Transcript Slide 1

Optimization for Sustainable Water
Resources Management
(OPTIMA)
Zarqa River Basin
Fourth management board meeting
19-21 December 2006
Milan, Italy
Project Team
Name
Specialty
Gender
Muhammad Shatanawi
Water Resources
Male
Jawad al-Bakri
GIS and Land use
Male
Maisa’a Shammout
Natural Resources
Female
Sawsan Naber
Irrigated Agriculture
Female
Nedal al-Afayfeh
GIS in Land and Water Male
Luay Salameh
Graduate student
Male
Contribution to WP 00
Project coordination and administrative
Month 1 to 36
Lead Partner:
ESS, C 01
Level of Efforts by UJO
1 m/m
Activities:
 Coordination with the Jordanian team
 Supervising day-to-day activities
 Communicating with other partners regarding
various activities
 Presenting the project objective and activities in
media, meetings and conferences
Contribution to WP 01
Requirements and Constraints
Month 1 to 36
Lead Partner
Level of Efforts by UJO
FEEM, C 02
2 m/m
Activities:
 Stakeholders were identified
 Gender information were obtained
 Source of information were identified
 Data availability against requirements were defined
 Data constrains were identified
Status:
 D01 (D1.1 and D1.2) were submitted by FEEM
Contribution to WP 02
Socio-Economic Framework
Month 1 to 12
Lead Partner
IRMCO, C 06
Level of Efforts by UJO
1 m/m
Activities:
Tasks Completed
Status:
 D2.1, D2.2, D2.3 and D2.4
Completed
Contribution to WP 03
Analytical Tools
Month 3 to18
Lead Partner
Level of Efforts by UJO
ESS, C 01
1 m/m
Activities:
 Partly completed and the rest are in progress
 WRM: completed for the baseline scenario
 WRM: completed for the future scenario
 Optimization model: completed output from WRM
and constraints and Instrument are being tested
 DMC: in progress and is being tested
Contribution to WP 04
Data comilation analysis
Month 6 to24
Lead Partner
Level of Efforts by UJO
INTERGEO, C 04
4 m/m
Activities:
 Water Technology Data Base
 4 Technologies has been entered
 Desalination concerning Jordan case
 Wastewater treatment
 Irrigation water management
 Water Harvesting
 Rehabilitation of pipe network
Activities:
 Compilation, analysis and processing of data
 GIS Data
 Hydrologic data
 Economic data
 Institution data
 Population data
Status:
D04.1 and D04.2 Completed
Contribution to WP 05
Land use changes, RS and GIS data
Month 6 to 24
Lead Partner
NCRS, C 08
Level of Efforts by UJO
1 m/m
Activities:
 Completed
Status:
 D 05.1 (land use data report
completed)
Elevation
(m)
(-350) – (-200)
(-200) - (-100)
(-100) - 0
0-100
100-200
200-300
300-400
400-500
500-600
600-700
700-800
800-900
900-1000
1000-1100
1100-1200
1200-1300
1300-1400
1400-1510
Sum Area
Area (m 2 )
8072100
31882500
17022600
15411600
21160800
24842700
38223000
65141100
135030600
617182200
1289459700
811198800
526966200
337746600
51553800
53664300
60544800
18901800
4124005200
AREA
254595000
88100100
67622400
478643000
436255000
65993400
84047400
1438580000
1200510000
9099000
4123445300
LUC_Description
Continuous urban fabrics
Discontinuous urban fabrics
Mineral extraction sites
Non irrigated agricultural lands
Permanently irrigated lands
Heterogeneous agricultural areas
Forest
Bare rock
Sparsely vegetated area
Water bodies
Contribution to WP 06
System Integration and Implementation
Month 6-24
Lead Partner
ESS, C 01
Level of Efforts by UJO
1 m/m
Activities:
 Able to use the WRM from web server at ESS.
 Use the forum, problem reporting, access to
deliverable and other tools.
Status:
 D 06.1 completed
Contribution to WP 10
Case Study
Month 12-30
Lead Partner
UJO
Level of Efforts by UJO
1 m/m
Status:
 Problem analysis completed and submitted
Base line Scenario
 The basin is the most important basin in Jordan as it
host more then 50% of the population.
 The water resources system in the basin is very
complicated as it consist of:
 Groundwater for domestic, industry and agriculture
 Inter basin transfer of groundwater for domestic uses
 Pumping of surface water to Amman for domestic uses
 Desalination of brackish water for Domestic and industry
 Treatment of surface water for domestic
 Wastewater treatment plant that discharge to river
 Runoff water or catchments contribution to the river.
 The water quality issues due to the effluent coming
out of the 4 treatment plants of BOD5 > 60 have
created a quality issue for irrigation.
