Resources

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.

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

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

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

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...

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...

Law regulating the water and sanitation sector

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...

Jordan National Water Strategy 2023

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...