Impacts of climate change on the municipal water management system in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Vulnerability assessment and adaptation options

Al-Zubari, Waleed; El‐Sadek, Alaa; Al-Aradi, Mohamed J.; Al-Mahal, Hameed A.

doi:10.1016/j.crm.2018.02.002

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“…In addition, global warming will also stimulate residential water demand. We calculated the global warming effect on residential water demand by assuming future residential water demand will increase by 1% as daily maximum air temperature increases 1 C according to the previous studies (Wang & Yang, 2010;Polebitski & Palmer, 2010;Al-Zubari et al, 2018). The daily maximum temperature data was also obtained from the WorldClim database.…”

Section: Projection Of Water Demands Under Future Climate Changementioning

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Impacts of climate change on water resources in the major countries along the Belt and Road

2021

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Background Climate change has altered global hydrological cycles mainly due to changes in temperature and precipitation, which may exacerbate the global and regional water shortage issues, especially in the countries along the Belt and Road (B&R). Methods In this paper, we assessed water supply, demand, and stress under three climate change scenarios in the major countries along the Belt and Road. We ensembled ten Global Climate Model (GCM) runoff data and downscaled it to a finer resolution of 0.1° × 0.1° by the random forest model. Results Our results showed that the GCM runoff was highly correlated with the FAO renewable water resources and thus could be used to estimate water supply. Climate change would increase water supply by 4.85%, 5.18%, 8.16% and water demand by 1.45%, 1.68%, 2.36% under RCP 2.6, 4.5, and 8.5 scenarios by 2050s, respectively. As a result, climate change will, in general, have little impact on water stress in the B&R countries as a whole. However, climate change will make future water resources more unevenly distributed among the B&R countries and regions, exacerbating water stress in some countries, especially in Central Asia and West Asia. Our results are informative for water resource managers and policymakers in the B&R countries to make sustainable water management strategies under future climate change.

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Section: Projection Of Water Demands Under Future Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of climate change on water resources in the major countries along the Belt and Road

2021

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“…3 Therefore, water supply vulnerability in Java is about the management of water and distribution at different scales that include and affect the regional scale (city districts), as well as the village and urban household. Lifestyle and water consumption pattern are some of the other factors that affect drinking water vulnerability (Al-Zubari, El Sadek, Al Jaradi, & Al Mahal, 2018).…”

Section: The Challenges Of Urban Domestic Water Supply and The Vulnerabilities In The Global South And Indonesiamentioning

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Domestic Water Adequacy of Surakarta, Indonesia: Is it Prone to Vulnerability?

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2019

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

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One of the goals of sustainable development is to provide clean water to all. Rapidly growing cities have to deal with limited water resources. Providing safe water is one of the critical issues in the Global South. This article assesses the vulnerability of domestic water supply of Surakarta, a rapidly urbanized medium-sized city in Java. The vulnerability was assessed at the city scale and the household scale. The study recommends establishment of a regional water reservoir as a necessity through regional cooperation. Every stakeholder of cities and regions should be aware of the importance of water. Therefore, the development of collaborative capacity of local governments is one of the key determinants of dealing with the problem of domestic water supply.

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“…Divided to sewage waste and solid waste. Bahrain has nine catchments, which combine all types of wastewater inflow from all sectors, which then will be handled by wastewater facilities with a total capacity of 420,504 m 3 /day [9]. Approximately 32% of the total solid waste in Bahrain are from the domestic sector.…”

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confidence: 99%