Research Priorities

MENA NWC's Thematic Partnerships and illustrative research topics include:

 

GROUNDWATER

• Artificial and natural groundwater recharge/discharge
• Groundwater exploration and monitoring technologies
• Groundwater degradation
• Socioeconomics of groundwater, including governance, economics and policy

 

NON-CONVENTIONAL WATER

• Desalination
• Wastewater reuse and reclamation
• Environmental and health impacts on non-conventional water resources

 

WATER/ENERGY/FOOD NEXUS

• Optimization of the reuse of treated wastewater for peri-urban agriculture in dry areas
• Modeling water futures or modeling the water/energy/food security nexus
• Renewable energy for water treatment

 

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION

• Water quality standards, management and enforcement
• Rural water and sanitation challenges
• Improved service delivery
• Climate change

 

WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

• On-farm water-use efficiency and productivity
• Crop improvement and management
• System-wide water use management