The water problem in Kuwait

Darwish, M.A.; Al‐Najem, N.M.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2004.07.053

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“…Based on an anticipated 20% saving in water consumption (Fadlelmawla and Azrag 2005;Al-Senafy et al 2008), US$3/m 3 water production and supply costs (Darwish and Al-Najem 2005) and US$0.58/m 3 water billing rate, the net benefits of this measure will be in the range of US$250 million/year. New legislative regulation that describes the maximum allowable flow rates from the various household fixtures, identifies what would be considered as wasteful use of water and specifies the penalties would be needed to mandate the above water conservation measures.…”

Section: Policy Target (1): Reduction Of Demandsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…For all benefit estimations, with the exception of alternative desalination technology benefits, the total cost of water (capital investment, production and supply costs) is set at $3/m 3 (Darwish and Al-Najem 2005) and revenues at $0.58/m 3 (Al-Otaibi and Mukhopadhyay 2005).…”

Section: Framework Approach and Scopementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although a considerable amount of literature can be found on water resources of Kuwait, a lot of it is on the assessment and characterization of the resources (Bergstrom and Aten 1964;Senay 1977;Al-Ruwaih 1984;Mukhopadhyay et al 1996;Al-Sulaimi et al 1997;Al-Rashed and Sherif 2000;Fadlelmawla et al 2007;and others), significantly less studies are on specific management issues (Darwish and Al-Najem 2005;Mukhopadhyay et al 1994Mukhopadhyay et al , 2000Mukhopadhyay et al , 2001Al-Rashed et al 1998;Fadlelmawla 2006) and even less studies on the overall water resources and their management issues (Fadlelmawla and Al-Otaibi 2005;Al-Otaibi and Mukhopadhyay 2005). Fadlelmawla and Al-Otaibi (2005) provide an account of the available water resources of the country, discuss the current and projected production and demands, and criticize some of the current management practices while providing alternatives.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Though being on the verge of a water crisis for years (Darwish and Al-Najem 2005), water resources management in Kuwait has remained without a clear structured policy. Instead, single-angled policies and responses to potential crises have been the main drive.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Towards Sustainable Water Policy in Kuwait: Reforms of the Current Practices and the Required Investments, Institutional and Legislative Measures

Fadlelmawla

2008

Water Resour Manage

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The water policies of Kuwait are in need of major reforms in order to cope with the ever-increasing demands without burdening the country's economy. As it stands, the simple approach of increasing desalination capacities and groundwater withdrawal to meet the demands is hurting the economy as well as the natural resources, and is bound to lead the country into a serious water crisis. In this context, this paper discusses the potential alternatives to the current water policies of Kuwait.

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Section: Policy Target (1): Reduction Of Demandsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Framework Approach and Scopementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards Sustainable Water Policy in Kuwait: Reforms of the Current Practices and the Required Investments, Institutional and Legislative Measures

Fadlelmawla

2008

Water Resour Manage

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“…In arid and semi-arid countries power demand is characterized by high variation due to changes in the ambient temperature and relative humidity, whereas water demand remains almost the same over the whole year [8]. These changes result in operating cogeneration plant (power and water) in different seasonal scenarios to meet the variation in power while maintaining water supply.…”

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Validation of Simulation Model for Cogeneration Power and Water Desalination Plant

Al-Weshahi¹,

Anderson²,

Tian³

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IJMO

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Abstract-Cogeneration power and MSF water desalination plant has been modelled using the IPSEpro software package based on plant operational scenarios and validated against measured recorded data from the plant. The relative differences between the model results and measured plant data vary from 1.1% to 3.7% for the power plant and 1.0 % to 1.8 % for MSF desalination. The model uncertainties could be attributed to either modelling assumptions or to input data uncertainties, with measured plant performance uncertainties due to measurement device precision and effects of external factors.

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Energetic and exergetic analysis of a hybrid combined-nuclear power plant

Alsairafi

2011

Int. J. Energy Res.

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SUMMARY Combined‐cycle power plants are currently preferred for new power generation plants worldwide. The performance of gas‐turbine engines can be enhanced at constant turbine inlet temperatures with the addition of a bottoming waste‐heat recovery cycle. This paper presents a study on the energy and exergy analysis of a novel hybrid Combined‐Nuclear Power Plant (HCNPP). It is thus interesting to evaluate the possibility of integrating the gas turbine with nuclear power plant of such a system, utilizing virtually free heat. The integration arrangement of the AP600 NPP steam cycle with gas turbines from basic thermodynamic considerations will be described. The AP600 steam cycle modifications to combine with the gas turbines can be applied to other types of NPP. A simple modeling of Alstom gas turbines cycle, one of the major combined‐cycle steam turbines manufacturers, hybridized with a nuclear power plant from energetic and exergetic viewpoint is provided. The Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) has single steam pressure without reheat, one superheater and one economizer. The thermodynamic parameters of the working fluids of both the gas and the steam turbines cycles are analyzed by modeling the thermodynamic cycle using the Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software. In case of hybridizing, the existing Alstom gas turbine with a pressurized water nuclear power plants using the newly proposed novel solution, we can increase the electricity output and efficiency significantly. If we convert a traditional combined cycle to HCNPP unit, we can achieve about 20% increase in electricity output. This figure emphasizes the significance of restructuring our power plant technology and exploring a wider variety of HCNPP solutions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The water problem in Kuwait

Cited by 37 publications

References 8 publications

Towards Sustainable Water Policy in Kuwait: Reforms of the Current Practices and the Required Investments, Institutional and Legislative Measures

Towards Sustainable Water Policy in Kuwait: Reforms of the Current Practices and the Required Investments, Institutional and Legislative Measures

Validation of Simulation Model for Cogeneration Power and Water Desalination Plant

Energetic and exergetic analysis of a hybrid combined-nuclear power plant

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