Participatory Optimization Scenario for Water Resources Management: A Case from Jordan

Water lentils (duckweed) in Jordan irrigation ponds as a natural water bioremediation agent and protein source for broilers

“…Zarqa River supports these irrigation ponds with preferable duckweed nutrients to be persistent. This is due to the fact that the river consists of mixed water mainly of its base flow and the flow of the treated effluent of domestic water treatment plants (Shammout et al, 2013). It is also vital to mention that the mixed water of Zarqa River is held in King Talal Dam before being released to travel a distance and reach the irrigation ponds.…”

Scenarios for environmental sanitation in Brazil

“…It is an approach that is different from, for example, the study conducted in Switzerland (Lienert et al, 2006), in which scenarios related mainly to the profile that would be assumed by the water industry: regionalisation, emphasis on material flow management and the financial crisis experienced by the water companies. In a similar manner, this approach differs from the planning developed in Egypt, in which scenarios that were more intrinsic to the sector were envisaged: prosperous era, business as usual and water for business (Shakweer & Youssef, 2007), and in Jordan, in which the efforts were concentrated in optimisation of a scenario for water resources management, emphasising technological instruments intrinsic to the water sector (Shammout et al, 2013). Of course, the plans made in the four countries have different purposes and methodological strategies, which explains the particularities regarding the results.…”

“…Another important approach connecting scenario-based and participatory-based planning of water resources was developed for the Zarqa River Basin in Jordan (Shammout et al, 2013). In this study, the method adopted allowed stakeholders to identify optimisation criteria and management interventions.…”

The crisis in water supply: how different it can look through the lens of the human right to water?

“…When simulating future scenarios, appropriate strategic planning must take into account climatic situations with low probability of occurrence, among other variables 6 . Leading contemporary trends in water planning argue in favor of strategic, creative, and participatory planning, and that adaptive water systems should be designed with the capacity for social learning 7,8,9 . If the water planning process in Brazil had effectively incorporated these prinhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311XPE010315 ciples, Brazilian cities would have increased their resilience to situations of water stress.…”