TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of water harvesting and managed aquifer recharge potential in Upper Fara'basin in Palestine
T2 - Comparing MYWAS and water productivity approaches
AU - Tiehatten, Bernardien
AU - Assaf, K
AU - Barhumic, Hala
AU - Bastiaanssen, Wim
AU - Ghaneme, Marwan
AU - Jayyousi, Anan
AU - Marei, Amer
AU - Mostert, Erik
AU - Shadeed, Sameer
AU - Schoups, Gerrit
AU - Smidt, Ebel
AU - Zayed, O
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The Upper Wadi Fara' basin, located at the West Bank, Palestine, has an average annual rainfall of 500 mm, which occurs only during winter. Agriculture uses stored soil water and complimentary irrigation from groundwater. Water harvesting (WH) and managed aquifer recharge (MAR) therefore is essential for sustainable water resources management in the basin. This study focuses on the comparison between two methods to determine best practices for WH/MAR. The first method uses the change in water productivity and can be considered a one parameter cost benefit analysis (CBA). The other method concerns the multi year water allocation system (MYWAS), which uses water demand curves to evaluate economic scenarios. It is concluded that the highest cost effectiveness of WH/MAR measures in upper Wadi Fara' basin is reached when water is stored as soil water. However, this is a politically disputed measure in the Israel-Palestine shared aquifer. Both models are useful tools in decisive stakeholder participation processes
AB - The Upper Wadi Fara' basin, located at the West Bank, Palestine, has an average annual rainfall of 500 mm, which occurs only during winter. Agriculture uses stored soil water and complimentary irrigation from groundwater. Water harvesting (WH) and managed aquifer recharge (MAR) therefore is essential for sustainable water resources management in the basin. This study focuses on the comparison between two methods to determine best practices for WH/MAR. The first method uses the change in water productivity and can be considered a one parameter cost benefit analysis (CBA). The other method concerns the multi year water allocation system (MYWAS), which uses water demand curves to evaluate economic scenarios. It is concluded that the highest cost effectiveness of WH/MAR measures in upper Wadi Fara' basin is reached when water is stored as soil water. However, this is a politically disputed measure in the Israel-Palestine shared aquifer. Both models are useful tools in decisive stakeholder participation processes
KW - Palestine
KW - water harvesting
KW - managed aquifer recharge
KW - water basin planning and management
KW - MYWAS
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b79a4491-e79d-40ee-9a68-9a4994d9857a
U2 - 10.1504/IJGENVI.2017.083432
DO - 10.1504/IJGENVI.2017.083432
M3 - Article
SN - 1466-6650
VL - 16
SP - 29
EP - 44
JO - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
JF - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
IS - 1/2/3
ER -