2010 Papers
4th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid
Environments (2010)
6-8 December 2010
Organizers:
- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW)
- King Saud University, represented by the Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water & Desert Research
- Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity
Venue:
- King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Duration of Conference:
- 3 days (6-8 December 2010) – The awards ceremony for the 4th Award of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water will be held on the evening of 6 December 2010.
Conference Language:
- English
Conference Objectives:
- To provide a scientific framework for awarding the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.
- To exchange knowledge and share information in water resources and desert-related fields.
- To explore the use of new technologies in the study of arid and semi-arid environments and their natural resources.
- To provide an opportunity for decision-makers, experts, and scientists to share their expertise in order to find integrative and comprehensive solutions for water resource problems.
Conference Themes:
Theme I. Arid Environments
Theme II. Water Resources
Theme III. Utilization of New Technologies in the Study of Arid Environments and their Natural Resources
Theme IV. Water Conservation
4th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid
Environments (2010)
6-8 December 2010
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1- Northern Aral Sea Has Survived, Eastern – Has Died, Western Aral Sea Can Be Saved
Yusup Rysbekov
2- Green Algae as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Pollution in Wadi Hanifah Stream, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali A. Al-Homaidan, Abdullah A. Al-Ghanayem and Areej H. Alkhalifa
3- A Conceptual Hydrologic Model for Studies of Salinisation in Tunisian Oases
Brahim Askri, Rachida Bouhlila and Jean Olivier Job
4- Screening of Drought Resistant Range Plants for Controlling Desertification in Saudi Arabia
- Ghulam Hussain and Ali A. Al Jaloud
5- Cause and Combat of Agriculture Land Desertification in Egypt Related to River Processes
- Karima Attia and Yasser Raslan
6- A Decision Support Tool to Assess Desertification Condition in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
- Muna M. Elhag and Sue Walker
7- Biological Technique in Combating Desertification Processes Using a True Halophytic Plant
- Mohammad Pessarakli and Hayat Touchane
8- Saltgrass, a High Salt and Drought Tolerant Species for Sustainable Agriculture in Desert Regions
- Mohammad Pessarakli
9- Sustainable Salinity Management for Combating Desertification in Pakistan
- Ali Hassan Shah, Khalid Hussain Gill, and Najaf Iqbal Syed
10- Preservation of Desert Environments from Urban Pollution
- Kouloughli Salim
11- Combat Degradation in Rain Fed Areas by Introducing New Drought Tolerant Crops in Egypt
- Amr Shams
12- Agro-Economic Studies on Wastewater Reuse in Developing Marginal Areas in West Delta, Egypt
- Ezzat M. Abd El Lateef, Jeremy E. Hall, Mahmoud A.A. Farrag and Aziza A. Farrag
13- A New Graphic for the Determination of the Vulnerability and Risk of Groundwater Pollution
- Nacer Khérici and Houria Bousnoubra
14- Restoration of Degraded Semi-Arid Communal Grazing Land Vegetation Using the Exclosure Model
- Tesfay Yayneshet
15- The Mineralogical and Micro-Organisms Effects of Regional Dust Storms over Middle East Region
- Moutaz Al-Dabbas, Mohammed Ayad Abbas, and Raad Al- Khafaji
16- Environmental Challenges in Trans-Boundary Waters, Case Study: Hamoon Hirmand Wetland (Iran and Afghanistan)
- Alireza Najafi and Jabbar Vatanfada
17- Drought Severity Assessment in Arid Area of Thal Doab using Remote Sensing and GIS
Asma Shaheen and Muhammad Anwar Baig
18- Using Polyculture for Combating Desertification in Egypt: Case Study
- Hussein F.H. Abouziena Elham and Z. Abd-ElMotty A.F. Sahab
19- Assessment and Mapping Areas Affected by Soil Erosion and Desertification in the North Coastal Part of Egypt
- Ahmed A. Afifi and Abd Allah Gad
20- Cultural Practices to Combat Degradation under Rainfed Areas in the Northern Coastal Plain in Egypt
