Resources

National reports include a country’s laws and regulations in relation to groundwater, national water strategies, hydrogeological/groundwater studies and more.

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

National reports - Oman - 2023

Law regulating the water and sanitation sector

National reports - Jordan - 2023

Jordan National Water Strategy 2023

National reports - Lebanon - 2020

Water Code Modified and Ratified

National reports - State of Palestine - 2020

Cabinet Resolution No. ( ) of 2020 AD on licensing system for drilling and rehabilitating wells, extracting groundwater, and contracting wells

National reports - Tunisia - 2020

Guidelines for Groundwater Management

National reports - Jordan - 2019

Amended instructions for the Water Resources Protection Instructions for the year 2019