Desalination, space and power: The ramifications of Israel's changing water geography

E Feitelson, G Rosenthal - Geoforum, 2012 - Elsevier
Desalination alters a basic premise of water geography–fresh water flows from the sea
inward, rather than the other way around. But, is this observation important? To address this …

Seawater softening by nanofiltration enables ecofriendly Dead Sea level stabilisation while creating the basis for cost-effective inland desalination

D Janowitz, N Becker, A Sweity, A Margane… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Increased water extraction led to accelerated shrinkage of the Dead Sea, seriously
damaging the environment and posing an economic risk for industry and tourism. The …

Water quality and discharge of the Lower Jordan River

N Hillel, S Geyer, T Licha, S Khayat, JB Laronne… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The fresh surface water of the Lower Jordan River (LJR) has been limited in the past several
decades due to damming of its main tributaries, which reduced the annual flow by 90 …

Water demand management in Yemen and Jordan: addressing power and interests

M Zeitoun, T Allan, N Al Aulaqi, A Jabarin… - The Geographical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the extent to which entrenched interests of stakeholder groups both
maintain water use practice, and may be confronted. The focus is on the agricultural sectors …

Global environmental justice and international transboundary waters: an initial exploration

M Zeitoun - The Geographical Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the extent to which global environmental justice can serve to serve to
interpret negotiations over international transboundary waters. Trade‐offs are considered in …

What constitutes an equitable water share? A reassessment of equitable apportionment in the Jordan–Israel water agreement 25 years later

S Talozi, A Altz-Stamm, H Hussein, P Reich - Water Policy, 2019 - iwaponline.com
The water agreement between Jordan and Israel, created as part of their peace treaty in
1994, set out detailed allocations terms to which both countries have respectively abided …

Hydrology of the Jordan River Basin: Watershed delineation, precipitation and evapotranspiration

GF Comair, DC McKinney, D Siegel - Water Resources Management, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Jordan River Basin is shared between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan and
Palestine; the waters of the River are a critical resource for the future water security of the co …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling groundwater over-extraction in the southern Jordan Valley with scarce data

P Alfaro, T Liesch, N Goldscheider - Hydrogeology Journal, 2017 - researchgate.net
To deal with the challenge of groundwater overextraction in arid and semi-arid
environments, it is necessary to establish management strategies based on the knowledge …

Using environmental flows to inform integrated water resource management in critically water scarce regions

PM Graham, NB Pattinson, R Stassen, T Pike… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental flows (e‐flows) assessments are a powerful mechanism for enhancing and
conserving the ecosystem goods and services rivers provide while allocating water to …

New insights into the natural variability of water resources in the Lower Jordan River Basin

A Gunkel, J Lange - Water resources management, 2012 - Springer
Water availability is naturally low in the Lower Jordan River Basin (LJRB) extending from
Lake Tiberias to the Dead Sea, whereas water demand is high. Still, no basin-wide overview …