2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 124
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

P3. Middle Eastern Water Resources in Times of Crisis

GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Avner Vengosh and John W. Lane, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
QUANTIFYING THE GROUNDWATER IMPACT ON THE DISCHARGE AND CHEMISTRY OF THE LOWER JORDAN RIVER ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN JORDAN AND ISRAEL
SHAVIT, Uri, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Haifa, 32000, Israel, aguri@technion.ac.il, aguri@technion.ac.il
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8:25 AM
WHERE AND HOW DO WE FIND GROUNDWATER IN ARID LANDS? AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FROM EGYPT AND SAUDI ARABIA
SULTAN, Mohamed1, STURCHIO, Neil C.2, YAN, Eugene3, SEFRY, Saleh4, MILEWSKI, Adam1, BECKER, Richard1, ABDELDAYEM, Ahmad Wagdy5 and NASR, Ibrahim Mohamed6, (1)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC-186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, (3)Environmental Research, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, (4)Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, 21514, Saudi Arabia, (5)Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, (6)Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, mohamed.sultan@wmich.edu, mohamed.sultan@wmich.edu
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8:45 AM
GROUNDWATERS OF THE EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT
STURCHIO, Neil C.1, SULTAN, Mohamed2, PATTERSON, Leslie J.1, BELOSO, Abelardo D.1 and HERATY, Linnea J.1, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC-186, Chicago, IL 60607, (2)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, sturchio@uic.edu, sturchio@uic.edu
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9:05 AM
ISOTOPIC RECONNAISSANCE OF WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
VENGOSH, Avner, Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, vengosh@duke.edu, vengosh@duke.edu
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9:25 AM
WATER QUALITY ISSUES AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH IN ISRAEL
ELHANANY Sr, Sara, Israel Water Autority, Water Quality Division, 14 Hamasger st, Tel Aviv, 67776, Israel, sarael10@water.gov.il, sarael10@water.gov.il
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9:45 AM
MIDDLE EAST WATER DATA BANKS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS 1995-2004
GOODE, Daniel J., U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, LENOX, Anna M., USGS (Ret.), Centreville, VA 20120 and SHAMPINE, William J., USGS (Ret.), Ocala, FL 34481, djgoode@usgs.gov, djgoode@usgs.gov
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10:05 AM
WATER CRISIS AND OBSTACLES FACING WATER SUPPLY IN THE WEST BANK
MAREI, Amer, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Al Quds University, Abu Dis, East Jerusalem, 001000, Palestine and SALHUT, Sand, Deapartment of Buisness and Economy, Al Quds University, Abu Dis, East Jerusalem, 01000, Palestine, marei@planet.edu, marei@planet.edu
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10:25 AM
USING SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
TAMIMI, Abdelrahman, Research, Palestinian Hydrology Group, P.O. Box 565, Alnahda Street, Ramallah, Israel, a.tamimi@phg.org, a.tamimi@phg.org
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10:45 AM
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY MOUNTAINOUS AQUIFER SHARED BY ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
ADAR, Eilon M., The J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Zukerberg Institute for Water Research, and Department of Environmental Geology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, 84990, eilon@bgumail.bgu.ac.il, eilon@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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11:05 AM
BRINGING PARTIES TOGETHER: WATER IN THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
LAWSON, Charles A., NEA/RA, Room 5256, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520, lawsonca@state.gov, lawsonca@state.gov
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11:25 AM
"HYDROSTRATEGIC" TERRITORY IN THE JORDAN BASIN: WATER, WAR, AND ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
WOLF, Aaron T., Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, wolfa@geo.oregonstate.edu, wolfa@geo.oregonstate.edu
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks