Program for Wednesday, March 23rd: Talk View

PROGRAM FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD: TALK VIEW

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10:00-11:15 Opening Address

11:30-12:30

Managed aquifer recharge in semi-arid regions, with a focus on Arizona, USA

Sharon Megdal

11:30-12:30

The Australian Water Reform Journey, Key learnings for arid regions and where to from here?

Karlene Maywald

14:00-15:30

Groundwater basin openness as a determinant of sustainability

Graham Fogg, Richard Pauloo, Chao Wang, Thomas Harter

14:00-15:30

Decision support for water resources management in arid and semiarid environments, example Oman

Ekkehard Holzbecher, Thomas Berends, Angel Miguael Garcia, Ahmed Hadidi

14:00-15:30

Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) to augment depleted aquifers in water scarcity areas: Case studies from semi-arid regions of

Janardhana Raju Nandimandalam, Muniratnam P, Krishna Reddy Tv

14:00-15:30

An innovative farmer – water utility water management approach: Mechanism for water-efficient agriculture and drought

Chuck Cullom, Orestes Morfin, Tami Shor

14:00-15:30

Applying environmental tracers to study a karstified aquifer in semi-arid Australia

Gerber, Suckow, Deslandes, Wilske, Crane, Mallants, Lamontagne

14:00-15:30

Water resources in UAE: An overview

Mohsen Sherif

14:00-15:30

The role of the Prince Sultan Institute for environmental, water and desert research in supporting water sustainability in the Kingdom of Saudi

Abdulmalek Alsheikh

14:00-15:30

The use of natural and synthesized soil amendments to improve soil properties and irrigation water

Abdulaziz Alghamdi

14:00-15:30

An EU-GCC partnership for innovative solar thermal seawater desalination

Hany Al-Ansary

14:00-15:30

Hydrochemistry of groundwater samples from Wadi Fatima, Western Saudi Arabia with special emphasis on silica

Hassan Alzahrani

14:00-15:30

Sustainable water resources management under climate changes in KSA

Mohamed Dawoud, Saleh Al Aswad, Hatem Abdel Rahman, Nahed Al Arabi

14:00-15:30

Governance and investment frameworks for climate-resilient urban water services: Insights from Australia for other arid

Will Fargher, Huw Pohlner

14:00-15:30

Analysis of drought in the eastern part of Slovakia using standardized precipitation index

Martina Zelenakova, Tatiana Solakova, Pavol Purcz, Hany Abd-Elhamid

14:00-15:30

Understanding groundwater depletion and water security challenges in the transboundary aquifer systems of the Arabian

Ali Akanda, Mohammed Alotaibi

14:00-15:30

Enhancing the resiliency of drought prone regions of Africa and Canada under climate warming impact

Thian Yew Gan, Vijay Singh, Kai Ernn Gan

14:00-15:30

Climate changes impact on discharges in five basins of Northwest Algeria

Mohamed Meddi, Aicha Attaf, Hayet Saidi

14:00-15:30

Sustaining the invisible in arid and semi-arid regions: Participatory monitoring and management of groundwater at the local

Basant Maheshwari

14:00-15:30

Hydroeconomic model for managing groundwater resources in arid regions

Hamed Assaf

14:00-15:30

Irrigation deficit and water management in a semiarid Mediterranean agricultural district

M. Peli, C. Rapuzzi, E. Romano, S. Barontini, N. Guyennon, R. Ranzi

14:00-15:30

Adaptive management of the groundwater resources on EYRE Peninsula

Simone Stewart

14:00-15:30

Integrated water management: A planning tool for Israel

Nir Becker, Frank Ward

15:45-17:15

Atmospheric Water Generation in the Middle East – review of technologies and prospects

Ludovic Dumee

15:45-17:15

Seawater desalination and transboundary water transfer to meet freshwater needs in Jordan and

