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Developing Sustainable Water Management in the Jordan Valley
- The main objective of this project is to develop the scientific basis for
an integral management plan of water resources and their use in the Jordan
Valley.
- The project has started in November 1997 and will be completed by early
2001.
- The project will address the difficult situation of water scarcity and
increased demand in the Jordan Valley study region by synthesizing the
available data through advanced geographic information systems (GIS) and
models.
| Project number | ERB-IC18-CT-1997-0161 | ||
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| Acronym | Jordan Valley Water | ||
| Geographical coverage | Austria, Israel, Palestine | ||
| Budget (in €) | 0 | ||
| Programme | INCO MED (FP4) | ||
| Web site | http://systemforschung.arcs.ac.at/jowapubl/ | ||
| Objectives | - Key principles of this project’s approach are: • comprehensive scientific view of the water resources and use in the Jordan Valley as a whole; • systematic collection and integration of existing data for data synthesis, modeling and assessment; • projection of likely socio-economic development to identify sustainable management directions and associated water use; • free flow of project relevant information between the project partners; • presentation of scientific results in practically applicable formats. - The basis of the work is the collection and harmonization of basic data on the water supply and demand system in the region. - The current irrigation, water collection, and delivery practices in all three bordering countries are analyzed. - A set of models is applied in order to be able to assess and project the consequences of current management practices, and to evaluate options for improved availability of water resources. - These results are evaluated in view of the expected socio-economic development in the region. - Through high-level synthesis of results the project will be able to provide options for policy makers for the optimization of management regimes. |
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| Results | - The outputs of this joint project will provide a scientifically sound
basis for better understanding the situation in the Jordan Valley and thus
will directly benefit the future development, stability, and sustainability
of the region. - Final results will include: • Provision of new knowledge about actual and projected water resources and flows in the regions including supply and demand • Establishment of a harmonized GIS-based water database compatible with European and global standards; • Identification of the impact of surface water diversions, irrigation practices, and water delivery methods on the hydrological budget of the study area; - Recommendations for optimizing the water usage in the region that will ensure sustainability and environmental protection. |
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| Period | [01/11/1997 - 30/04/2001] | ||
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02/09/2008
