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WSTA 15th Gulf Water Conference, Doha 2024

Conference Proceedings and Recommendations Conference Profile Conference Book of Abstracts Conference Recommendation DAY 1 Day 1 - Session 1 Day 1 - Special Session 1 Day 1 - Special Session 2 Day 1 - Special Session 3 Day 1 - Workshop Water Innovation and Technology Waleed Zubari Dr. Hammou LAAMRANI Mohammad Mahdi Rajabi Dr. Youssef Brouziyne Dr. Rola Al-Emam Dr. Vinay Nangia UNESCO Patrice Moix Helmi Ana’am Dr. Ayisha Al-Khatri Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bert Coerver Abdullah Barhy Dr. Mohamed Abdallah, SG – GCC Office Eng. Hind Al Ali Mousa Al Hajri Mohammed Al Aali Training Workshop (IWMI) Khaldon Khashman ACWUA Youssef Brouziyne IWMI Muhammad Khalifa IWMI Day One Photos & Video WSTA GWC15 Opening Session WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 1: Water Innovation and Technology WSTA GWC15 Special Sessions: 1, 2, and 3 WSTA GWC15 Training Workshop: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the GCC, IWMI DAY 2 Day 2 - Session 2A Day 2 - Session 2B Day 2 - Session 3A Day 2 - Session 3B Day 2 - Session 3C Day 2 - Session 4 Day 2 - Special Session 4 Day 2 - Special Session 5 Training workshop Desalination Management Mansour Ahmad Ibrahim S. Al-Mutaz Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi Dr. Raid-Alrowais Mohammed Akkbik Desalination Management Dr. Zhaoyang Liu Dr. Wafa Aqib Al Rawahi Dr. Hassan Abdulrahim Surface Water & Groundwater Management Sadeq Oleiwi Sulaiman Atef Qasem Kawara Dr Yousry Mattar Aiyad Gannan Surface Water & Groundwater Management Prof. Abdelkader LARABI Mousa Al Hajri Dr Adel Al-Haddad c/o Dr Amjad Aliewi Dr. Raid AlRowais Surface Water & Groundwater Management Khalid ElHaj Bisher Imam Dr. Ali Al-Maktoumi Ali AL Hamdi Osama Salam, Karim Soliman Integrated Water Management Waleed El Damaty Dr Abrar Habib Yasir Said AL-Saadi, Prof. Waleed Khalil Zubari Dr. Mohamed Shamrukh ACUWA Effective Management Eng. Khaldon Khashman Prof. Muna Yacoub Hindiyeh, H.E. Eng. Khaldon Khashman Adel Alobeiaat Frontiers – UNESCO Abdelaziz Zaki Prof. Waleed Al-Zubari Dr. Ali Al-Maktoumi Dr. Dalal Matar Alshamsi H.E. Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi Training workshop WHO Case studies Sanitation Safety Planning Case study from Jordan Ghada Kassab, PhD Wastewater Treatment Technology Ashghal – Managing the Reuse of Wastewater and the initiatives Examples of SSP concepts applied in low rainfall climate sewage Day Two Photos WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 2A: Desalination Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 2B: Desalination Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 3A: Surface Water and Groundwater Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 3B: Surface Water and Groundwater Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 3C: Surface Water and Groundwater Management WSTA GWC15 Special Session 4: Effective Management of the Municipal Water Sector, ACWUA WSTA GWC15 Training Workshop: Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) Tool, WHO/CEHA WSTA GWC15 Special Session 5: Frontiers in Water Science and Technology Research, UCO DAY 3 Day 3 - Session 5A Day 3 - Session 5B Day 3 - Session 6A Day 3 - Session 6B Day 3 - Special Session 6 Agricultural Water Management Dr. Kamel Mostafa Amer Mohamed A Abdrabo Rashyd Zaaboul Agricultural Water Management Farhat Abbas Muhammad Youssef Hajim Dr. Ahmed Al-Busaidi Dr. Hassan Ali Akram Alshami, Ahmed El-Shafei, Abdulrasoul Alomran Wastewater Management Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq Mohammed Al-Abri Prof Dr. Emad Al-Karablieh Wastewater Management A. Al-Haddad, M. E. Ahmed, H. Abdullah, A. Al-Matouq, and A. Abusam Khalid Bani-Melhem Abdulrahman S. Alablan, Amal S. Al Rahbi Ahmed M. Elfeky Amal S. Al Rahbi, Sharifa Al Awaid, Rehab Al Syiabi, Huda Al Amri, Hafsa Al Dowiki ACUWA Privatization Eng. Khaldon Khashman Dr. Ahmad Abdellatif Alazzam Saud AlShithani Day Three Photos WSTA GWC15 Special Session 6: PPP and Regulations of Water Utilities, ACWUA and WSTA WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 5A: Agricultural Water Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 5B: Agricultural Water Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 6A: Wastewater Management WSTA GWC15 Technical Session 6B: Wastewater Management WSTA GWC15 Conference Conclusion and Recommendations

