Welcome

to the cooperation project

"Management, Protection and Sustainable Use of Groundwater and Soil Resources in the Arab Region"

between the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR).

PROJECT PHASE III & IV (April 2004 - July 2011)

"Developing, Applying and Disseminating a Decision Support System (DSS) for Water Management in the Arab Region"

NEW DSS - Information brochures

Events & News

1. Regional Conference: Applying WEAP as a Decision Support System for IWRM, was held May 25-27, 2009 in Sednaya, SYRIA, see details

DSS-Training Seminars (WEAP-MODFLOW)

- September 2-6, 2007, Damascus, SYRIA

- February 11-15, 2008, Marrakech, MOROCCO

- March 9-13, 2008, Amman, JORDAN

- April 21-25, 2008, Agadir, MOROCCO

- November 24-28, 2008, Tunis, TUNISIA

- January 26-31,2009, Tunis, TUNISIA

- March 2-7, 2009, Tunis, TUNISIA

NEW DSS-Applications in the MENA - Region

Recent Project Publications:

NEW DSS-Tutorial: How to link WEAP and MODFLOW together

NEW DSS-TOOL: Modflow2Weap 3.0

DSS-Report: Development and Applicaton of a Decision Support System for Water Resoures Management in Zabadani Basin, SYRIA and Berrechid Basin, MOROCCO.
Vulnerability Mapping: Report on the Compilation of a Groundwater Vulnerability Map, Zabadani Basin, SYRIA

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