A Water Sector Assessment Report on the Countries of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf

The main objective of the Water Sector Review in the member countries the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) is to (1) conduct a diagnosis of the current situation of the water sector, identify issues in the GCC region, evaluate the GCC governments' current water policies,...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Rural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE WATER AMOUNT OF RECHARGE ANNUAL RAINFALL ANNUAL RUNOFF AQUIFER AQUIFER MANAGEMENT AQUIFERS ARID ZONES AUGMENTATION AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BASIC SANITATION BRACKISH WATER BROAD RANGE BUILD-OWN BULK WATER SUPPLY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COASTAL AREAS COLLECTION NETWORKS COLLECTION SYSTEM CONSERVE WATER CONSTRUCTION CORROSION COST OF WATER COST RECOVERY COVERING CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DAILY WATER CONSUMPTION DAMS DECISION MAKERS DESALINATION DISPOSAL SYSTEMS DISSOLVED SOLIDS DISTILLATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER DEMAND DRILLING RIGS DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ELECTRODIALYSIS EVAPORATION FEED WATER FLOODING FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER AVAILABILITY FRESHWATER RESOURCES FRESHWATER SUPPLY GAS GRAVITY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESERVES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HIGH LEVELS HYDROLOGY INDUSTRIAL USES INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE IRRIGATION IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION PURPOSES IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATION WATER LEAKAGE LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY MAINTENANCE OF WATER MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARGINAL COST MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MEASUREMENTS METROPOLITAN AREAS MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATURAL WATER RESOURCES OIL SPILLS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OPERATORS PIPED WATER PIPELINES POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POTABLE SUPPLIES POTABLE WATER POWER STATION PRESSURE PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING PUMPS RECLAIMED WATER REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY MECHANISMS RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RESOURCE CONSERVATION REVERSE OSMOSIS RIVERS SALINE WATER SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION UTILITIES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SEAWATER SECTORAL WATER SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEPTIC TANKS SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEWAGE COLLECTION SEWAGE DISPOSAL SEWERAGE COLLECTION SEWERAGE NETWORK SOURCES OF WATER SPRINGS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE WATER TARIFF RATES TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNICAL STANDARDS TREATMENT PLANTS UNDERGROUND WATER UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT URBAN WATER SUPPLY UTILITIES UTILITY SERVICES VALUABLE INFORMATION WASTE DISPOSAL WASTEWATER WASTEWATER COLLECTION WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WASTEWATER REUSE WASTEWATER SERVICES WASTEWATER SYSTEMS WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WATER AUTHORITY WATER BODIES WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WATER METERING WATER METERS WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICING WATER PRODUCTION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RIGHTS WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STATISTICS WATER STORAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT WATER SUPPLY SERVICE WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER TABLE WATER TARIFF WATER TARIFFS WATER TRANSFER WATER USERS WATER USERS ASSOCIATION WATER USES WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/9452972/water-sector-assessment-report-countries-cooperation-council-arab-states-gulf http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8719

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Summary:	The main objective of the Water Sector Review in the member countries the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) is to (1) conduct a diagnosis of the current situation of the water sector, identify issues in the GCC region, evaluate the GCC governments' current water policies, and propose recommendations for improved Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Phase I of the study; (2) present key findings and recommendations at the GCC Water Conference in Bahrain, September 19-20, 2005, where Government officials, academic specialists and technical experts from the region would provide inputs to this study; and (3) if amenable to the GCC governments, conduct Phase II of the study to develop specific policies and action plans for more sustainable water resources management in individual GCC states.

A Water Sector Assessment Report on the Countries of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf

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