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1 Shah, Tushaar; Burke, J.; Villholth, K.; Angelica, M.; Custodio, E.; Daibes, F.; Hoogesteger, J.; Giordano, Mark; Girman, J.; van der Gun, J.; Kendy, E.; Kijne, J.; Llamas, R.; Masiyandima, Mutsa; Margat, J.; Marin, L.; Peck, J.; Rozelle, S.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Vincent, L.; Wang, J. 2007. Groundwater: a global assessment of scale and significance. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.395-423.
Groundwater ; Surface water ; Conjunctive use ; Groundwater irrigation ; Wastewater ; Water demand ; Water conservation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040203)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/Water%20for%20Food%20Water%20for%20Life/Chapters/Chapter%2010%20Groundwater.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040203.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040203.pdf
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2 Molle, Francois; Hoogesteger, J.; Mamanpoush, A. 2008. Macro and micro level impacts of droughts: the case of the Zayandeh Rud River Basin, Iran. Irrigation and Drainage, 57(2):219-227.
Drought ; Water scarcity ; River basins ; Dams ; Reservoirs ; Groundwater ; Wells ; Conjunctive use ; Irrigation programs ; Water allocation ; Crop production / Iran / Zayandeh Rud River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H041829)
3 Molle, Francois; Venot, Jean-Philippe; Lannerstad, M.; Hoogesteger, J.. 2010. Villains or heroes?: farmers’ adjustments to water scarcity. Irrigation and Drainage, 59(4):419-431. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.500]
Water scarcity ; Drought ; Farmers ; Conjunctive use ; River basins ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation efficiency / Thailand / China / India / Jordan / Iran / Chao Phraya River Basin / Zhanghe Irrigation System / Bhavani River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Jordan Valley / Zayandeh Rud River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H042656)
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Although farmers are often seen as wasting water and getting a disproportionate share of water, irrigation is losing out in the competition for water with other sectors. In cases of drought, water restrictions are overwhelmingly imposed on irrigation while other activities and domestic supply are only affected in cases of very severe shortage. All over the world, farmers have been responding to the challenge posed by both short- and long-term declining water allocations in many creative ways, but these responses have often been overlooked by policy makers. This paper examines how farmers have adapted to water scarcity in six different river basins of Asia and the Middle East. It inventories the different types of adjustments observed and shows not only their effectiveness in offsetting the drop in supply but also their costs to farmers and to the environment and their contribution to basin closure. The conclusion calls for a better recognition of the efforts made by the irrigation sector to respond to water challenges and of its implications in terms of reduced scope for efficiency gains in the irrigation sector.
4 Verzijl, A.; Hoogesteger, J.; Boelens, R. 2017. Grassroots scalar politics in the peruvian Andes: mobilising allies to defend community waters in the Upper Pampas Watershed. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.34-45.
Political aspects ; Watersheds ; Collective action ; Wetlands ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Water law ; Water rights ; Sustainability ; Communities / South America / Latin America / Andes / Upper Pampas Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048346)
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5 Boelens, R.; Hoogesteger, J.. 2017. Collective action, community and the peasant economy in Andean Highland water control. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.96-107.
Collective action ; Community involvement ; Economic aspects ; Water control ; Water user associations ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Public-private cooperation ; Partnerships / South America / Andean Highland
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048351)
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6 Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan; Hoogesteger, J.; Elmahdi, Amgad; Hellegers, P. 2021. Unpacking wastewater reuse arrangements through a new framework: insights from the analysis of Egypt. Water International, 46(4):605-625. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1921503]
Water reuse ; Wastewater treatment ; Waste management ; Waste collection ; Sewerage ; Irrigation ; Water policies ; Regulations ; Treatment plants ; Technology ; Water resources ; Villages ; Farmers ; Case studies / Egypt / Nile Delta / Marsa Matrouh / El Hamamee / Al Ashara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050497)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02508060.2021.1921503?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050497.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050497.pdf
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Wastewater reuse is identified as strategic to help ameliorate scarcity in water-stressed regions around the world. However, to develop it, there is a need to better understand the social, institutional and technological contexts in which it takes place. This article develops a novel socio-technical framework to inform such an analysis and applies it to current wastewater reuse in Egypt. Our analysis highlights the different actors, management activities and practices that shape wastewater collection, transfer, treatment, discharge and/or reuse in different social, technological and environmental contexts in Egypt. It points out bottlenecks of current wastewater reuse policies and programmes.
