Guidelines

Objective:

Water resources in the Arab region are scarce and often over-exploited. Measures to protect groundwater resources from becoming polluted have long time been neglected. An integrated water resources management (IWRM) is urgently needed.

Equally important in the context of IWRM is the protection of Soil Resources as a basis for the implementation of sustainable land-use forms.

The guidelines aim to improve the management, protection and sustainable use of groundwater and soil resources in the Arab region. They give recommendations which technical methods to apply for which conditions.

Groundwater

• Mapping of Groundwater Vulnerability
Volume 4, April 2003 (more>)

• Delineation of Groundwater Protection Zones
Volume 5, August 2003 (more>)

• Sustainable Groundwater Resources Management
Volume 6, September 2003 (more>)

• Groundwater Monitoring
Volume 7, January 2004 (more>)

Soil

• A Guide to Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agricultural Practice
Volume 8, December 2003 (more>)

• Soil Protection - Concepts for the Assessment of Soil Pollution
Volume 9, December 2003 (more>)

• Soil Quality Sampling and Heavy Metal Analysis in Soil with Reference to International Norms
Volume 10, December 2003 (more>)

• Use of Sewage Sludge - Importance and Risks
Volume 11, March 2004 (more>)