Conference Schedule - International Conference on Water

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Under the patronage of His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
6th International Conference
on Water Resources and
Arid Environments
Held concurrently with the awards ceremony of the
Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize
for Water (6th Award 2014)
ICWRAE 6th Con. Sponsors Logos Final
16-17 December 2014 (24-25 Safar 1436H)
King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ICWRAE 6th Con. Sponsors Logos Final
Conference Schedule
Under the patronage of His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
6th International Conference
on Water Resources and
Arid Environments
Held concurrently with the awards ceremony of the
ICWRAE
Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize
ICWRAE
for Water (6th Award
2014)6th Con. Sponsors Log
ICWRAE
6thSponsors
Con. Sponsors
Logos
ICWRAE
6th
Con.
Logos
Final
16-17 December 2014 (24-25 Safar 1436H)
King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Conference Schedule
ICWRAE General Information
Description
ICWRAE is an internationally refereed scientific conference
focusing on original research that seeks solutions for
water-related problems and environmental concerns in
arid and semi-arid regions of the world.
groundwater.
3.Innovative methods for water production from nontraditional water resources.
4. Remote sensing and GIS applications for water resources
management.
5.Water harvesting and groundwater recharge.
PSIPW Awards Ceremony
II. Water Conservation
The awards ceremony for the 6th Award of the Prince
Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water was held
on 15 December 2014 in conjunction with ICWRAE 6.
1.Water conservation in the agricultural, industrial, and
municipal sectors.
2.New technologies and methods for water conservation.
Organizers
III. Arid Environments
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1.Pollution of desert environments.
2.
Climate change and its impact on the desert
environment.
3.Plant cover in arid environments.
4.Conservation of biodiversity in arid environments.
5.Desertification and how to combat it .
- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for
Water.
- King Saud University, represented by the Prince Sultan
Institute for Environmental, Water & Desert Research.
- Ministry of Water & Electricity.
Venue
IV. Utilization of New Technologies in the Study of
Arid Environments and their Natural Resources
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conference Language
1.Remote sensing (systems and techniques).
2.Geographical information systems (GIS)
and Global positioning systems (GPS).
3.Biotechnology.
4.Modern measuring systems and devices.
5.Utilization of sustainable energy.
in water resource development.
English.
Conference Objectives
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- To provide a scientific framework for awarding the
Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for
Water and to invite nominations for the 7th Award.
- To exchange knowledge and share information about
water resources and desert-related fields.
- To explore the use of new technologies in the study
of arid and semi-arid environments and their natural
resources.
- To provide an opportunity for decision makers, experts,
and scientists to share their expertise in order to find
integrative and comprehensive solutions for water
resource problems.
Refereed Papers
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All of the scientific papers submitted to the conference
were refereed by an international panel of referees.
Conference Topics
Contact
I. Water Resources
Dr. Adulmalek Al Alshaikh, Conference Chairman
(+96611) 467-5571 (phone) (+96611) 467-5574 (fax)
[email protected] www.icwrae-psipw.org
1.Innovative methods for rain and runoff water modeling.
2.Assessment and control of radioactive contamination in
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6th International Conference on
Water Resources and Arid Environments
Riyadh, 16-17 December 2014
OPENING SESSION SCHEDULE – KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
Tuesday 16 / 12 / 2014 – King Saud University – Hamed Aljaser Hall
10:00 - 11:30
11:45
Opening Ceremony
Bus Transportation to Marriott Courtyard Hotel
REGISTRATION – MARRIOTT COURTYARD HOTEL
Tuesday 16 / 12 / 2014 – Marriott Courtyard Hotel
12:00 - 1:00
