Master Thesis
Overview of Master Theses within the MSc IWRM MENA
Chile: „Life cycle assessment of a wastewater treatment plant within the wastewater biorefinery concept“
Dominican Republic: „Social-Ecological Evaluation of Tropical Urban Rivers and Restoration Opportunities: Green-Blue Infrastructure for Jarabacoa“
Palestine: „Capacity Development towards Water Security“
Philippines: „Evaluation and Bias Correction of CFSv2 Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts in Eastern Visayas“
Germany: „Performance evaluation of constructed wetlands combined with engineered systems for water reuse“
Mexico: „Prpject Outcome Evaluation under Informal and Water Insecure Contexts: Ollas for Rainwater Runoff Harvesting in San Miguel de Allende, Gto“
Morocco: „Performance of Satellite-based Rainfall Products in estimating point rainfall and stream-flow in data scarce region: Tensift Basin“
Jordan: „The Water Footprint of Food Wastage“
Uganda: „Assessing the interaction of land use dynamics, climate extremes and food systems“
Ethiopia: „Evaluation and monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals indicators of water use efficiency and water stress in the Blue Nile Basin using remote sensing“
Jordan: „Exploring the Influence of Faith on Water Saving Behaviors among Christians in Amman“
Jordan: „Inspection Technology of Sewer Systems in Jordan“Iran: „Water balance of the Zayandehrud river basin derived from satellite-based remote sensing products“
Iraq: „Estimating the Water Balance for part of Tigris River Basin within Iraqi Borders using Public Domain data“
Nepal: „Implications of Hydropower Dams in the Karnali River Basin for Water and Energy Security“
Vietnam: „Modelling River Discharge using Automated Riverwidth Measurements derived from Sentinel-1 Timeseries within the Mekong Catchment“
Brazil: „Effects of Land Use Changes on Key Ecosystems Services of the Coastal Dune System of Massambara Beach, Rio de Janeiro“
Vietnam: „Performing a decision analysis for the water sector of the Vietnamese city of Da Nang“
Colombia: „Driving force, Pressure, State, Impact and Response of El Quimbo Project for the nearby communities in Huila“
Germany: „Assessment of the hydrological regime: The German LAWA method and its applicability“
Brazil: „Precipitation Analysis over the Sao Francisco River Basin“
Sudan: „The implications of human-induced hydrologic alterations in transboundary rivers for the water-energy-food nexus: Tekeze-Atbara River“
Jordan: „Economic Feasibility of water harvesting in Jordan: A nexus appoach to reinstating ancient water Infrastructure for contemporary Use at Umm el-Jimal“
Germany: „Nutrients Recovery in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Phosphorus Recovery from Sewage Sludge – Cases of Study: Erftverband Kenten and Frechen Plants“
Jordan: „Performance Evaluation of SMART Decentralized Wastewater Management Systems“
Germany: „Application of a substance flow model to quantify flows of nutrients, Total Solids and water in a range of Sanitation Systems“
Egypt: „Evaluation of Satellite-Based Actual Evapotranspiration Products over Agricultural Areas in Data Scarce Regions“
Argentina: „Hydrological Modelling of La Picasa Lagoon“
Sudan: „Land Cover Information in Ground Data-Scare Regions – Challenges and Opportunities: Case of Dinder and Rahad Basin“
India: „The Persistent Challenges of Implementing Drip Irrigation in Tamil Nadu“
Palestine: „Political and Institutional Challenges of Agricultural Wastewater Reuse: In-Depth Case Study of the West Bank“
Ecuador: „Development of a Community Based Water Quality Monitoring (CBWQM) and Information System for the Tabacay Microbasin“
Jordan: „Recent Trende of Groundwater Levels and Salinity in Highly Variable Environment – North Jordan as a Case Study“
Jordan: „Green Growth Diagnostics for Future Water Sector Strategies. An example from Jordan“
Jordan: „Integrated Management of Ecosystem Services Using Treated Wastewater: A Case Study at Upper Zarqa River“
Ethiopia: „Quantifying and evaluating the sensitivity of water-energy-food nexus to cooperation in transboundary river basins: The Blue Nile Basin“
Brazil: „Technical and Political Drought Assessment on Irrigation Areas: Case study of the Jaguaribe Basin“