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المؤتمر الخليجي الثالث عشر للمياه الكويت 2019

Conference Opening Ceremony Conference Proceedings and Recommendations Conference Proceedings Conference Recommendations – English Conference Recommendations – Arabic DAY 1 Day 1 - Session 1 Day 1 - Session 2 Day 1 - Session 3 Management of Industrial and Oil Water Keynote – Hani AlKhalifa T. Rashid, A. Al-Haddad, B. Al-Salman, A. Bushehri Myung Eun Lee, Jungwook Lee, Yousef Al-Osairi Nauman Rashid Walid Abderrahman Water Related Health and Environmental Issues Keynote – Hamed Bakir Othman Al Mashaqbeh Mohammed Hamoda Anwar Al-Osaimi Bashir Brika Fatima Aloraimi Groundwater Resources Management Keynote – Ali Al-Maktoumi Keynote – Ralf Klingbeil Catalin Stefan Mohamed Dawoud Ahmed Hadidi Salah Hamad Hussein Ghalib DAY 2 Day 2 - Session 4 Day 2 - Session 5 Day 2 - Session 6A Day 2 - Session 6B Surface Water Resources Management Keynote – Mohamed Mustafa Abbas Duaa Al-Saeed Mubaraka Alghariani Aisha Al-Qurashi Ahmed Al-Barwani Agricultural Water Management. Keynote – Abdulrasoul Alomran Keynote – Thameur Chaibi Keynote – Faraj El-Awar Amjad Aliewi Ahmed Al-Busaidi Latifa Dhaouadi Ayisha Al Khatri Samir Yacoubi Mohamed Elhag Desalination Management Keynote – Ibrahim Al-Mutaz Ibrahim Khamis Hosam Shawky Chidambaram Sabarathinam Mohammad Safar Mansour Ahmed Desalination Management Keynote – Mohammed Al-Abri Mona Bahman B Garudachari Rajesha Kumar Nasser Alnuaimi DAY 3 Day 3 - Session 7 Day 3 - Session 8 Day 3 - Special Session S2 Day 3 - Special Session S3 Day 3 - Special Session S3 Municipal Watermanagement Keynote – Muhammed AlRashed Keynote – Mohammad Hmaidi Keynote – Issam Nouiri Mohammed Dawoud Yousuf Al-Siyabi Maryam Juma Marzooq Abdullah Al Arafati Ahmed Eid Al-Juaidi Ali Madan Al-Ali Management of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Keynote – Redouane Choukr-Allah Keynote – Salah Al Mutawa Keynote – Nizar Zaied Adel Al-Haddad Mohamed Al Rawahi Abdullah Abusam Andrzej Mydlarczyk SDGs Achievements Keynote – Ziad Khayat Keynote – Nizar Zaied Keynote – Etaf Chehade Keynote – Ali Karnib Keynote – Mubarak Al-Noaimi Climate Change and Water Resources. Keynote – Abdulrasoul Alomran Keynote – Thameur Chaibi Keynote – Faraj El-Awar Amjad Aliewi Ahmed Al-Busaidi Latifa Dhaouadi Ayisha Al Khatri Samir Yacoubi Mohamed Elhag Desalination Future Keynote – Mohamed AlRashidi GCC UWS Abdullah AlArafati (Success stories – Oman) Abdullah AlArafati (Role of research centers – Oman) Tariq AlAnsari (Qatar) Majid AlAmmar (Capacity Development in Desalination – KSA ) Eslam AlWaznani (Success story – KSA) Abdulhakim Bin Saif (Local Spare Part Manufacturing – KSA) Media Coverage watan-day.com 25feb.net sarmad.com twitter.com/alhadathq8 alwatan.kuwait.tt alerada.net alblaad.com alkuwaityah.com www.shula.news alaan.cc twitter.com/atvkw_news cannewskw.com cannewskw.com barqnewskw.com/ hadathkw.net johinakw.com elkuwaiti.com twitter.com/seifnews kuna.net.kw alummahnews.com alsafatnews.net