Prayer, Registration and Light Refreshments
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SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS – MARRIOTT COURTYARD HOTEL
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Tuesday 16 / 12 / 2014 – Assafeer Hall (1)
Time
Desalination
Session no.: 1A
Chairperson: H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman M. Al Ibraheem
Rapporteur: Dr. Abed Alataway
1:00 - 1:30
Keynote Speaker: Polycarpos Falaras (Alternative Water Resources
Prize Winner)
Efficient Water Purification Using Nanotechnology and Solar
Energy
1:30 - 1:45
Seawater Desalination by Air Gap Membrane Distillation with
Hydrophobic Tunisian Clay Membrane
Sabeur Khemakhem
1:45 - 2:00
Water Production from Seawater Multi Stage Flash Desalination
Plant: A Case Study of Misurata, Libya
Eman Hasan Salama
2:00 - 2:15
On-Line Anti scaling System for RO Membrane Pretreatment
Khaled M. Naguib, Maha M. Elshafei and Sherien M. Ahmed
2:15 - 2:30
Membrane Manufacturing, Testing, and Evaluation in Brackish
Water Desalination in the Arid Regions: A Case Study in Wadi ElAssiuti, Upper Egypt
E.M. Abu El Ella and M.M. Sellim
2:30 - 2:45
Study of Environmental Impact of a Desalination Plant In Semi
Arid Regions
Noureddine Hassini, Abdelmadjid Dobbi and Belaid Abderrahmani
3:00
Lunch
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Tuesday 16/ 12/ 2014 – Assafeer Hall (2)
Time
Water conservation
Session no.: 1B
Chairperson: H. E. Dr. Khalid A. Al-Hamoudi
Rapporteur Dr. Qassem Trawneh
1:00 - 1:30
Keynote Speaker: William W-G. Yeh (Water Management &
Protection Prize Winner)
On the Development of Optimization Models for the
Management and Operation of Large-Scale Water Resources
Systems
1:30 - 1:45
A New Conceptual Framework for Water Conservation Based
On Addressing Water Balance, Crop Rotation and Economics
A.Z. El-Bably, S. A. Abd El-Hafez, M.A. Mahmoud and Samiha A. H. Oud
1:45 - 2:00
Water Conservation Practices in Agriculture to Cope With
Water Scarcity
Mirvat E. Gobarah
2:00 - 2:15
Water Resources Conservation in Agriculture: Sensitivity
Analysis for Climate Change and Growing Seasons
Shakhawat Chowdhury and Muhammad Al-Zahrani
2:15 - 2:30
Managing Water Demands for a Rapidly Growing City in SemiArid Environment: Study of Las Vegas, Nevada
Sajjad Ahmad
2:30 - 2:45
Improving the Management of Water Intended to Irrigate
Vegetables in Plastic Houses in Palestine
Majed Subhi Abusharkh
3:00
Lunch
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SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS – MARRIOTT COURTYARD HOTEL
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Wednesday 17/ 12/ 2014 – Assafeer Hall (1)
Time
Wastewater treatment and reuse
Session no.: 2A
Chairperson: Dr. Ibrahim S. Almutaz
8:30 - 8:45
Integrated Wastewater Reuse Management for Sustainable
Agriculture Development: A Green Technology Approach
Malairajan Singanan
8:45 - 9:00
Low-Cost Technology for Wastewater Treatment for Irrigation
Reuse
Esawy Kasem Mahmoued
9:00 - 9:15
Environmental Impacts of Industrial Wastewater Effluents on
Water Quality of Nile River
Abdelkader T. Ahmed
9:15 - 9:30
Application of Nanostructured Microbial Enzyme for
Bioremediation of Industrial Wastewater
Osama M.Darwesh, Hassan Moawad and Wafaa M. Abd El-Rahim
9:30 - 9:45
Socio-Economic Studies on Treated Wastewater Reuse in
Western Desert, Egypt: An Integrated Approach
Ezzat. M. Abd El Lateef, Jeremy E. Hall, Mahmoud A.A. Farrag and Aziza
A. Farrag
10:00 - 10:30
Light Refreshments
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Time
Ground water modeling and climate change
Session no.:- 3A Chairperson: Dr. Abdulmalek A. Al AlShaikh
Rapporteur Eng. Ali Wafa Abu-Risheh
10:30 - 11:00
Keynote Speaker:- Kristine M. Larson (Creativity Prize Winner)
Using GPS Networks to Measure Soil Moisture, Snow Depth, and
Vegetation Water Content
11:00 -11:15
The Development Trends of Groundwater Horizon Surface
Depression and Sea Water Intrusion Impact in Liepaja City
Juris Burlakovs and Dzintars Lacis
11:15 - 11:30
Groundwater Modeling of an Aquifer in Sharqiyah Region,
Sultanate of Oman
Ahmad Sana and Mahad Baawain
11:30 - 11:45
Climate Change Impact on Groundwater in Cheliff-Zahrez Basin
(Algeria)
M. Meddi and A. Boucefiane
11:45 -12:00
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater
Resources in Northeastern Algeria: A Case Study of Seybouse
Basin
Lahbassi Ouerdachi
12:00 - 1:00
Prayer and Light Refreshments
