Arab Integrated Water Resources Management Network, held its first

training course on water footprint assessments for GCC and Arab countries in Muscat,

Oman on 19th October 2014 In the context of the 2014 11th Gulf Water Conference.

The main objective was to raise awareness about water footprint assessment concepts

and methodologies for water managers, government officials and researchers from

GCC and Arab countries. A secondary goal was to advertise for AWARENET training

activities and esp. training courses for water footprint assessments in the GCC and

partially Arab region with the aim to attract potential new partners and sponsors for full

scale, certified three day training courses on water footprint assessments.

The training course was organized with the support of the Oman Water Society (OWS)

as local hosting partner, and the kind support from the Water Science and Technology

Pre Conference Events


Association (WSTA), the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources

(MRMWR), Oman and Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW), Oman.

25 participants mainly from Oman and other GCC and Arab countries learned about

water footprint assessment concepts and methodologies, how to implement water

footprint assessments and from case studies. The training was facilitated by Dr.

Mohamed Abdel Raouf from the Gulf Research Centre who attended the 2013 Cap-

Net UNDP Training-of Trainers for water footprint assessments.

The overall result was concluded that the theme of water footprint assessments has

raised a lot of interest from AWARENET members beyond the just implemented short

training course and seems to be a topic that should be considered for future training

activities in the Arab region and esp. in GCC countries.

Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP)

The goal for the training workshop was to make participants understand the concept

and background of WEAP as a Water Evaluation and Planning tool and learn

practically how to use it in various exercises. The basis is to simulate the hydrological

cycle, the natural system and all the human interactions in order to calculate

respective water balances. The software is used to evaluate the efficiency of the water

management system in a country, or region in a country and investigate future

scenarios for efficiency enhancement as well as the impacts of climate change and

adaptation measures.

25 Participants attended the workshop and they all worked on their own case study,

using the required input data for their target area (country, basin, or municipality scale).

The objective is, that all participants returned from the course with an own WEAP-model

of the hydrologic system of their focus area, to be utilized in practical water

management and planning.


Company Sponsoring level

Jindal Saw Ltd PLATINIUM SPONSOR

Oman India Fertiliser Company SAOG

(OMIFCO) Silver Sponsor

Muna Noor Manufacturing & Trading

LLC Silver Sponsor

Oman LNG Silver Sponsor

Gulf Petrochemical Services GPS Silver Sponsor

Al Mutawaa Trading Company Exhibitor

International Desalination Co. Exhibitor

Electrosteel Castings Ltd Exhibitor

Schneider Electric Exhibitor

RSA Electronics Exhibitor

Megatic Exhibitor

Middle East Wealth's LLC Exhibitor

AAW Exhibitor

united Gulf Exhibitor

united Engineering Services Exhibitor

SOGEX Oman Exhibitor

Hyfux Exhibitor

Artalia Group Exhibitor

Oman Power & Water Procurement

Company Exhibitor

Al Raba Exhibitor

Al Hassan Exhibitor

Ministry of Tourism Exhibitor

Ministry of Environment & Weather

Affairs Exhibitor

List of Exhibitors


Company Sponsoring level

Public Authority for Electricity & Water Exhibitor

Omani National Commission for

Education, Culture and Science Exhibitor

Ministry of Regional Municipalities &

Water Resources Exhibitor

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Exhibitor

Water Sciences & Technology

Association Exhibitor

Oman Water Society Exhibitor

Oman Research Council Exhibitor


Closing Ceremony

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