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News Egypt: Eastern Desert Project launched a new GIS website

The Eastern Desert Project is a three-years targeted research project funded by UNDP/GEF, launched in 2002. The project explores new avenues to better estimation of the development potential of groundwater in aquifers underlying wadi systems.

The project aims to develop a replicable model for demonstrating different approaches to integrate groundwater resources of watersheds into water budget in arid regions. The project conducts comprehensive studies leading to the development, validation and demonstration of techniques for evaluating the extent of alternative water resources arising from sporadic precipitation over large watersheds in arid and semi-arid areas while using the Eastern Desert of Egypt as the pilot site.

The project develops procedures that can be used to accurately estimate the available groundwater water resources, its distribution, quantity, and development potential. These are tested for the Eastern Desert of Egypt and are potentially applicable for all Arab and MENA countries to enhance planning for water management with minimum environmental, financial, and social risks

The new GIS website was launched based on an agreement between MWRI (Egypt), Cairo University (Egypt) &  Western Michigan University (USA).

Dedicated project website: http://www.esrs.wmich.edu/UNDP-IMS.htm






Contact information Mohamed Rami Mahmoud, Ph.D, P.E., Research Professor in National Water Research Center, Undersecretary, Head of Central Directorate for Resources and Uses of Water, General Supervisor of Main Information Center & DSS, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Cairo, Egypt. (Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation, Kornish El-Nile, Imbaba-Giza 12666- Egypt) (email: rami@mwri.gov.eg ; radwan@link.net)
Phone: +202-35449482 ; Fax: +202-35449481
News type Inbrief
File link http://gis.mwri.gov.eg/gis/
Source of information Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation ( MWRI ) - EGYPT, Main Information Center - GIS Department
Keyword(s) GIS, remote sensing, groundwater
Subject(s) METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS
Relation http://www.semide.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj840291
Geographical coverage Egypt
News date 28/01/2008
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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