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مؤتمر الخليج الثاني عشر للمياه البحرين 2017

Conference Proceedings and Recommendations Conference Proceedings Conference Recommendations – English Conference Recommendations – Arabic DAY 1 Day 1 - Session 1A Session 1B: Session 1B: Integrated Water Strategies Waleed Zubari Hammou Laamrani Integrated Water Strategies Iyad Abu Moghli Ziad Khayat Thameur Chaibi Ghiyath Nakshbendi Gunter Hahn Special Session S1 Adam Torrey Day One Photos DAY 2 Day 2 - Session 2A Day 2 - Session 2B Day 2 - Session 3 Day 2 - Session 4 Day 2 - Session 5 Day 2 - Special Session S2 Groundwater Management Abdelkader Larabi Ralf Klingbeil Gamal Abdo Fedhah Almusallam Adnan Akber Ahmed Murad Groundwater Management Ahmed Murad Ahmed Murad GW Sustainability at Wadi Al Bih Dam Ahmed Murad Investigations of Upper Most Soil Zone Mohamed Meddi Mohsen Sherif & Ampar Shetty Mohamed Dawoud Feasibility of Using TWW Climate Change & Water Resources Rachael McDonnell Ali AlMaktoumi Harald Kunstmann Mohammed Al-Kalbani [Compatibility Mode] Musalem kashob Desalination Management Ibrahim Al-Mutaz Miriam Balaban Mohammed Al-Sofi Maha Salman & Gada Al-Nuwaibit Mohamed Matar Muhammad Shahzad Ajaz Rashid Khaled Elsaid Municipal Water Management & Security Khaldon Khashman Mohammad Alrashed Bashir Brika Homoud Mutrafi Ahmed Al Aghbari Water-Energy Nexus Almar Water Solutions Assessment of Rainwater and Run-off Quality Community Involvement as a Tool for Integrated Water Resources Management Groundwater protection in Qatar Integrated Groundwater Resources Management Natural Radioactivity Levels For Groundwater In Al Hassa Outlines for Water Saving Practices in Kuwait Day Two Photos Day 3 Day 3 - Session 6 Day 3 - Session 7 Day 3 - Session 8 Day 3 - Session 9 Day 3 - Special Session S3 Surface Water Management Osama Tarabih (Hany Radwan) Mohamed Elhag Shakhawat Chowdhury & Fahmi Sahar Abidi Sadeq Sulaiman Khater Alfarsi Stephan Theobald Olfa Hajji Agricultural Water Management Khalid Al Ruwis Abdrab Al Rasol Al Omran Hamdan Al Wahaibi Water Related Environmental & Health Issues Hamed Bakir Ahmed Al Busaidi Mariam Abdullah Tahani Hussain Abdullah Bushehri Ziyad Abunada Mubarak Al-Noaimi Chowdhury Wastewater Management Redouane Choukr Allah Waleed Zahid Mohamed Dawoud Ahmad Solaiman GW Governance in the Arab Region Bisher Imam Abdelkader Larabi Waleed Zubari Day Three Photos

