Challenges for an Integrated Groundwater
Management in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Al-Saud - Ministry of Water & Electricity, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Georg Teutsch - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Christoph Schüth - Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Hydrogeology Group, Darmstadt, Germany
Randolf Rausch - GTZ International Services, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
International Journal of Water Resources and Arid Environments 1(1): 65-70, 2011 ISSN 2079-7079 © PSIPW, 2011 :
Abstract:
Despite a long history of water related research in arid areas some fundamental issues are not satisfactory resolved yet and further research is needed. In Saudi Arabia therefore a research collaboration between between the Ministry of Water & Electricity (MoWE) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD) and GTZ-International Services was founded.
The major goal of this research collaboration is to get an in-depth understanding of the water balance, hydrochemical evolution and the fundamental characteristics of large, regional aquifer systems in arid areas covering tousands of km .
The sound understanding of the local and regional hydrogeological 2 conditions, available resources and water budgets, ideally leads to an integrated water resources management approach.
The projects might serve as a blueprint for the investigation of other large scale aquifer systems, especially in other arid areas of the world, e.g. northern Africa, southern Africa, Australia or central Northern America where very similar conditions exist with mining of especially large scale aquifers.
Key words: Challenges Groundwater Management
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