Groundwater abstraction management in Sana’a Basin, Yemen: a local community approach

Taher, Taha M.

doi:10.1007/s10040-016-1435-6

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“…However, recently, the establishment of WUAs to manage groundwater-based pumping installations is on the rise, mainly related to the regulation of groundwater pumping and sustainable use of the resource (Lopez-Gunn and Cortina 2006;Taher 2016). The idea to combine the management of canal irrigation systems and pumping installations under a single user organization has not yet been widely developed.…”

Section: The Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Promoting WUAs for sustainable groundwater use is a relatively new approach, particularly implemented in those regions of the world where groundwater over-exploitation poses a threat to the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of irrigated agriculture. For example, in Yemen and China, WUAs can play an important role in restricting farmers' groundwater abstraction, with a few particularly successful examples of participatory WUA processes and roles (Aarnoudse et al 2012;Taher 2016).…”

Section: Water Resource Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Aarnoudse¹,

Closas²,

Lefore³

2018

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Working PapersThe publications in this series record the work and thinking of IWMI researchers, and knowledge that the Institute's scientific management feels is worthy of documenting. This series will ensure that scientific data and other information gathered or prepared as a part of the research work of the Institute are recorded and referenced. Working Papers could include project reports, case studies, conference or workshop proceedings, discussion papers or reports on progress of research, country-specific research reports, monographs, etc. Working Papers may be copublished, by IWMI and partner organizations.Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMIIWMI's mission is to provide evidence-based solutions to sustainably manage water and land resources for food security, people's livelihoods and the environment. IWMI works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a tangible impact on poverty reduction, food security and ecosystem health.

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Section: The Conceptmentioning

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Section: Water Resource Systemmentioning

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Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Aarnoudse¹,

Closas²,

Lefore³

2018

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“…For example, in the latest issues of Groundwater ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwat.2016.54.issue-4/issuetoc ) and the Hydrogeology Journal ( http://link.springer.com/journal/10040/24/6/page/1 ) (two major groundwater-related journals not included in our journal selection), 17 out of 17 and 17 out of 18 contributions, respectively, have a sole focus on natural science aspects of groundwater. The only report in the Hydrogeology Journal that deals with societal aspects of groundwater is written by a single author [ 43 ]and according to our indicators, has a mono-disciplinary focus on social sciences. Even the latest issue of WRR ( http://link.springer.com/journal/11269/30/12/page/1 ), a journal where we had expected more social science or multidisciplinary content, is in line with our findings.…”

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Natural and Social Sciences – Status and Trends Exemplified in Groundwater Research

Barthel

Seidl

2017

PLoS ONE

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Interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly between natural and social sciences, is perceived as crucial to solving the significant challenges facing humanity. However, despite the need for such collaboration being expressed more frequently and intensely, it remains unclear to what degree such collaboration actually takes place, what trends and developments there are and which actors are involved. Previous studies, often based on bibliometric analysis of large bodies of literature, partly observed an increase in interdisciplinary collaboration in general, but in particular, the collaboration among distant fields was less explored. Other more qualitative studies found that interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly between natural and social scientists was not well developed, and obstacles abounded. To shed some light on the actual status and developments of this collaboration, we performed an analysis based on a sample of articles on groundwater research. We first identified journals and articles therein that potentially combined natural and social science aspects of groundwater research. Next, we analysed the disciplinary composition of their authors’ teams, cited references, titles and keywords, making use of our detailed personal expertise in groundwater research and its interdisciplinary aspects. We combined several indicators developed from this analysis into a final classification of the degree of multidisciplinarity of each article. Covering the period between 1990 and 2014, we found that the overall percentage of multidisciplinary articles was in the low single-digit range, with only slight increases over the past decades. The interdisciplinarity of individuals plays a major role compared to interdisciplinarity involving two or more researchers. If collaboration with natural sciences takes place, social science is represented most often by economists. As a side result, we found that journals publishing multidisciplinary research had lower impact factors on average, and multidisciplinary papers were cited much less than mono-disciplinary ones.

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“…The average annual rainfall ranged from 130 mm in the eastern coastal areas to more than 600 mm in the southwestern highlands [16]. According to studies conducted by [17], the average rainfall amounted to 200 mm annually in the Sana'a Basin that representing 30% of the total study area, while [8][9][10][11][18][19][20][21][22][23] mentioned the annual rainfall ranged between 100 and 350 mm. [12] indicated that the average rainfall ranged between 250 to 300 mm annually.…”

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“…In Sana'a region, the recent rapid population growth and increased water consumption for the agriculture sector (especially qat cultivation) as well as a dearth of precipitation, have led to an overuse of groundwater. The amount of groundwater extracted from the Sana'a basin is about 400% of the amount of recharge [8], so most of the groundwater wells in the study area dried up due to the drop in the groundwater level, which is estimated at 6-8 meters annually [9,10]. The increase in population with water scarcity poses significant challenges to the state economically, socially, and politically and threatens the stability of the environment [11].…”

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Assessment of Water Resources in Sana’a Region, Yemen Republic (Study Case)

Aljawzi¹,

Fang²,

Khailah³

et al. 2022

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Yemen is a water-scarce country with inadequate fresh water and considerable groundwater depletion, as well as a lack of adequate surface water. The study region is considered an arid region, and there is insufficient water to meet the needs of the region's yearly population growth rate of 4 %. This study aims to assess the water resources in the Sana'a region and to identify the current water situation and forecast for the future. Rainfall changes spatial and temporal in very few quantities and an annual average of 267 mm. Water harvesting facilities are entirely filled by 75% of the total water facilities in the rainy seasons. The groundwater level in Sana’a Basin decreases about 6-8 meters annually due to the increase in the number of wells, the abundance of abstraction, and the lack of recharge. The amount of abstraction exceeds 400% of the recharge in the Sana'a basin. The water per capita is 70 - 85 m³ annually. It is an abstraction from the aquifers by private wells. The crop cultivated area decreased from 184217 hectares in 2007 to 122583 hectares in 2018 due to lack of water. The sewage treatment plant treats 18.25 Mm³ annually, with less than 70 % efficiency. The water deficit is about 500 to 723 Mm³ annually; it is an abstraction from the aquifers by private wells. The current water situation in the Sana'a region is catastrophic, and the planning and management must ensure a water balance in the future.

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Groundwater abstraction management in Sana’a Basin, Yemen: a local community approach

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Natural and Social Sciences – Status and Trends Exemplified in Groundwater Research

Assessment of Water Resources in Sana’a Region, Yemen Republic (Study Case)

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