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مؤتمر الخليج الحادي عشر للمياه مسقط 2014

Conference Opening Ceremony Conference Proceedings and Recommendations Conference Proceedings Conference Recommendations – English Conference Recommendations – Arabic Conference Portfolio and Overview DAY 1 Day 1 - Session 1 Day 1 - Special Session Water Security and Food Sustainability Glada Lahn,Chatham House: Counting the Cost of Water Resources in the GCC Countries: A Nexus Perspective Hamid Bakir, WHO-CEHA: Health Water and Sanitation Ibrahim Khamis, IAEA: WAMP Waleed Alzubari, AGU: Integrated Efficiency Assessment GCC Water Efficiency Oman Water Resources Strategy Qatar Water Management Efficiency Day One Photos DAY 2 Day 2 Session 2A Day 2 Session 2B Day 2 Session 2C Day 2 Session 3 Day 2 Session 4 Day 2 Session 5 Surface Water Management Keynote Abdin Salih: Sustainable Management of SW and GW in Arab Region Youssef et al: An Overview of Flash Floods in Jiddah City Hajji et al: Morphometric and Hydrologic Characteristics of Small Watershed Tunis Abbas and Salman: Integrated Management of transboundary WR under CC sudan Sallam et al: New Reclamation Mega Projects in Egypt Groundwater Management Keynote Bruce Misstear, IAH: Well design Al Amri et al: GW Management South Al Batinah Oman El Behiry et al: modeling of aquifer system in south al batinah oman AlNoaimi: Estimation of Industrial Water Demand in Bahrain Groundwater Management Keynote Jens Grundmann: Principles and Challenges of IWRM Semhi et al: Investigation of As Concentation Oman Helmi and Al barwani: monitoring salinty changes in Al Batinah coastal aquifer oman Rizk: determining source of nitrate pollution in liwa aquifer UAE Murad et al: possible effects of changing GW levels and chemistry on building AlAin UAE Municipal Water Management Keynote Khaldoon Khashman, ACWUA: Efficient Management of Municipal Water Keynote Alex McPhail, World Bank: Urban WM_Lessons from the American Southwest Noaman and Alsharjabe: Water Crisis in Taiz City Yemen Dissanayake and AlJabri: Improvement of Env Performance in WS system Oman AbuSharkh and AlAbri: NRW in water distribution network Oman Mariam and Awad: Assessment of drinking water quality Qater case study Boone: Building social norms for conservation in Oman Al Naama: Kahramaa-overview on W Quality Manag and Desal DW Standards and Guidelines Desalination Management Keynote Joydeep Dutta, SQU: Nanotechnology based pretreatment and desal for brackish water Hamed: Scale control in MSF Des plants Saudi Arabia ElShafey and AlHadi: modified date palm leafltet for treatment of brackish water Oman Hussain: Development of activated carbon from oil fly ash for water and ww treatment systems AbuSharkh and AlJabri: Risk assessment of tropical cyclone on WS system Oman Moosa et al: operational experience of an integrated UF-RO system Saudi Arabia Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Management Keynote Peter Werner, UAEU: Challenges in sewage treatment and ruse opportunities in arid regions Keynote Yasmeen Allawati: oil produced water treatment and management Oman AlMahal et al: use of dynamic modeling in wastewater system management in Bahrain Alsakkaf: Assessment of efficiency of biological stagesin removing organic materials Yemen AlBusaidi: Use of Treated Sludge to improve water productivity Oman AlAsmi: Haya Wastewater Strategies Oman Day Two Photos DAY 3 Day 3 Session 2D Day 3 Session 6 Day 3 Special Session Day 3 Special Session 2 Day 3 Special Session 3 Groundwater Management Keynote Ralf Klingbeil, ESCWA MAR: ASR Regional_Experiences AlAbri et al: GW from Ophiolite Aquifer Oman Al-Maktoumi et al: Hydropedology and WRM Alkhoud Recharge Dam Oman Bardi: Env GW Assessment in the Wadi_Khulays Saudi Arabia Alwagdani and Basamed: Exploration and Evaluation of WR in harrat Khybar Saudi Arabia AlKhatri: Analysis of Stakeholders Characteristics for IWRM Implementation Oman Ashkar et al: Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical maps of Aban AlAhmar Saudi Arabia Agricultural Water Management Keynote Fawzi Karajeh, FAO NRE: FAO’s water scarcity inititative Keynote Slim Zekri: GW Management in Oman AlNoaimi: A model for estimating demand funtions for agr water Bahrain AlRuwis et al: Pricing water used for production of wheat and dates in Riyadh Saudi Arabia AlDhuhli et al: Rigorous irrig experiments with a novel simulation based optimization under saline conditions Oman Chowdhury: analyzing the effects of CC on CWR in Saudi Arabia AlBusaidi: Improving water productivity by magnetic technology Oman Desalination Trends Doug Eisberg: North American Desalination and Membrane Trends Emilio Gabbrielli: Desalination and Reuse in Latin America Miguel Angel SANZ: Desalination Trends in Europe and NorthAfrica ESCWA ACWUA MDGs to SDGs Khaldoon Khashman, ACWUA: MDGs and SDGs in WSS Ralf Klingbeil, ESCWA: Water within currently proposed SDGs Reem Nejdawi, ESCWA: intro to post 2015 International and Regional Networks G-WADI AWARENET CapNet MENA NWC Day Three Photos