Ahmed Kamel
1- The Role of Modelling in Integrated Water Management (A Case Study in Zayandeh Rud Basin)
Mehdi Akbari, Peter Droogers and Hossen Dehghnisanij
2- Radioactive Element Removal from Contaminated Groundwater by Agricultural Waste-Based Activated Carbon
Omotayo Sarafadeen Amuda, Isiaka Adekunle Amoo and Yung-Tse Hung
3- Spatial Solutions based Geo-information Methods for Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management
Hussain Aziz Saleh, Georges Allaert and Iyad Abbas
4- Assessment of Flood Control Structures by Scenario Analysis in the Jafar-Abad Watershed, Golestan Province -Iran
Amir Sadoddin, Abdolreza Bahremand, Raoof Mostafazadeh and Vahedberdi Sheikh
5- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Assessment of Rain Use Efficiency and Rangeland Degradation in Central Butana, Sudan
Elsadig A. Elfaki, A.M. Adeeb, S. Saidi and A. Ickowicz
6- Low-Cost Groundwater Recharge Structures for Semi-arid Regions
Pradeep Singh
7- Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Water Quality in Miocene Aquifer(South-Eastern Tunisia)
Fadoua Hamzaoui Azaza, Rachida Bouhlila and Moncef Gueddari
8- Trends of Precipitation and Drought on the Algerian Litoral: Impact on the Water Reserves
Hassini Noureddine, Abderrahmani Belaid, and Dobbi Abdelmajid
9- Greywater Management in Egypt
Eman Salama
10- Developing an Oasis-based Water Management Tool: Ecohydrologic Approach and Weap Software for a Large Arid Catchment in Morocco
Abdelkrim Ben Salem, Mohamed Messouli and Mohamed Yacoubi-khebiza
11- Rainfall Climatology over Middle East Region and Its Variability
C.A. Babu, A.A. Samah and Hamza Varikoden
12- Challenges of Developing a European Union Strategic Approach to Water Scarcity
Andrew Farmer
13- Design Rainfall Estimation for Short Storm Durations Using L-Moments and Generalised Least Squares Regression-Application to Australian Data
Khaled Haddad, Ataur Rahman, Janice Green and George Kuczera
14- Linking Groundwater Flow and Transport Models, GIS Technology, Satellite Images and Uncertainty Quantification for Decision Making: Buraiman Lake Case Study Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Amro Elfeki, Hatem Ewea, and Nassir Al-Amri
15- A New Fuzzy Modeling Method for the Runoff Simulation in the Karoon Basin
Hamid Taheri Shahraiyni, Mohammad Reza Ghafouri, Saeed Bagheri Shouraki, and Bahram Saghafian
16- Modeling Monthly Rainfall Records in Arid Zones Using Markov Chains: Saudi Arabia Case Study
Amro Elfeki and Nassir Al-Amri
17- Assessment of Trace Metals in Groundwater Sources Used for Drinking Purposes in Riyadh Region
Abdulrahman I. Alabdula’aly, Abdullah I. Al Zarah and Mujahid A. Khan
18- Integrated Approaches to the Assessment of the Impacts of Climate and Socio-Economic Change on Groundwater Resources in the Tensift Basin, Morocco
Lalla Bahia Ghallabi, Mohamed Messouli and Mohamed Yacoubi
19- Rain Water Harvesting Systems Is a Way for Water Conservation
Mehemed A. Razzaghi
20- Hydro-Geological and Geophysical Investigation in an Area Located at Northeastern Part of Greater Cairo, Egypt
Sultan Awad Sultan Araffa
21- Freedom Water Filtration System: a Solution to the Arsenic and Pathogenic Bacteria Contaminated Water Crisis in Bangladesh Other Underdeveloped Nations
Meer Taolad Husain, Ernest R. Morrison, Thomas E. Bridge, Leslie J.Berryhill, Md. Riajul Islam, Masud-Uz-Zaman, Mahbub Alam, Miah M. Adel and Tina Slovak
22- The Role of Virtual Water Imports in Groundwater Protection- Case Study: Saudi Arabia
Osama Mohammed Sallam
23- Development of a Hydrologic Model Using Artificial Intelligence for Upper Euphrates Basin in Turkey
Abdullah Gokhan Yilmaz and Monzur Alam Imteaz
24- Traditional Water Tunnels (Qanats) in Iran
M.M. Saberioon, A. Gholizadeh, M.S.M. Amin
25- Decision Support for Reservoir Operating
Rachid Mansouri and Fares Laoucheria
26- Conservation, Development, and Management of Water Resources: An Experience in Himalayan Region, India
G.K. Khadse, A.V. Talkhande, P.S. Kelkar and P.K. Labhasetwar
27- Groundwater Arsenic Variations: the Role of Depth, Seasons and Age of Tube Wells
M.D. Iqbal
28- Well Field Design in a Highly Fractured Aquifer System: A Case Study of Egypt’s Siwa Oasis
