Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia:
Identification and Removal of Bottlenecks for Extended Use of Wastewater for Irrigation or other Purposes
The southern Mediterranean countries are characterised by arid or semi-arid climates and have only limited fresh water resources. Most of these countries have started to explore new ways to meet their fresh water demand, for instance through desalination or the reuse of wastewater.
The FEMIP Trust Fund - through the European Investment Bank - finances a comparative study to examine the current reuse of wastewater in the region. It shall identify bottlenecks preventing a more extensive use and analyse how these bottlenecks can be removed or reduced. The study focuses on five of the nine FEMIP partner countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia. AHT GROUP AG has been contracted for implementing this study and has started his activities on 1st of November 2008. Study duration is eight months.
The study shall assess factors that contribute to a conducive environment for reuse and identify significant existing and planned wastewater reuse schemes with a realistic potential for implementation within the next five years. The study will also identify and contact key persons, promoters of already existing schemes and other relevant stakeholders in the target countries. The following outputs shall be achieved:
- a technical paper presenting the latest technologies as well as legal, institutional, economic and public opinion issues;
- concise country reports describing the present situation, potentials and planned schemes;
- project briefs for identified potential schemes;
- an internet platform for communication and dissemination of results and contributions;
- a network for the exchange of experiences among the different key players from the target countries;
- organisation of a final workshop with selected key players.
Contact persons within AHT-GROUP:
Dr. Georg Bauer +49 (201) 2016 270 bauer@aht-group.com
Mr. Ulrich Sammet +49 (201) 2016 258 sammet@aht-group.com
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