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INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES - MIDDLE EAST

CASE STUDIES: JORDAN, LEBANON


JORDAN

CLIENT:

Associates in Rural Development (ARD), USAID and Water Authority of Jordan

PROJECT:

Workshops for Water Meter Installation and Maintenance; Capacity Building

Training; Water Conservation

LOCATION:

Amman, Jordan


In April 2006, James Horvath, Superintendent of Intake and Supply for the East Orange Water Commission, and Vincent Uhl traveled to Jordan to provide assistance to the Jordan Ministry of Water in upgrading their water systems, specifically with respect to the metering and monitoring of large-capacity irrigation wells throughout the country of Jordan.

Mr. Horvath and Mr. Uhl conducted training sessions on the installation, repair and maintenance of water meters for large-capacity irrigation wells for about 50 persons on the technical staff of the Ministry’s eight Regional Offices. The training sessions were held in the capital city of Amman. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Water Meter Installation and for Water Meter Maintenance and Testing, developed by Mr. Horvath and Mr. Uhl and Ms. Jaclyn Baron of UHL, were adopted by the country of Jordan as their new official standard.

Jordan training

 

During the training program, an overview was developed of the country’s regional geologic conditions, well construction methods, well operational problems, and meter installations. In addition, Mr. Uhl and Mr. Horvath visited the Jordan River Valley to assess meter installation procedures, and assist in trouble-shooting of problem areas in this heavily irrigated part of the country.

The training program was part of a larger United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project being implemented by Associates in Rural Development (ARD) to enhance the Water Authority of Jordan’s operations for improving the compliance and monitoring of groundwater resources country-wide. Groundwater provides over 70 percent of the country’s water production for drinking, irrigation, institutional, and industrial water supply. Metering of large capacity irrigation wells is considered a vital step in regulating and conserving the groundwater resources for sustainable future supply.

Jordan dirty water

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LEBANON

CLIENT:

USAID and International Resources Group (IRG)

PROJECT:

Litani River Basin – Regional Evaluation & Groundwater Management

(Groundwater Management; Regional Evaluation; Groundwater Modeling)

LOCATION:

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon


UHL developed an analysis of groundwater conditions in the heavily irrigated Bekaa Valley (Upper Litani River Basin) and initiated a program to quantify the impacts of irrigation pumpage on groundwater levels in the valley. The firm formulated and implemented a field-data collection program for the development of a groundwater management model.

A groundwater recharge analysis was developed for the principal aquifer units in the valley and a "Hydrogeologic Reference Report" was developed to provide an overview and understanding of groundwater conditions in the Upper Litani River Basin (ULRB). The report was used to set the framework for the application of a numerical groundwater model for simulating water-level impacts from present and future groundwater withdrawals.

Lebanon Figure 1

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Download PDF of 2013 ESRI Presentation on GIS Tool For Groundwater Basin Analysis

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