Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform

Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform

The Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform responds to the need to establish a centralized data centre focused on groundwater resources.

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Groundwater knowledge resources

Main reports - 2022

ESCWA Water Development Report 9: Groundwater in the Arab region

The Arab region is one of the most water scarce regions in the world with 19 States below the water scarcity threshold. This is further complicated by...

Main reports - 2017

RICCAR Arab Climate Change Assessment Report

The Arab Climate Change Assessment Report was prepared within the framework of the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on...

Main reports - 2013

Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia

This publication is the first effort led by the United Nations to comprehensively identify and assess the state of transboundary surface and groundwat...

Technical reports - 2023

Impact of climate change on groundwater resources in the Dibdibba aquifer system, Iraq

Groundwater is an important source of fresh water in the Arab region. However, groundwater aquifers are seriously threatened by overexploitation and p...

Technical reports - 2022

Assessment of climate change impacts on groundwater resources using RICCAR data in the Beni-Amir aquifer (Tadla complex, Morocco)

An assessment was performed to evaluate climate change impacts on groundwater resources availability and use in Morocco, specifically groundwater abst...

Technical reports - 2022

Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources in the Eocene Aquifer System

This Technical Report presents a detailed case study on the assessment of climate change impacts on groundwater resource use and availability in the E...

Training material - 2025

Use of remote sensing to estimate quantities of groundwater used for irrigation

In the face of increasing water scarcity, limited renewable groundwater resources continue to be exploited at an unsustainable rate, exceeding natural...

Training material - 2024

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Groundwater Subsetting Tool

Groundwater is a crucial pillar of water security in the Arab region as it is the primary source of freshwater in more than half of the Arab States, a...

National reports - Morocco - 2025

Morocco's experience using groundwater modelling for the sustainable management of groundwater

Presentation during a webinar organized by ESCWA on the use of groundwater modelling to support policy-making, 25 March 2025.

National reports - Bahrain - 2025

Bahrain’s experience in using stochastic modelling to assess the sustainability of a brackish, non-renewable aquifer to feed a desalination plant

Presentation during a webinar organized by ESCWA on the use of groundwater modelling to support policy-making, 25 March 2025

National reports - United Arab Emirates - 2025

The experience of the United Arab Emirates in Artificial Storage and Recovery of desalinated seawater

Presentation during a webinar on Managed Aquifer Recharge, held on 5 March 2025

National reports - Qatar - 2025

The development of water harvesting wells and their positive effects on groundwater

Presentation during a webinar on Managed Aquifer Recharge, held on 5 March 2025

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Regional Regional

05 March 2025