WMS-EXPO2020: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: SOLUTIONS FOR ARID REGIONS
PROGRAM

Days: Tuesday, March 22nd Wednesday, March 23rd Thursday, March 24th Friday, March 25th

Tuesday, March 22nd

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Wednesday, March 23rd

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11:15-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Session S2: Key Notes
Location: Hall 2A South
11:30
Managed aquifer recharge in semi-arid regions, with a focus on Arizona, USA (abstract)
12:00
The Australian Water Reform Journey, Key learnings for arid regions and where to from here? (abstract)
12:30-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Session S3: D1-Track 1.2
14:00
Groundwater basin openness as a determinant of sustainability (abstract)
PRESENTER: Graham Fogg
14:30
Decision support for water resources management in arid and semiarid environments, example Oman (abstract)
14:45
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) to augment depleted aquifers in water scarcity areas: Case studies from semi-arid regions of India (abstract)
15:00
An innovative farmer – water utility water management approach: Mechanism for water-efficient agriculture and drought resilience (abstract)
PRESENTER: Orestes Morfin
15:15
Applying environmental tracers to study a karstified aquifer in semi-arid Australia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Christoph Gerber
14:00-15:30 Session S4: D1-Track 2.3
14:00
Water resources in UAE: An overview (abstract)
14:15
The role of the Prince Sultan Institute for environmental, water and desert research in supporting water sustainability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (abstract)
14:30
The use of natural and synthesized soil amendments to improve soil properties and irrigation water saving (abstract)
14:45
An EU-GCC partnership for innovative solar thermal seawater desalination (abstract)
15:00
Hydrochemistry of groundwater samples from Wadi Fatima, Western Saudi Arabia with special emphasis on silica geothermometry (abstract)
15:15
Sustainable water resources management under climate changes in KSA (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nahed Al Arabi
14:00-15:30 Session S5: D1-Track 1.3
Location: Meeting Room 1
14:00
Governance and investment frameworks for climate-resilient urban water services: Insights from Australia for other arid regions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Will Fargher
14:30
Analysis of drought in the eastern part of Slovakia using standardized precipitation index (abstract)
14:45
Understanding groundwater depletion and water security challenges in the transboundary aquifer systems of the Arabian Peninsula (abstract)
15:00
Enhancing the resiliency of drought prone regions of Africa and Canada under climate warming impact (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vijay Singh
15:15
Climate changes impact on discharges in five basins of Northwest Algeria (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohamed Meddi
14:00-15:30 Session S6: D1-Track 1.1
Location: Opal Boardroom
14:00
Sustaining the invisible in arid and semi-arid regions: Participatory monitoring and management of groundwater at the local level (abstract)
14:30
Hydroeconomic model for managing groundwater resources in arid regions (abstract)
14:45
Irrigation deficit and water management in a semiarid Mediterranean agricultural district (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roberto Ranzi
15:00
Adaptive management of the groundwater resources on EYRE Peninsula (abstract)
15:15
Integrated water management: A planning tool for Israel (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nir Becker
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Session S10: D1-Track 2.1
Location: Opal Boardroom
15:45
Atmospheric Water Generation in the Middle East – review of technologies and prospects (abstract)
16:00
Seawater desalination and transboundary water transfer to meet freshwater needs in Jordan and Palestine (abstract)
16:15
Effects of treated wastewater and synthetic fertilizers on productivity, gross energy, and elements analysis of potential bioenergy crops (abstract)
16:30
Bartering blue water vs green energy – innovative swap-options for cooperation between Israel and Jordan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Janowitz
16:45
Impact assessment of inland desalination units on groundwater quality and levels in Kuwait (abstract)
17:00
Improving the solar still performance using nanomaterials: A review (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mahmoud Elgendi
15:45-17:15 Session S7: D1-Track 1.2
Chair:
15:45
Managed aquifer recharge for water security in Australia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Declan Page
16:00
Development of long short-term memory model for prediction of water table depth in United Arab Emirates (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pavitra Kumar
16:15
Detection and definition of the free surface with high spatiotemporal resolution using computer vision (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jorge Isidoro