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المؤتمر الخليجي العاشر للمياه الدوحة 2012

Conference Proceedings and Recommendations WSTA 10 Conference Proceedings WSTA 10th Conf Recommendations final Day 1 Day 1, Session 1 DAY 1, SESSION 2 WATER SECURITY AND FOOD SUSTAINABILITY Shared – Fahad Alattia Sustainable WRM – Waleed Alzubaril Food Crisis – Khalid Alruwais Sustainability of food – Salma Bani Sustainable water planning – Partick Linke Water scarcity versus agricultural production – Jens Grundmann SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Arab Water Governance Report – Ghaith Fraiz Integrated WRP – Ahmad Khater An analytical Study – Abdulaziz Alturbak Emergency preparedness and crisi – Frank Galland Water Resources and water consumption – Shawkat Chowdhury Day One Photos Day 2 Day 2 - Session 3A Day 2, Session 3B DAY 2, SESSION 3C DAY 2, SESSION 4 DAY 2, SESSION 5A DAY 2, SESSION 5B CONVENTIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNESCO sustainable management – Abdin Sali and Benno Boer Vulnerability – Aysar All Water – NOUIRI Groundwater Contamiantion – Almurad Use of simulation modeling – Abudarahim GW Qatar – Al Muraikhi Deep groundwater – SHAMRUKH CONVENTIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ESCWA MAR – Klingbeil GW recharge – Al-Mushaikhi Wastewater reuse in gw – Alezri Feasibility of TSE in gw recharge in bahrain – Alzubari CONVENTIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Water harvesting – Abdulsalam Hydroengineering Feasibility Runoff – Al-Taiee Weakness in the effects – Al-Lahbi Rainfall Variability in Oman – Al-Hatrushi Variation of soil moisture – Al-Othman Hydrus 2D – Yasser Atta Sanaa depletion paper – GAD Experience of Dams in Oman – Al-Muntheri Hydrus 2D – Yasser Atta DESALINATION MANAGEMENT Sustainable desalination – Bushnak Exergy analysis of large ME-TVC – Bin Amer Lessons learnt from evaluation – Farooque Electrochemical inactivation – Bensalah Chlorine dioxide disinfection – Abid Coupling of Water and atmosphere Texas – A&M MUNICIPAL WATER MANAGEMENT Economics of water resources – Abd Rabo Managing the Rate of Leaks and Breaks in Old Networks – Tolefat Using real time telemetry – Habash Sustainable Water Supply and Resources Management-Yemen – Alhababy MUNICIPAL WATER MANAGEMENT Economic incentives and WDM – Zekri New Water Operations Technique – Bawazir Restructuring the water tariff to achieve cost recovery – Hudhud Multivariate statistics – Shaban Bottled water in Kuwait – AL-freij Distric Cooling – Qatar Coll Company Distric Cooling – Qatar Coll Company Day Two Photos Day 3 Day 3 - Session 6 Day 3, Session 7 DAY 3, SESSION 8 DAY 3, SPECIAL SESSION WASTEWATER SECTOR MANAGEMENT AND REUSE Sustainable water manag and reuse in Arab region – Choukrallah TREATED WASTEWATER REUSE IN THE WEST BANK – Mezyd Enhancing traditional knowledge – Al-Nozaily Anerobic treatment – Atfallah Reusing treated wastewater in muscat – Baawain Public works authority – Elemadi WATER HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT Water and environment – Aljayoussi Water safety – Bakir Ecosystem approach – Abusamra AGRICULTURAL WATER MANGEMENT Real time soil water management – McCann Virtual water – Al-Otaibi Mobility of heavy metals – SEMHI Ensuring food security via improvement – Al-Eryani Integrated strategy of management of wastewater – Al-Battashi Soil remediation – Gehan Sallam “WATER-ENERGY NEXUS” Water Energy Nexus – Walid Salih ESCWA Water energy nexus – ChouchaniCherfane Qatar Water Challange – Qeeri Wasterwater treatment for LNG – Qatargas Day Three Photos