Bernd Rusteberg, Jacob Bensabat, Philippe de Bourgoing

15:45-17:15

Effects of treated wastewater and synthetic fertilizers on productivity, gross energy, and elements analysis of potential bioenergy

Prof. Mahmoud Seleiman, Nasser Al-Suhaibani, Salah El-Hendawy

15:45-17:15

Bartering blue water vs green energy – innovative swap-options for cooperation between Israel and

D. Janowitz, M. Margheri, H. Yakhoul, J. Bensabat, B. Rusteberg, S. Yüce

15:45-17:15

Impact assessment of inland desalination units on groundwater quality and levels in Kuwait

Harish Bhandary

15:45-17:15

Improving the solar still performance using nanomaterials: A review

Elgendi, Mourad, Al Surihi, Saad, Al Baeek, Al Dhaheri, Cherupurakal

15:45-17:15

Managed aquifer recharge for water security in Australia

Declan Page, Joanne Vanderzalm, Dennis Gonzalez, Olga Barron, Michael Donn

15:45-17:15

Development of long short-term memory model for prediction of water table depth in United Arab

Pavitra Kumar, Ali Najah Ahmed, Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed Sefelnasr, Ahmed Elshafie

15:45-17:15

Detection and definition of the free surface with high spatiotemporal resolution using computer

Jorge Isidoro, Ricardo Martins, João de Lima

15:45-17:15

WEAP-MODFLOW model as an integrated water management decision support system (DSS): A case of the Middle Awash Sub-Basin, Central

B. Berehanu, T. Dabi, S. Kebede, K. Charles, M.T. Taye, T. Alamirew

15:45-17:15

Fractured rock aquifers as a storage option of desalinated seawater for improved drought resilience of groundwater

T.-M. Truong, L. Bresinsky, Y. Livshitz, E. Salameh, M. Sauter

15:45-17:15

Application of numerical modelling to predict the ground water heads in coastal aquifers of Sultanate of

Javed Akhtar, Ahmad Sana, Syed Mohammed Tauseef

15:45-17:15

Groundwater depletion in a changing climate and human-induced interventions: A case study in arid and semi-arid

Mohammed Nanekely, Furat Al-Faraj, Miklas Scholz

15:45-17:15

Climate change impacts and adaptations for the agricultural sector in Ghana’s Volta river basin

Eihab Fathelrahman, Timothy Green, Kenneth Strzepek

15:45-17:15

Analysis of non-stationary return levels using extreme daily rainfall for Surat city, India

Aarti Ghate, Dr. P. V. Timbadiya

15:45-17:15

Hydrological response to climate change under CORDEX-South Asia Experiments in Western Karakoram, Upper Indus

Muhammad Usman Liaqat, Ana Casanueva, Giovanna Grossi, Roberto Ranzi

15:45-17:15

Climate change adaptation at the Nile Basin Initiative

Modathir Zaroug, Michael Kizza, Sowed Wamala

15:45-17:15

The future of water and food security in Arab region

Dr Mohamed Dawoud, Rokaia Dawoud

15:45-17:15

Irrigation with brackish and produced waters: Benefits and risks for agricultural sustainability of arid

Sarah Cerra, Hui Yang, Akram Benali, Manoj Shukla

15:45-17:15

Shrinkage of the Aral Sea: Formation of the Aralkum desert and its soil cover

Gulnura Issanova, Amandyk Saduakhas, Aigerim Kalybayeva, Kuralay Tynybayeva

15:45-17:15

The cost of accomplishing SDG#6.2: A country-wide planning and assessment tool for wastewater

G. Khurelbaatar, M. Sanne, V.R. Navarro, M. van Afferden, J. Friesen, R. Mueller

15:45-17:15

Numerical simulation of CO2 plume geothermal production in a heterogeneous reservoir formation

Mingjie Chen, Aliya Al-Saidi, Ali Al-Maktoumi, Azizallah Izady

17:15-21:30 Gala Dinner

11:15-11:30 Coffee Break

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break