16:30
WEAP-MODFLOW model as an integrated water management decision support system (DSS): A case of the Middle Awash Sub-Basin, Central Ethiopia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Behailu Berehanu
16:45
Fractured rock aquifers as a storage option of desalinated seawater for improved drought resilience of groundwater resources (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tomy-Minh Truong
17:00
Application of numerical modelling to predict the ground water heads in coastal aquifers of Sultanate of Oman (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ahmad Sana
15:45-17:15 Session S8: D1-Track 1.3
15:45
Groundwater depletion in a changing climate and human-induced interventions: A case study in arid and semi-arid region (abstract)
PRESENTER: Furat Al-Faraj
16:15
Climate change impacts and adaptations for the agricultural sector in Ghana’s Volta river basin (abstract)
16:30
Analysis of non-stationary return levels using extreme daily rainfall for Surat city, India (abstract)
16:45
Hydrological response to climate change under CORDEX-South Asia Experiments in Western Karakoram, Upper Indus Basin (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roberto Ranzi
17:00
Climate change adaptation at the Nile Basin Initiative (abstract)
PRESENTER: Modathir Zaroug
15:45-17:15 Session S9: D1-Track 2.2
Location: Meeting Room 1
15:45
The future of water and food security in Arab region (abstract)
16:15
Irrigation with brackish and produced waters: Benefits and risks for agricultural sustainability of arid area (abstract)
PRESENTER: Manoj Shukla
16:30
Shrinkage of the Aral Sea: Formation of the Aralkum desert and its soil cover (abstract)
16:45
The cost of accomplishing SDG#6.2: A country-wide planning and assessment tool for wastewater infrastructure (abstract)
17:00
Numerical simulation of CO2 plume geothermal production in a heterogeneous reservoir formation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mingjie Chen
Thursday, March 24th

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09:00-09:15 Session S11: D2-Track 1.1
09:00
Temporal aggregation of rainfall data and its influence on trend estimation for annual maximum depths with duration 24 Hours (abstract)
09:15
Measuring water velocity by LSPIV for accurate determination of water discharge and roughness coefficients in representative ephemeral streams (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dr. Eran Halfi
09:30
On the use of satellite precipitation products for flood application (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gilbert Hinge
09:45
Using fluorescent and thermal tracers to estimate overland flow velocities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jorge Isidoro
10:00
Floodwater harvesting and sediment deposition in reservoirs, a case study from the Arava Valley, Israel (abstract)
10:15
Assessment of soil losses and siltation of Sidi Salem dam in Medjerda high valley-Tunisia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sahar Abidi
09:00-10:30 Session S12: D2-Track 1.3
09:00
Evaluation of hydrological modeling under changing environmental conditions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chong-Yu Xu
09:30
Beach sands as an alternative source of freshwater supply: using geophysics to inform well design in coastal aquifers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mark McDonnell
09:45
Moisture-vegetation relationships of Omani coastal dunes: Nabkhas (abstract)
10:00
Life cycle assessment for tertiary wastewater treatment in Kuwait (abstract)
PRESENTER: Asmaa Al-Mutiri
10:15
Life cycle assessment for seawater desalination using reverse osmosis in Kuwait (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session S13: D2-Track 2.2
Location: Meeting Room 1
09:00
Flood mapping and assessment during typhoon Ulysses (VAMCO) in Cagayan, Philippines using synthetic aperture radar images (abstract)
09:15
Upgrading groundwater monitoring network in the Kingdom of Bahrain using geostatistics and GIS (abstract)
PRESENTER: Waleed Al-Zubari
09:30
Enabling automatic ground water information collection and aggregation through space and IOT in Australia (SIG Water) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kate Williams
09:45
Satellite-based leak detection and cost benefit - Investing in existing water infrastructure (abstract)
10:00
Evaluating spatial and temporal variations in sub-field level crop water demands (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vaishali Sharda
10:15
Landsat-based 30 m monthly actual evapotranspiration for Australia: development, implementation in Google Earth Engine and examples (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session S14: D2-Track 2.1
Location: Opal Boardroom
09:00
Water quality monitoring from space: AQUAWATCH Australia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carl Seubert
09:30
Moving from local monitoring to regional and continental scale early warning and forecasting of water quality risks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Klaus Joehnk
09:45
