Optimization for Sustainable Water Resources Management

(OPTIMA)

Zarqa River Basin

Fourth management board meeting

19-21 December 2006

Milan, Italy

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

Project Team

Contribution to WP 00Project 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 01Requirements and Constraints

Month 1 to 36

Lead Partner FEEM, C 02Level of Efforts by UJO 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 02Socio-Economic Framework

Month 1 to 12

Lead Partner IRMCO, C 06

Level of Efforts by UJO1 m/m

Activities:Tasks Completed

Status: D2.1, D2.2, D2.3 and D2.4

Completed

Contribution to WP 03Analytical Tools

Month 3 to18

Lead Partner ESS, C 01Level of Efforts by UJO 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 04Data comilation analysis

Month 6 to24

Lead Partner INTERGEO, C 04

Level of Efforts by UJO 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 05Land use changes, RS and GIS data

Month 6 to 24

Lead Partner NCRS, C 08Level of Efforts by UJO1 m/m

Activities: Completed

Status: D 05.1 (land use data report

completed)

AREA254595000 Continuous urban fabrics88100100 Discontinuous urban fabrics67622400 Mineral extraction sites

478643000 Non irrigated agricultural lands436255000 Permanently irrigated lands65993400 Heterogeneous agricultural areas84047400 Forest

1438580000 Bare rock1200510000 Sparsely vegetated area

9099000 Water bodies4123445300

LUC_Description

Elevation (m) Area (m 2 )

(-350) – (-200) 8072100(-200) - (-100) 31882500

(-100) - 0 170226000-100 15411600

100-200 21160800200-300 24842700300-400 38223000400-500 65141100500-600 135030600600-700 617182200700-800 1289459700800-900 811198800

900-1000 5269662001000-1100 3377466001100-1200 515538001200-1300 536643001300-1400 605448001400-1510 18901800Sum Area 4124005200

Contribution to WP 06System Integration and Implementation

Month 6-24

Lead Partner ESS, C 01Level 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 10Case StudyMonth 12-30

Lead Partner UJOLevel 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 ActionThe 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 14Evaluation: post-optimal analysis

Month 13-33

Lead Partner CORLevel of Efforts by UJO 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 15Comparative 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 16Dissemination and exploitation

Month 3-36

Lead Partner IRMCO, 06Level of Efforts by UJO 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.