Building the Baseline Scenario
Stakeholders workshop
• The number of participants in this workshop was 30
persons representing all stakeholders that were already
identified for the project and 9 from the University of
Jordan and 3 from C zero.
• They represent decision making bodies (Ministry of Water
and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of
Environment and Jordan Meteorological Department),
research and academic institutions, industries, farmers,
water distributing company, civil societies and NGOs.
Most of the participants are at mid-level or high level
management.
The opinion of stakeholders to the most important
problems.
Issue
votes
Most important problems
Water Management
18
-Difficulties in law enforcement (8/18).
-Competition among sectors (4/18).
-Lack of public awareness and extension
programs (3/18).
-No single responsible authority (3/18).
Water Demand
8
-High demand compared to supply (6/8).
-Industrial activities and absence of cropping
pattern and appropriate land use (2/8).
Water supply
11
-Over abstraction compared to safe yield (7/11).
-Climate change and rainfall variability (4/11)
Water Quality
9
-Deterioration of groundwater quality due to
over abstraction (4/9).
-Overgrazing and unsupervised agricultural
activities (3/9).
-Industrial pollution and solid wastes (2/9)
List of the most important objectives and
votes of stakeholders
Number
Objective
Number of votes
1
Minimization of over pumping
29
2
Enforcement of law
42
3
Reaching quality standards
26
4
Reduction of variability risk
19
5
Optimization of water use for farmers
25
6
Increase efficiency of irrigation systems
25
7
Coordinated and proper land use planning
22
8
Minimize Difference between supply and
demand
8
9
Reserve vegetation
14
Planned Action
The focal point for planned action was the Ministry of Water and Irrigation
(MWI). A discussion was made between the different participants and
decision makers and experts from the MWI. The planned actions that were
formally approved by the MWI and might affect future optimization of
water resources in the basin can be summarized as:
• Additional Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) at Zarqa, west of Jarash
and other sites within the basin.
• Upgrade and expansion of existing WWTP's.
• Reduction in groundwater extraction for irrigation and municipal use (by
law).
• Reallocation of water to high value products (industry and Municipal)
• Conveyance of Disi water to Amman.
• Desalinization of Zara-Ma'een and Abu Zighan water.
• Red Sea- Dead Sea Canal (after 2020).
Steering Committee Meeting
Steering Committee Members
Dr. Issa Nsour
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Eng. Adnan Zawahreh
Ministry of Environment
Eng. Sa’ad Abu Hamour
LIMA/ Amman Water Distribution
Company (Meyahuna)
Eng. Hussein Shafa’amri
Zarqa Chamber of Industry
Dr. Ghada al-Naber
NCARTT/ Ministry of Agriculture
Eng. Hala Nobani
Jordan Environment Society
Eng. Mohammed Shahbaz
Badia Research and Development
Center
Eng. Susan Taha
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Eng. Sulieman Ghezawi
Jordan Farmers’ Union
Dr. Muhammad Shatanawi
University of Jordan
Set of Constraints
New Scenario 2010
Based on the contact with the stakeholder and
meeting with the steering committee, a new
scenario has been built taking into consideration
all changes that might occur from 2004 to 2010.
 Population growth from 2.72 to 3.3 million.
 New supplies of water like Disi
 New treatment plants
 Expansion of cities
Contribution to WP 14
Evaluation: post-optimal analysis
Month 13-33
Lead Partner
Level of Efforts by UJO
COR
1 m/m
Involvement of stakeholder
 Interaction on the first workshop
 Direct and phone contact regarding constraints
 Steering committee meetings
 Data collection and verification from MWI
Contribution to WP 15
Comparative analysis: generic lessons and best practice
Month 25-36
Lead Partner
ARD, 09
Level of Efforts by UJO
3 m/m
Status:
 Organize Jordan case study results in a common
conceptual framework within a common set of
indicators for further analysis
Contribution to WP 16
Dissemination and exploitation
Month 3-36
Lead Partner
Level of Efforts by UJO
IRMCO, 06
2 m/m
Activities:
•
The project has been posted at the UNESCO Chair
website under the domain of the university of Jordan.
www.ju.edu.jo/unesco
•
The objectives of the project and some of its results have
been presented in the Mediterranean water seminar
which was organized on Oct. 10, 2006 jointly between
UNESCO Chair and the Spanish Cultural Institute of the
Spanish Embassy in Amman.
Date
Description of initiative
July 2007
Publication of scientific paper from the
results of the project.
Sept.2007 for one year
Post OPTIMA involvement of the
stakeholder in the activities of Zarqa basin
To be determined later
Organize a public awareness seminar in
cooperation with IUCN in Amman ,
Ministry of Environment and Ministry of
Water and Irrigation.