Assessment and management of seawater intrusion in Gaza aquifer in response to excessive pumping and sea level rise (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hany Abd-Elhamid
10:00
Chelating nitrogenous groups grafted onto zinc oxide nanoparticles for the adsorption of methyl violet in aqueous solution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Omobola Okoh
10:15
Hydrogeochemistry to assess the groundwater quality using multistatistical methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Garba Ahmed
10:30-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Session S15: D2-Track 1.1
10:45
Subterranean holes in the arid vadose zone as perturbations of descending pore water fluxes: J. R. Philip's legacy revisited (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anvar Kacimov
11:00
Statistical analysis of flow for selected rivers in Pakistan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ahmad Sana
11:15
Flood risk reduction in arid and semi arid regions: case studies from Egypt and Oman (abstract)
11:30
GIS-based flood risk assessment in urban areas: Case study Amman city (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muheeb Awawdeh
11:45
Development of chemically-functionalized galvanized aluminum meshes for efficient fog harvesting (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yaser Greish
12:00
The effect of cloud-seeding operations on intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves a comparative study on three meteorological satiations in Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates (abstract)
PRESENTER: Khalid Almheiri
10:45-12:15 Session S16: D2-Track 1.3
10:45
Four-dimensional electrical resistivity imaging in monitoring saltwater intrusion in a nearshore aquifer (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mark McDonnell
11:00
Estimating groundwater drought at spatio-temporal scale improving GRACE resolution based on machine learning approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shoaib Ali
11:15
Model for optimal regional wastewater systems planning with uncertain wastewater treatment capacity (abstract)
11:30
Estimation of flash flood in urban area of Dubai using Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qasim Khan
11:45
A framework for predicting household water consumption patterns (abstract)
PRESENTER: Halidu Abu-Bakar
12:00
Validation of CHIRPS-based satellite rainfall estimates in Damascus Basin, Syria (abstract)
PRESENTER: Firas Alsilibe
10:45-12:15 Session S17: D2-Track 2.2
Location: Meeting Room 1
10:45
Estimation of measurement uncertainty due to errors in rainfall and streamflow measurements using random forest (abstract)
11:15
Mapping and monitoring flash floods spatial distribution and frequencies in arid regions using remote sensing spectral indices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sivan Isaacson
11:30
Wireless Sensor Networks for hydrological monitoring, helpful tools for accurate models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qasem Abdelal
11:45
Automatic extraction of water bodies from high-resolution remote sensing imagery using deep learning and GIS in Dubai (abstract)
12:00
Implementing water accounting and water governance analysis to support water – energy- food nexus in The MENA Region: the lessons learned and the way forward (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marwa Ali
10:45-12:15 Session S18: D2-Track 2.1
Location: Opal Boardroom
10:45
Groundwater contamination by PFAS around airports in the USA: Identification, source and commonality (abstract)
11:00
Effect of the blending of desalinated seawater with groundwater on the formation of trihalomethane species in drinking water (abstract)
11:15
Human arsenic exposure risk via crop consumption and global trade from groundwater-irrigated areas (abstract)
11:30
Optimal management of seawater intrusion using infiltration pond (abstract)
PRESENTER: Samia Saad
11:45
Brine management using hydrophobic nanocomposite membranes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rajesha Alambi
12:15-13:00Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 Session S19: Poster Session
Mapping groundwater potential zones in UAE using GIS-based hydrogeological modeling (abstract)
Sensitivity of an integrated groundwater flow model to model parameters - application to vulnerability assessment of karst aquifers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Assaad Kassem
Exploring the potential of innovative methods for integrated water and flood risk management in the Oriental Alpes River District: The AQUA3S approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michele Ferri
Low flow in the Oued El Abid Basin (Morocco): better understand it to better manage it (Oum Errbia Basin - Morocco) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Khouldia Nafia
The application of satellite imagery and GIS software to the study of waterfront cities' development (abstract)
Thermal storage system as an alternative to the brine heater in a desalination plant: An experimental study (abstract)