S. Ahmed, E.L. Zayat and M. Hatem Ali
29- 2-D Electrical Tomography for Mapping of Aquifers at the New Campus of King Faisal University, Al Hassa, KSA
Ahmed S. El Mahmoudi, Khalid M. Al-Barrak and Massoud A. Massoud
30- Application of Ert Survey for Delineating the Wet/dry Zones in the Qassim Province of Saudi Arabia
Faisal K. Zaidi, Osama Kassem, Abdulaziz Al-Bassam and Mohammed Tahir Hussein
31- Rainwater Harvesting – A Sustainable Approach for Ground Water Recharge
Farrukh Basheer and Izharul Haq Farooqi
32- Management of Ground Water Resources in Context of the National Action Plan on Climate Change: A Case Study from Neelamangla in Karnataka
Anshuman
33- Solar Water Condensation Using Thermoelectric Coolers
Raghied Mohammed Atta
33- Solar Water Condensation Using Thermoelectric Coolers
Raghied Mohammed Atta
34- Planning and Implementation of Groundwater Storage and Recovery Systems
Ali. M. Elhassan, Satya Gala and Larry Rodriguez
35- Challenges for an Integrated Groundwater Management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Al-Saud, Georg Teutsch, Christoph Schüth and Randolf Rausch
36- New Approaches to Quantify Groundwater Recharge in Arid Areas
Christoph Schüth, Andreas Kallioras, Matthias Piepenbrink, Heike Pfletschinger, Hussain Al-Ajmi, Irina Engelhardt, Randolf Rausch and Mohammed Al-Saud
37- The Role of Outcrop Analogue Studies for the Characterization of Aquifer Properties
Hussain Al-Ajmi, Matthias Hinderer, Martin Keller, Randolf Rausch, Philipp Blum and Daniel Bohnsack
38- Large-Scale Modeling of the Groundwater Resources on the Arabian Platform
Edda Kalbus, Sascha Oswald, Wenqing Wang, Olaf Kolditz, Irina Engelhardt, Mohammed I. Al-Saud and Randolf Rausch
39- Investigation and Treatment of Natural Radioactivity in Large-Scale Sandstone Aquifer Systems
Michael Schubert, Christoph Schüth, Nils Michelsen, Randolf Rausch and Mohammed Al-Saud
40- Artificial Recharge Techniques and the Experience of Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert, Saudi Arabia
Abdulmalik A. Al-Shaikh, Abdulaziz M. Al Bassam and Mohammed Tahir Hussein
41- Desalination as an Option to Resolve Problems of Water Shortage in Jeddah City
Faten Fallatah
42- Groundwater Contamination by Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials and its Safe Disposal (Arabic)
Abdullah Al-Hobaib
43- Water Harvesting and Groundwater Recharge in the Catchment of Wadi Water – South Sinai
Mohamed Ali Soinbol.
1- Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination in Irbid Governorate, North Jordan
Awad Nawafleh, Muheeb Awawdeh and Elias Salameh
2- The Use of Satellites Images to Assess Flood Risks in Annaba (Algeria)
L. Ouerdachi, F. Bouzahar and H. Boutaghane
3- Application of Rotating Biological Contactor with Packing Bed (RBCp) for Small Communities Wastewater Treatment to Be Used in Irrigation
Bahman Yargholi and Nasim Jafari
4- Assessment of Soil Erosion Using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and GIS: a Case Study of the Sbaihya Wadi Catchment Area in Northern Tunisia
Baccari Noamene and Boussema Mohamed Rached
5- Reconstruction of Mid-Holocene Climate Conditions for North-Western Arabian Oasis Tayma
Kai Wellbrock and Matthias Grottker
6- Production of Digital Climatic Maps Using Geostatistical Techniques (Ordinary Kriging) Case Study from Libya
Abdussalam Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
7- Thermal Behaviour of a Novel Vertical Solar Still under Desert Climatic Conditions
Mebarek Boukar, Arezki Harmim and M’hamed Amar
8- Impact of Natural Hazards on Water Management: Remote Sensing Identifies Evidences in Pakistan
Nayyer Alam Zaigham and Zeeshan Alam Nayyar
9- Potential of Rain Water Harvesting along the North-Western Coast of Egypt as Revealed by Remote Sensing and GIS Capabilities
Abd-Alla Gad, Mohamed Hammad and Mohamed Abd El Ghaffar
10- Support System Based Advanced Process Resolving Models for Water Management in Arid Environment
Hussain Aziz Saleh
11- Real Time Monitoring of Soil Water Infiltration Using Electrical Capacitance Volume-tomography (ECVT)
Muhammad Mukhlisin, Marlin Ramadhan Baidillah, Ahmed El-Shafie and Mohd Raihan Taha