Germany: „Biodegradation of monomers of non-sustainable plastic by bacterial isolates“
Jordan: „Flood Water Management and Risk Reduction in Semiarid Cities – Amman“
Myanmar: „Economic viability of improving the efficiency of Wegyi Dam irrigation system, West Bago Division“
Syria: „Drought Assessment in Orontes River Basin Using Satellite-Based Meteorological and Vegetation Indices“
Iraq: „A Remote Sensing Approach to Evaluate the Variations of Precipitation and Evapotranspiration in Relation to Drought in the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin“
Chile: „Drought risk management solutions using water allocation modelling for climate change and irrigation development scenarios within the data-scarce Imperial River Basin“
Germany: „Rethinking Infrastructure Rehabilitation to Enhance the Armed Conflict Resilience of Basic Urban Water and Energy Service Provision“
Brazil: „Hydrological Headwater Responses to Land Use Changes in the Rio Dois Rios Basin, Rio de Janeiro“
Oman: „Design of Research and Testing Facility for Decentralised Wastewater Management Technologies in Muscat“
Kenya: „Payment for Watershed Services – The Potential of a Tourism Green Fund in the Mara River Basin“
Egypt: „Implementing the Concept of Environmental Flow in Egypt: Considerations Regarding Social Concern, Policies and Applications“
Mexico: „Evaluating Drought Management in an Urban Context – The Case of San Luis Potosi“
Chile: „Hydrological evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates for drought management in the Imperial River Basin“
Jordan: „Suitability Analysis for Managed Aquifer Recharge through Rainwater Harvesting in Eastern Badia of Jordan“
Germany: „Conceptualizing a Smartphone Application for Combining Participatory River Monitoring with Environmental Education“
Nepal: „Performance of Precipitation Products on Rainfall Runoff Modeling in Koshi Basin“
Vietnam: „Performance Evaluation of the Reservoir System in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin“
Brazil: „Drought impact Modeling – an Evaluation of the Resilience of the Water Supply System of the Paraibo do Sul River Basin, using WEAP“
Uganda: „Sense and Nonsense of Centralized Water Supply Systems in Rural Development Environments – A Case Study in Namalu Uganda“
Vietnam: „The Assessment of Water Shortage in Cai Bau Island, Quang Ninh Province“
Germany: „Implentation of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation process (ANAMMOX) in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) Waste Water Treatment Plant: design, operation and analysis of a pilot plant“
Egypt: „Policy analysis of community-based adaptation to climate change“
Sudan: „Farmers Perceptions of Irrigation Management Transfer Case Study: Sudan’s Gezira Irrigation Scheme“
Palestine: „Evaluation for the Regulation Reform Process of the Palestinian Water Sector“
Jordan: „Future of Azraq Groundwater System under Severe Overexploitation and Climate Variability, Azraq Basin“
Sudan: „Decision Support System for Artificial Recharge of Groundwater (ARGW): Case Study Gash River Basin, East of Sudan“
Brazil: „Climate Change Adaptation to Drought Risk in Rural Rio de Janeiro State“
Australia: „Location Suitability Analysis for Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Perth Region of Australia“
Germany: „Implementation of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (ANAMMOX) for the Treatment of Sludge Liquor at the Beningsfeld Waste Water Treatment Plant in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany: A Feasibility Study“
Algeria: „Water – Energy Nexus in Tlemcen City“
Jordan: „Integrated Non Revenue Water Management in Jordan – A case study from Madaba distribution network“
Colombia: „Evaluation of Endemic Colombian Wetland Plants for their Capacity to remove Emerging Contaminants: An Experiment in Hydroponic Medium“
Jordan: „Ground Water Resilience to Climate Change in North West of Jordan“
Sudan: „Flash Floods in Khartoum State: Environmental Consequences and People’s Perception of Causes and Responses“
Egypt: „Transboundary Water Management: Benefit-Sharing Analysis Considering Cross-Sectoral Interlinkages in the Eastern Nile Basin Region (Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan)“