Machine Learning: An interesting tool in studying groundwater (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qasim Khan
Groundwater budget analysis in Abu Dhabi Emirate using MODFLOW (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tala Maksoud
Managed aquifer recharge as a reliable and sustainable water supply in Duqm area, Sultanate of Oman (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ali Al-Maktoumi
Price discrimination in water banks to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural water buyback (abstract)
Exploring the drought propagation from meteorological to hydrological and soil moisture drought using time series analysis (abstract)
Is participatory approach including all relevant stakeholders necessary to make IWRM more effective for water resource management especially in data scarce regions? A case study of the Philippines (abstract)
Knowledge Products for the Nile Basin Initiative (abstract)
PRESENTER: Juliet Nakasagga
Precipitation extremes and drought analysis using general circulation models and multi drought indices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohsen Sherif
Multiple approaches to sustain Ogallala aquifer in the southern high plains of USA (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sangamesh Angadi
Coupling global land data assimilation system (GLDAS) with in situ data to monitor groundwater resources at Sabkha Matti, Middle East (abstract)
PRESENTER: Khaled Alghafli
Evaluation of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model using generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Faisal Baig
SUDS encapsulates climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation – One stone killing two birds (abstract)
PRESENTER: Munjed Maraqa
Advanced soft computing applications for hydraulic efficiency assessment of storm water drain inlets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mehmet Ozger
IWAT1.0 - web portal for optimization of irrigation water requirement for selected Indian crops in different agro-climatic zones through modelling of Lysimetric and weather station data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arjun Suresh
Management of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers: Past and future challenges (abstract)
Missing data imputation for solar radiation by deep neural network (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mehmet Ozger
Factors influencing the site selection criteria for efficient aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) system in saline regions (abstract)
Parametric study analysis of a 3-D printed solar receiver in a multi-stage flash desalination plant (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dinumol Varghese
Recharge to aquifers located in arid zones through the application of the RENATA code: Distribution according to the watershed and the groundwater divides (abstract)
Remote sensing applications for water managements under data acquisition challenges in transboundary basin, case study: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Khaled Alghafli
Tillage and establishment methods impact on land and irrigation water productivity in Tungabhadra rice command area of Southern India (abstract)
PRESENTER: B K Desai
Assessment of leachate on groundwater quality: A case study of Enyimba Open Dumsite, Osisioma Ngwa local government area, Abia State, Nigeria (abstract)
Proximal sensor based water and nutrient management on corn to achieve sustainable yields and water use efficiency in semi arid regions of Karnataka, India (abstract)
Flood water harvesting in a flood prone area using remote sensing and GIS: Case study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aysar Al-Shamaa
Volumetric quantification of flash flood using microwave data on a watershed scale in arid environments, Saudi Arabia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohamed Elhag
14:00-15:30 Session S20: D2-Track 1.1
14:00
Multiple non-linear reservoirs to model water balance components in sandy soils (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vijay P. Singh
14:30
Nano-architecture of nanostructured copper oxides decorated with Polyvinyl alcohol as efficient water harvester (abstract)
PRESENTER: Fathy Hassan
14:45
Flood forecasting, the New Zealand experience (abstract)
15:00
Trend analysis in Australian flood data: a case study for New South Wales using latest information (abstract)
14:00-15:30 Session S21: D2-Track 1.3
14:00
Modeling and prediction of groundwater level fluctuations using geoinformatics and artificial neural networks in Al Ain City, UAE (abstract)
PRESENTER: Khalid Elhaj
14:15
Monitoring of land surface subsidence over agricultural areas in Al Ain region UAE (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhagir Elkamali
14:30
Field bailout experiments, HYDRUS-2D and analytical modeling for determination of hydraulic parameters of porous bed of ephemeral stream (abstract)
14:45
Estimating crop evapotranspiration of dates trees based on SEBAL algorithm using Landsat 8 satellite imagery —A Case Study: Al Zarqa-Jordan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mo'Ath Etoom
