Theme 1- Land & Water Governance and Cooperation Technical Session: Transboundary Water Resource Management Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System By Ahmed R. Khater , Ph.D., Professor, Water Resources Management National Water Research Center (NWRC) Egypt, Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan

1. Theme 1- Land & Water Governance and Cooperation
Technical Session: T1
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Management Practice of
Transboundary Groundwater:
The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
Ahmed R. Khater , Ph.D.
Professor, Water Resources
Management
National Water Research Center
(NWRC)
Egypt.
Amman, Jordan
15 – 18 December 2013

2. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
1 Issues :Transboundary Water
> 270 Transboundary Aquifer Systems
NSAS
Groundwater ignores political boundaries
1/9

3. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
1 Issues :Transboundary Water
 Hydrological & socio-economic interdependencies.
 Can lead to serious transboundary problems.
Cooperatio
n
Or
2/9
Conflicts

4. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
1 Issues :Transboundary Water
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
[NSAS]
Chad
Egypt
Libya
Sudan
3/9

5. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
Transboundary Water
1 Issues :
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
1970’s
19--’s
[NSAS] 1950’s 1960’s
4/9

6. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
2 Good
Practice :
Evolution of
Regional
Cooperation
NSAS
Joint Authority
Organogram
http://nsasja.org/index_en.php
5/9

7. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
2 Good
Practice :
Support provided
Regional and
from
International
Organizations
6/9
Evolution of
Regional
Cooperation

8. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
2 Good
Practice :
Evolution of
Regional
Cooperation
Regional
Simulation Models
7/9

9. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
3 Challenges &
Opportunities :
To
promote
transition
from
transboundary
cooperation
on
joint
assessment
to
joint
management.
NSAS
8/9

10. Management Practice of Transboundary Groundwater: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
3 Challenges &
Opportunities :Strategic
Action
Program Endorsed at
Ministerial Level
9/9

11. Management Practice of
Transboundary Groundwater:
The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
Ahmed R. Khater , Ph.D.
Professor, Water Resources
Management
National Water Research Center
(NWRC)
Egypt.