12- LANDSAT, Spectral Mixture Analysis and Change Vector Analysis to Monitor Land Cover Degradation in a Savanna Region in Sudan (1987-1999-2008)
Mona A.A. Dawelbait and Francesco Morari
13- Integrating Precision Farming and Rainwater Harvesting: Optimum Strategy for Sustainable Water Utilization in Arid Lands
Hamideh Nouri and Sattar Chavoshi Borujeni
14- Performance of Portable Instant Water Filter Developed for Emergency Water Supply
Er. Subhash Andey, Ms. Kirti. Lanjewar, Muduli and Pawan Labhasetwar
15- Effect of Vegetation on Soil Moisture Retrieval from Ers-2 Sar Images
S. Said, U.C. Kothyari and M.K. Arora
16- Multispectral Remotely Sensed Models for Monitoring Suspended Sediment: A Case Study of Indus River, Pakistan
Asif M. Bhatti, Seigo Nasu and Masataka Takagi
17- Solar Seawater Desalination Using a Multi-Stage Multi-Effect Humidification (Meh)-Dehumidification System with Energy Storage
M. Abd Elkader
18- The Use of GIS and Remote Sensing for Hydrologic Evaluation of Wadi Al-karak Basin: Building Gis Database System
Eyad H. Fadda
19- Spatial Decision Support System for Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Evaluation in Al-Hassa
Massoud A. Massoud, Y.Y. Al-Dakheel, A.H.A. Hussein and A.S. El-Mahmoudi
20- An Intelligent Information System for Groundwater Resources Categorization and Assessment
Saleh Elkaffas, M. Massoud, M. El-Raey and H. El-Wakeel
21- Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems in Rural Areas
Abdelfettah Barhdadi
22- Mapping Potential Sites for Rainwater Harvesting (Dams) in the Pan-Handle of Jordan Using Geographic Information Systems
Muheeb Awawdeh, Mutawakil Obeidat and Najah Seelawi
23- Extrapolation of Digital Topography Modeling Data Using GIS to Support the Hydrological Modeling of the Ishwar Valley Basin in Northern Iraq (Arabic)
Ali Abbas
1- Utilization of Magnetic Water Technologies in Agriculture: Response of Growth, Some Chemical Constituents, and Yield and Yield Components of Some Crops for Irrigation with Magnetized Water
Mahmoud Hozayn, Amira M.S. Abdul Qados and Amany A. Abdel-Monem
2- Water Conservation of Pakistan’s Agricultural, Municipal, and Industrial Water
Zahid Majeed and Awais Piracha
3- Water Saving Potential of Irrigation Water Recycling System and Kapillary Irrigation Sub-Surface System on Vegetable Farms
Harsharn Singh Grewal, Basant L. Maheshwari, William Yiasoumi, and Bruce Simmons
4- Innovative Technologies for Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture
- Suresh Kulkarni
5- Water Resources Management Precautions and Regulation Exercises in the European Union
H. Bülent Olcay
6- Water Use in Pakistan’s Agricultural Sector: Water Conservation under the Changed Climatic Conditions
Awais Piracha and Zahid Majeed
7- Water Resources Management in Arid Environments: Towards Sustainability
- Yousef Bakhbakhi
8- A Historical Perspective of the Development of Rain Water Harvesting Techniques in the Mewar Region, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Narpat Singh Rathore
9- Reusing of Agricultural Drainage Water an Option to Resolve Problems of Water Shortage in Saudi Arabia
Maged H. Hussein
10- Desalination of Sea Water by a Solar Distiller Assisted by a Heat Pump in the Tunisian South Climate
Slimane Gabsi, Khaoula Hidouri, Rhomdane Ben Slama
11- Runoff Rainwater Harvesting for the Development of Arid Areas: Some Experiences from Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Mohamed Aheeyar
12- The Impact of Water Regulation and Privatization in Jordan
Ahmed Al-Salaymeh
13- Reverse Osmosis for Treatment of Industrial Wastewater
- S.S. Madaeni and S. Samieirad
14- Estimation of Domestic Water Saving Potential
- Mehmet Ali Yurdusev and Ahmet Ali Kumanl2o.lu
15- Green-Roof Project in Oman: Capillary Siphoning as a Novel and Thrifty Irrigation Technique
- Anvar Kasimov, Jokha Al-Issai, Muna Al-Amri, and Mohammed Al-Balushi
16- Agricultural Water Conservation Practices-A Review
- Izharul Haq Farooqi, Farrukh Basheer, Devendra Singh, Saima Badar, and Research Scholar
17- Smart Irrigation System for Wheat in Saudi Arabia Using Wireless Sensors Network Technology
Ragheid Atta, Tahar Boutraa and Abdellah Akhkha