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المؤتمر الخليجي التاسع للمياه عمان 2010

Conference Proceedings Conference Proceedings and Recommendations Conference Proceedings Conference Recommendations – English Conference Recommendations – Arabic

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المؤتمر الخليجي الثامن للمياه البحرين 2008

Proceedings Keynotes Speakers Day 1A Day 1B Day 2A Day 2B Proceedings Proceedings Keynotes Speakers Desal Trends CH2M HILL Economics of Nuclear Desalination IEA IWRM UNEP Water Resources Planning and Management Alternative water resources strategy in Saudi Arabia APPLICATION OF 2D EARTH RESISTIVITY IMAGING Groundwater management in Sana’a Basin – Republic of Yemen IWRM Strategies & Policies in Oman’s National Water Resources M P Present and Future Water Supply and Demand in Saudi Arabia The Water Crisis in the Gulf Area Towards Sustainable Management of Wadi Jarash_ An Integrated Approach WATER AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING STRATEGY IN ALGERIA Conventional Water Resources 3d- Geological And Groundwater Flow Modelling An Advanced Technology for Groundwater Treatment Application of Aquifer Storage and Recovery System Assessment of Rainwater and Run-off Quality Community Involvement as a Tool for Integrated Water Resources Management Groundwater protection in Qatar Integrated Groundwater Resources Management Natural Radioactivity Levels For Groundwater In Al Hassa Outlines for Water Saving Practices in Kuwait Demand Management Affordability of Household Water Controlling Groundwater Pumping Online Economic and Engineering optimization Material Selection And Stress-induced Corrosion In Desalination And Power Plants Water Supply and Demand in Bahrain Supply Management 3-D Characterization of the Complexity of Groundwater Alluvial Aquifer Systems Al Ansab MBR Sewage Treatment Plant Assessment of Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Some Wadies in UAE Crossing the Threshold of a Higher Order Urban Groundwater Level Forecast Electrical Resistivity Imaging For Quaternary Aquifer In Wadi Muraykhat Evaluating Different Types Of Irrigation Water

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المؤتمر الخليجي السابع للمياه الكويت 2005

7th WSTA CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS – ARABIC 7th WSTA CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS – ENGLISH VOL 1 7th WSTA CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS – ENGLISH VOL 2