MORWater
MObile App For Optimizing and Promoting Rain WATER Harvesting in Semi-Arid Regions: Collecting Rain for A Self-Sustaining and Self-Reliant Palestinian Water Supply (MORWater)
Category: Water Resources
Duration: 01/05/2017 to 31/12/2019
Objectives:
Characterization of the study area (entire West Bank) and building of GIS-based database Water supply-demand gap analysis Water vulnerability and rain water harvesting suitability mapping Assessment of the linkage/interaction between water vulnerability and RWH suitability maps Identification of the potential RWH sites and technologies (based on RWH suitability map) for domestic and agricultural uses (catchment level) Assessment of the potential social and environmental impacts of the proposed RWH techniques (catchment level) Economic feasibility of adopting RWH techniques (catchment level) Preparation of guidelines Formulation of policy briefs Development of MORWater mobile app
- Characterization of the study area (entire West Bank) and building of GIS-based database
- Water supply-demand gap analysis
- Water vulnerability and rain water harvesting suitability mapping
- Assessment of the linkage/interaction between water vulnerability and RWH suitability maps
- Identification of the potential RWH sites and technologies (based on RWH suitability map) for domestic and agricultural uses (catchment level)
- Assessment of the potential social and environmental impacts of the proposed RWH techniques (catchment level)
- Economic feasibility of adopting RWH techniques (catchment level)
- Preparation of guidelines
- Formulation of policy briefs
- Development of MORWater mobile app