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Time
Groundwater quality
Session no.: 4A
Chairperson: Dr. Jarrah AlZubi
1:00 - 1:30
Keynote Speaker :- Larry Mays (Surface Water Prize Winner)
Realities of Water Resources Sustainability, Traditional
Knowledge, and the Future
1:30 - 1:45
Assessment of Groundwater Quality and its Suitability for
Drinking and Agricultural Use in Batinah Coastal Plain, Sultanate
of Oman
Brahim Askri, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Ravikumar B.N., Asima Kaleem, and
Khater Ben Khamis Al Farisi
1:45 - 2:00
Factors Controlling Groundwater Chemistry in the Hail Province
of Saudi Arabia
Faisal K. Zaidi, Osama M.K. Kassem, Abdulaziz M. Al-Bassam and Saad
Al-Humidan
2:00 - 2:15
Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water by Using
Physico-Chemical Analysis in the City of Ibb, Yemen
Esmail Al Sabahi, Fadhl Ali Al Nozaily and SameerAbdullhafez
2:15 - 2:30
Environmental Impact Assessment of El-Salam Canal on
Groundwater Potentiality at Bir El-Abd Rommana Area, Sinai,
Egypt
Osama Abdel-Raouf
3:00 - 3:30
Closing Session – Assafeer Hall (1)
3:30
Lunch
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Time
Soil salinity
Session no.: 2B
Chairperson: Dr. Yahia Al Ayed
8:30 - 8:45
Development of Nondestructive Measurement Technology for
Detecting the Salinity Stress of Jatropha under Saline Irrigation
Levels
Ahmed A. Afifi
8:45 - 9:00
Modern Techniques for Mapping Soil Salinity and the Hard Pan
Layer at the Agricultural and Research Station of KFU, Al Hassa,
KSA
Ahmed El Mahmoudi, Adel A. Hussein and Yousf Al-Molhem
9:00 - 9:15
Effects of a Bio-Stimulant and Salinity Stress on Growth
and Quality of Ryegrass (Lolium prenne L.), an Urban Desert
Landscape and Forage Crop, for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid
Regions
Mohammad Pessarakli
9:15 - 9:30
Impact of Treated Wastewater Irrigation on Soil Chemical
Properties and Crop Productivity
Reda Abdel-Aziz
9:30 - 9:45
Using Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) in Urban Desert
Landscaping and as a Forage Crop for Sustainable Agriculture in
Arid Regions and Combating Desertification
Mohammad Pessarakli
9:45 - 10:00
Trace Elements Pollution of Soils Due To Agricultural Land
Irrigation with Sewage Water in Semi-Arid Environment and Its
Impact on Groundwater Quality
U. C. Sharma and Vikas Sharma
10:00 - 10:30
Light Refreshments
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Time
Groundwater recharge
Session no.: 3B
Chairperson: Dr. Walid Abderrahman
10:30 - 10:45
Managing Over pumped Aquifers - A Road to Sustainable Water
Use
W. Kinzelbach, G. Pedrazzini, H. Wang
10:45 - 11:00
An Investigation of Groundwater Recharge Utilizing Multiple
Wells System
Hassan Ibrahim Mohamed
11:00 - 11:15
Remote Sensing Applications in Unconventional Groundwater
Recharge
Mohamed Elhag and Jarbou A. Bahrawi
11:15 - 11:30
Spatially Distributed Modeling of Runoff and Evapotranspiration
Components to Estimate Groundwater Recharge under
Ungauged Semi-Arid Environment
U. C. Sharma and Vikas Sharma
11:30 - 11:45
Integrated Geophysical Interpretation for Groundwater
Exploration at the Central Part of Sinai, Egypt
Sultan Awad Sultan Araffa, Hassan M. El Shayeb, M. F. Abu-Hashish and
Noha M. Hassan
11:45 - 12:00
Land Cover Changes in Montane Cloud Forests in Kenya and
their Potential Impacts on Water Availability – Similarity to Saudi
Arabia
Petri K.E. Pellikka, Amal Yahya Al Shaikh, Eduardo Maeda, Hari Adhikari,
Pekka Hurskainen, and Mika Siljander
12:00 - 1:00
Prayer and Light Refreshments
10
Time
Rainfall-runoff
Session no.: 4B
Chairperson: Dr. Mohammad I. AlSaud
1:00 - 1:15
Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Analysis at Wadi Fatima for Flood Risk
Assessment
Burhan Niyazi, Amro Elfeki, Milad Masoud and Syed Zaidi
1:15 - 1:30
Assessment of Remotely-Sensed Precipitation Products across
the Saudi Arabia Region
Marwan M. Kheimi and Saud Gutub
1:30 - 1:45
A Convection-Decay Model for Simulating the Transmission of
Flood Waves in Ephemeral Channels in Arid Zones
Amro M.M. Elfeki, Hatem A. Ewea, Jarbou A. Bahrawi and Nassir S. AlAmri
1:45 - 2:00
Mapping of Flash Flood Hazard Prone Areas Based on
Integration between Physiographic Features and GIS Techniques
(Case Study of Wadi Fatimah, Saudi Arabia)
Milad Masoud, Burhan Niyazi, Amro Elfeki and Syed Zaidi
2:00 - 2:15
Watershed Analysis of Rabigh Drainage Basin, Saudi Arabia
Nayyer A. Zaigham, Omar S. Aburizaiza, Gohar A. Mahar, Zeeshan A.
