Chapter 1: Regional Context and Priorities
Table 1.2.4: West Asia, shared groundwater aquifer systems Shared groundwater aquifer system
Saq-Ram Aquifer System (West) Wajid Aquifer System
Wasia–Biyadh-Aruma Aquifer System (South): Tawila-Mahra/Cretaceous Sands Wasia–Biyadh-Aruma Aquifer System (North): Sakaka-Rutba Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System (South): Rub‘ al Khali Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System (Centre): Gulf
Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System (North): Widyan-Salman Tawil-Quaternary Aquifer System: Wadi Sirhan Basin Ga’ara Aquifer Systema Anti-Lebanonb
Western Aquifer Basin Central Hammad Basina Eastern Aquifer Basina Coastal Aquifer Basin
North-Eastern Aquifer Basina
Basalt Aquifer System (West): Yarmouk Basin Basalt Aquifer System (South): Azraq-Dhuleil Basin Western Galilee Basina Taurus-Zagrosb
Jezira Tertiary Limestone Aquifer System Neogene Aquifer System (North-West), Upper and Lower Fars: Jezira Basin
Countries
• Jordan, Saudi Arabia • Saudi Arabia, Yemen • Saudi Arabia, Yemen • Iraq, Saudi Arabia
• Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen • Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia • Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia • Jordan, Saudi Arabia
• Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria • Lebanon, Syria • Egypt, Israel, OPT • Jordan, Syria • Israel, OPT
• Egypt, Israel, OPT • Israel, OPT • Jordan, Syria • Jordan, Syria • Israel, Lebanon • Iran, Iraq, Turkey • Syria, Turkey • Iraq, Syria
Neogene Aquifer System (South-East), Dibdibba-Kuwait Group: Dibdibba Delta Basin • Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Source: UNESCWA and BGR 2013
Energy There is a push for improvement in energy efficiency and diversification of the energy mix for security, financial, environmental and health reasons. In oil- and gas-producing countries there is an opportunity cost associated with increasing domestic energy demand as fewer resources become available for export. Promoting renewable energy is perceived as a potential economic growth sector and there
are already several renewable energy projects on the ground, for example in Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (AFED, 2014). Growth in the renewable energy sector can be facilitated by the creation of a dynamic market with participation and investment from the private sector. This can be achieved by addressing existing energy monopolies and by deploying policies and measures that reduce investment risks. Investment risks associated with renewable energy options can deter the natural evolution of this sector and
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