Chile: „Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Nexus in the Mallarauco Valley“
Cameroon: „Comparing the Efficiency of Point-of-Use Water Treatment Methods – A Case Study of Yaounde“
Bangladesh: „Development of Methods and Learning Materials for Community based Water Quality Monitoring. Case Study: Putiajani Village“
Sudan: „Water Use Efficiency of the Gezira Irrigation Scheme“
Germany: „Derivation of Precipitation Time Series for River Basin Using Satellite Precipitation Data“
Sudan: „Impact Assessment of the Recent Flash Floods of Khartoum (Sudan) and Analysis of Lessons Learned for Future Adaptation“
Sudan: „Examining on-farm perception and techniques of dryland rainwater harvesting – Case Study of Hejlega, Gezira“
Jordan: „Socio-Economic Challenges Facing the Implementation and Promotion of Solar Energy Farming in Azraq Basin“
Indonesia: „Economic and Institutional Assessment of the Bribin Water Plant in the Karst Region of Gunung Kidul“
Egypt: „Efficient reuse of irrigation drainage water in agriculture, Behera governorate“
Jordan: „The Water and Energy Nexus: Study of Sustainable Use of Solar Desalination“
Jordan: „Techno-Economic Study of PV Powered Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant in the Jordan Valley“
Jordan: „Feasibility Study for Self-Sustained As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Renewable Energy Systems“
Jordan: „Application of Commercial Principles in Water Services Provision: The Jordanian Experience“
Lebanon: „Climate Change Adaptation by using Managed Aquifer Recharge with Treated Wastewater to counteract Salt Water Intrusion in Hazmieh, Beirut Area“
Moldova: „Sustainable sanitation for rural Moldova“
Lebanon: „Groundwater vulnerability and risk assessment in Beirut for the adaption of management strategies to climate change and urban development“
Germany: „Validation of Online Spectroscopic Technique for Monitoring BTEX in Seawater“
India: „Frameworks from Spatial Planning, Environmental and Water Law“
Mozambique: „Community Based Warning System in the Limpopo River Basin“
Indonesia: „Vulnerability of Informal Settlement to Flood and The Potential to Contribute to Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in Kampung Pulo – Kampung Melayu, Jakarta“
Mozambique: „Hydrological Modeling of the Shingwedzi River in the Limpopo River Basin“
Bangladesh: „Regional Groundwater-Flow Modeling for Sustainable Groundwater Management in a South Asian Megacity Dhaka Bangladesh“
Mozambique: „Mobile Technology for Flood Early Warning Systems in Mozambique“
Brazil: „Design of Community Based Water Quality Monitoring (CBWQM) Strategy in the micro-basins Barraco dos Mendes, Santa Cruz and Sao Lourenzo, RJ“
Mozambique: „Flood Modeling: Flood Warning for the Dois Rios River Basin“
Sudan: „Assessment of Drought and Flood Impacts on the Nile using Water Resources Indicators: Case Study Khartowm“
Mozambique: „Development of Data-Driven Flood Forecasting Models for the Limpopo River Basin in Mozambique“
Egypt: „Simulating Water User Associations and Water Allocation by using Agent-Based Modeling“
Vietnam: „Irrigation efficiency for paddy field in considering reuse potential of return flow in the lowland area of the Vu Gia Thu Bon Basin“
Mozambique: „Flood Warning System for the Buzi River Basin – Flood Modeling“
Zambia: „Community-Based Early Warning System as a Risk Reduction Strategy Case Study: Mambwe District, Eastern Province“
Mozambique: „Structure and services of a coastal habitat in Mozambique – Ecosystem-based alternatives for mangrove management“
Mozambique: „Analysis and Proposal for the Improvement of the Hydro-Meteoroligical Station Network in the Limpopo River Basin in Mozambique“
Vietnam: „Assessment and prediction of discharge considering downstream water requirement in Tuy Loan River“
Nepal: „Flood Warning System for the Koshi River Basin“
Germany: „Demand Side Management Potentials in the Water Supply and Wastewater Industry Research for Suitable Technologies“
Vietnam: „Elaboration of a River Basin Information Concept to Support the Vu Gia Thu Bon Information Center“
Tanzania: „Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Assessment of Temporary Settlements in the Kilombero Floodplains“