7 Tawfik, Mohamed; Nassif, Marie-Helene; Mahjoub, O.; Mahmoud, A. E. D.; Kassab, G.; Alomair, M.; Hoogesteger, J.. 2022. Water reuse policy and institutional development in MENA: case studies from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.43-62.
Water reuse ; Water policies ; Institutional development ; Case studies ; Wastewater treatment ; Infrastructure ; Water resources ; Government ; Regulations ; Monitoring / Middle East / North Africa / Egypt / Jordan / Lebanon / Saudi Arabia / Tunisia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051738)
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8 Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan; Al-Zawaidah, Hadeel; Hoogesteger, J.; Al-Zu'bi, Maha; Hellegers, Petra; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Elmahdi, A. 2023. Shifting waters: the challenges of transitioning from freshwater to treated wastewater irrigation in the northern Jordan Valley. Water, 15(7):1315. (Special issue: Water Contestations: Socio-Technical Entanglements, Politics and Social Mobilisation) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15071315]
Wastewater irrigation ; Water reuse ; Water allocation ; Freshwater ; Irrigation water ; Infrastructure ; Water management ; Urban areas ; Water scarcity ; Water policies ; Stakeholders ; Water user associations ; Farmers ; Socioeconomic aspects / Middle East / North Africa / Jordan / Jordan Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051830)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/7/1315/pdf?version=1680139072
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051830.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051830.pdf
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Jordan’s water scarcity prompted a national plan whereby treated wastewater is utilized to amend agricultural irrigation water so as to reallocate freshwater to urban/domestic uses. The policy, however, has engendered farmers’ resistance in the Northern Jordan Valley (NJV), causing a stalemate in putting new infrastructure into operation. This research investigated the socio-economic causes of farmer resistance and contestation, and examined the government’s institutional approach to overcome the challenges. We found that the perceived risks of wastewater reuse such as salinization and restrictions from international markets figure prominently in the farmers resistance. As yet, farmers have managed to avoid the shift to treated wastewater use by using the political agency of elite farmers who control the Water Users Associations. These same farmers have adopted informal water access practices to overcome freshwater shortages. At the same time, small producers who don’t have possibilities to access extra water and with less political clout seem more willing to irrigate with treated wastewater. We conclude that understanding the heterogeneous context in which the envisioned wastewater users operate is key to predicting and solving conflicts that arise in treated wastewater reuse projects.
9 Tawfik, Mohamed; Hoogesteger, J.; Moussa, M.; Hellegers, P. 2024. ‘Squeezing Out’ the Nile Delta’s drainage water to irrigate Egypt’s desert land. Water, 16(1):157. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010157]
Deserts ; Reclamation ; Water availability ; Wastewater ; Drainage water ; Irrigation water ; Water reuse / Egypt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052556)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/1/157/pdf?version=1704201640
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052556.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052556.pdf
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Egypt’s quota of Nile River water has been constant since the 1950s, despite the continual agricultural land expansion. To facilitate land reclamation, Egypt has reallocated Nile water from downstream users, mostly smallholders in the ‘old lands’ of the Delta. As water demands have grown, more attention has gone to the reuse of waste/drainage water as a reliable source for irrigated agriculture in the “old lands”. Recently, new mega plants for drainage water treatment have been built to promote reclamation of ‘new lands’ in desert-front governorates located outside the Nile Delta. Through these plants and the related water conveyance infrastructure, drainage water from the ‘old lands’ is now being collected, treated, and reallocated to these newly reclaimed areas. This article scrutinizes this transformation of access to drainage water, examining who benefits and what implications it holds for smallholder farmers in the old lands. The analysis suggests that waste/drainage water reclamation schemes do not tap into unused water but actually risk depriving smallholders in the Nile Delta of water access. It argues that more attention should be given to existing informal reuse arrangements and that smallholders’ access to water is guaranteed in light of new drainage water reuse projects.
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