TY - GEN
T1 - An integrated water resources management strategy for Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates
AU - Mohamed, Mohamed Mostafa
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Al-Ain is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the third in the UAE. Currently, desalination plants are the only source of drinking water in the city with an average daily supply of 170 MIG. Recently, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) released Al-Ain 2030 Plan. Projects suggested in this plan, over and above the expected natural population growth, will certainly put additional stress on the water resources in the city. Therefore, Al-Ain city seems to be in urgent need for an integrated water resources management strategy towards achieving sustainable development. This strategy will contain three main components; namely, a Water Demand Forecasting Model (WDFM), a Water Budget Model (WBM), and a Water Resources Optimization Model (WROM). The main aim of this paper is to present the WBM that estimates all inflows and outflows to assess water resources sustainability in the city.
AB - Al-Ain is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the third in the UAE. Currently, desalination plants are the only source of drinking water in the city with an average daily supply of 170 MIG. Recently, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) released Al-Ain 2030 Plan. Projects suggested in this plan, over and above the expected natural population growth, will certainly put additional stress on the water resources in the city. Therefore, Al-Ain city seems to be in urgent need for an integrated water resources management strategy towards achieving sustainable development. This strategy will contain three main components; namely, a Water Demand Forecasting Model (WDFM), a Water Budget Model (WBM), and a Water Resources Optimization Model (WROM). The main aim of this paper is to present the WBM that estimates all inflows and outflows to assess water resources sustainability in the city.
KW - Integrated water resources
KW - Management
KW - United Arab Emirates
KW - Water budget
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U2 - 10.5194/piahs-364-273-2014
DO - 10.5194/piahs-364-273-2014
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904804235
SN - 9781907161421
T3 - IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports
SP - 273
EP - 278
BT - Evolving Water Resources Systems
PB - IAHS Press
T2 - Bologna IAHS 2014 - 6th IAHS-EGU International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management
Y2 - 4 June 2014 through 6 June 2014
ER -