15:00
Improvement of rice agricultural complexes water supply in conditions of water scarcity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alina Buber
14:00-15:30 Session S22: D2-Track 2.2
Location: Meeting Room 1
14:00
Monitoring flash floods in arid environments using Bgusat: A single band nano satellite (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sivan Isaacson
14:15
A geospatial statistical approach for seasonal comparisons of ground water quality using interpolates grid-based mapping (abstract)
14:30
Soil erosion prioritization of Yarmouk River Basin, Jordan using multiple approaches in a GIS environment (abstract)
14:45
Using ICT in agricultural water management: IRWI as a case study from Egypt (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marwa Ali
15:00
Enhanced Nile River basin monitoring for improved water resources collaborative management and development (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohsen Alarabawy
15:15
Flash drought assessment for India River Basins (abstract)
PRESENTER: V. P. Singh
14:00-15:30 Session S23: D1-Track 2.1
Location: Opal Boardroom
14:00
A novel pressure-controlled hybrid graphene oxide membranes for water treatment: A combined experimental – molecular simulation approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lourdes F. Vega
14:15
A study on the influence of volatile fatty acid on biogas production and pathogen destruction using thermophilic anaerobic digestion (abstract)
14:30
Chitosan-graphene oxide composite membrane for fouling reduction in ultrafiltration (abstract)
14:45
Atmospheric water extractor and space cooling unit (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohd Shariq Khan
15:00
An appraisal of UAE farmers’ perceptions and valuation of treated wastewater resources (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tarik Chfadi
15:15
Growing biofuel crop (Arundo Donax) with non conventional saline water in arid regions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tapas Biswas
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Session S24: D1-Track 1.2
15:45
Uncertainty in estimation of field-scale variability of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rao Govindaraju
16:00
WaterTools: A guide to three national level platforms that support the management of Australia's scarce water resources (abstract)
PRESENTER: Trudy Green
16:15
Formation of reservoir operation modes in real time based on long-term hydrological forecast and multicriteria optimization methods, "Lake Baikal - Irkutsk Reservoir" case study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alexander Buber
16:30
Optimization of transboundary lake operation and conception of a hydropower plant at Lake Tiberias (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martin Klein
16:45
Techno-economic assessment of integrated water resources management infrastructure projects (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sebastian Schär
17:00
ISME-HYDRO – an integrated system for monitoring of water resources for sustainable exploitation of dams and rivers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mariana Damova
15:45-17:15 Session S25: D2-Track 2.2
15:45
What lessons can remote Australia learn from the Middle East in terms of water management solutions (abstract)
16:00
Technology enabled data driven solution for enhancing efficiency of water use in buildings (abstract)
PRESENTER: Parag Kulkarni
16:15
Native plants as indicators of soil quality in deserts: Consequences for dryland agriculture (abstract)
PRESENTER: Avshalom Babad
16:30
An interdisciplinary approach to groundwater resource assessment for sustaining community, environment & economic development in a remote arid region of South Australia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Timothy Munday
16:45
Use of decision support system for optimizing long term water resources planning in terms of economic and environmental outcomes (abstract)
17:00
Development of a drought management plan in a regulated arid basin in southern Peru (abstract)
15:45-17:15 Session S26: D1-Track 1.1
Location: Meeting Room 1
15:45
Waterguide: Setting a path to improved water management and use under scarcity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Huw Pohlner
16:00
Investigating household consumption patterns before and during the Covid-19 pandemic (abstract)
16:15
Valuing community and first nations voices in restoring the Coorong, South Australia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Angus MacGregor
16:30
Development of irrigation governance in Sinthe irrigation schemes, Myanmar (abstract)
PRESENTER: Soe Htun Aung
16:45
State of basin reporting: A tool for cooperative management of transboundary water resources (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michael Kizza
17:00
The role of hydroponic technology in economic use of water and enhancing productivity of farms in the UAE (abstract)
PRESENTER: Berhanu Degefa
Friday, March 25th

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