Nayyar, Azhar Siddique
2:15 - 2:30
A Decision Support Model for Reservoir Operation
Sudha V and N.K Ambujam
3:00 - 3:30
3:30
Lunch
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Wednesday 17/ 12/ 2014 – Annafood Hall (3)
Time
Hydrology
Session no.: 1C
Chairperson: Dr. Abdulaziz S. Al-Turbak
8:30 - 8:45
The Role of NGO’s in IWRM: A Success Story - The Arab Countries
Water Utilities Association (ACWUA)
Khaldon Khashman
8:45 - 9:00
Analysis of Historical Meris and Modis Data to Evaluate
the Impact of Dredging on Monthly Mean Surface Tsm
Concentration
L. Raag, R. Uiboupin, L. Sipelgas
9:00 - 9:15
Assessment of Hydrological Changes in the Nile River Due To the
Construction of Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia
Mohammed El Bastawesy
9:15 - 9:30
Upward Seepage at the Downstream Toe of Hydraulic Structures
External Suffosion / Fluidisation
Ahmed Khaddour
9:30 - 9:45
MDG+ Initiative, Regional Mechanism for Improved Monitoring
and Reporting on Access to Water Supply and Sanitation
Services in the Arab Region: ESCWA and ACWUA
Jarrah AlZubi
9:45 - 10:00
Sister Chromatid Exchange Analysis among Underground Water
Wells Workers in Saudi Arabia
Entissar S. AlSuhaibani
10:00 - 10:30
Light Refreshments
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Wednesday 17/ 12/ 2014 – Annafood Hall (3)
Time
Groundwater management
Session no.: 2C
Chairperson: Dr. Ali S. Al-Tokhais
10:30 - 11:00
Keynote Speaker : Jesús Carrera Ramirez (Groundwater Prize Winner)
A View on Hydrochemical Processes Relevant for Water
Management in Arid Countries (Artificial Recharge and Soil
Salinization)
11:00 - 11:15
Groundwater Management in the Esna area, Upper Egypt: An
Application of Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling
Manal Abdel Monem, Abdalla Faid, Esam Ismail and Matthias Schöniger
11:15 - 11:30
Optimal Management of Groundwater Resources in Arid Areas,
Case Study: North Sinai, Egypt
Gad, M.I., Zeid, S.A.M., Khalaf, S., Abdel-Hamid, A.M., Seleem, E., M. and
El Feki, A.
11:30 - 11:45
GIS Application for Groundwater Management and Quality
Mapping In Rural Areas of Agra District, India
Saif Ullah Khan, Azmatullah Noor and Izharul Haq Farooqi
11:45 - 12:00
GIS and Database for a Groundwater Assessment and
Management of the Rmel-Oulad-Ogbane Aquifers (Larache,
Morocco)
Mohamed Jalal El Hamidi, Abdelkader Larabi, Mohamed Faouzi and
Rachid Essafi
3:00 - 3:30
3:30
Lunch
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Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water & Desert Research
King Saud University
P. O. Box 2454 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
Tel.: (+966 11) 4675571 Fax: (+966 11) 4675574
[email protected]
www.icwrae-psipw.org

Conference Schedule - International Conference on Water

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