Yemen: “Improving Energy Efficiency in Pumps and Pumping Systems at Sana’a Water and Sanitation Local Corporation”
Jordan: “Role of a Component Performance Indicators (PI) System in the Enhancement of Water Services Provision”
Jordan: “Aquifer Vulnerability Mapping to Support Sustainable Groundwater Management in the Central Jordan Valley”
Yemen: “Leakage Reduction in Sana’a Water Distribution System”
Tunesia: “Farmer’s acceptance of an Irrigation Decision Support Service at the Water Users Association level”
Jordan: “Adaptive Measures of Groundwater Management in Context of High Climate Variability in Azraq Basin”
Sudan: “Managing Hydrological Regimes of Er Roseires Dam: A Potential for Sustaining Blue Nile Ecosystem and Human Uses”
Palestine: “Potential Contribution of Pre-paid Water Meters to Sustainable Water Supply – Elaboration of Preconditions based on the Aqraba Case Study, Palestinian Territories”
Jordan: “Study of sustainable and feasible improvement of water supply for poor rural communities – Case study: Bedouins in Jordan Valley”
Ethiopia: “Soil and Water Conservation Based on Linking Watershed Analysis to Erosion Vulnerability Mapping in the Angereb Watershed”
Jordan: “The Water Footprint Concept as a Tool for Water Management Policies in Jordan: An IWRM Perspective”
Jordan: “Delineation of Groundwater Protection Zones for the Azraq Refugee Camp”
Morocco: “Socio-ecohydrological Approach to Manage River Ecosystems – A Case Study from Morocco”
Ethiopia: “Complexity-based approaches in conflict analysis of transboundary water management – the case of the Eastern Nile Basin”
Egypt: “Fertilizers Management and Water Resources Management; Case study: El-Behara Governorate, Egypt; Case Study: Abu Qir fertilizers and Chemicals Company”
Lebanon: “Sustainable Ecosystem Management of Wetlands in dry and sub-humid areas in Mediterranean: Lessons Learned by Local Authorities”
Palestine / Marocco: “Alternative Financing Mechanisms of Development Projects in the Water Sector – Potentials of Crowdfunding in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Morocco”
Egypt: “Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment using modified drastic GIS based Index at the Western Nile Delta Region”
Jordan: “Rural decentralized Wastewater Planning, in Zarqa River Basin, Alkfair Village as a Case Study”
Jordan: “Environmental Sustainability through Ecosystem Management and organic Farming Approaches in the Azraq Druze of Azraq Basin”
Yemen: “Demand Analysis & Forecasting for Output based Aid (OBA) Pilot Supply Water in peri-urban Areas: Al-Qabel”
Yemen: “Water Education in Yemen – Baseline Assessment Study for the Water Concepts in the Primary and Secondary Education”
Jordan: “Xeriscaping in Amman: A sustainable Water Conservation Approach”
Egypt: “Economic comparison of sanitation systems for the Nile Delta and analysis of cost-effectiveness”
Sudan: “Comparison of Indicators for Determining the Sowing Date of Rainfed Sorghum in El Gedaref”
Jordan: “Energy and Water Policies of Jordan: Links and Contradictions in a Resource poor Country”
Morocco: “Decentralized Wastewater Treatment in rural Areas in Morocco – Catalog of good Practices”
Jordan: “The political Economy of Groundwater Pricing for irrigated Agriculture in Azraq Basin in Jordan”
Tunisia: “Climate Change Impacts on the Water Balance-Analysing Approaches for Hydrological Multi-Model Ensemble. A Case Study from Chiba Watershed”
Jordan: “Integration of Hydro Turbines in Water Supply Systems for Energy Recovery in Jordan; Case Study Aqaba Water Supply System”
Jordan: “Development, Evaluation and Mainstreaming of Climate Variability Adaption Measures in Water Sector in the North West Jordan”
Palestine: “Transboundary Water Management between Israel and Palestine – Premises for Potential Cooperation”
Jordan: “Water Saving and Pollution Abatement for the Olive Industry”
Egypt: “From Macro to Micro Decentralized Wastewater System – (DeWaTARS) Model in rural Areas in Egypt”
Jordan: “A GIS-Based Approach for Mapping Suitable Sites for Runoff Harvesting Technologies in the Northwestern Part of Jordan”
Jordan: “Non-Revenue Water Reduction by Involving Private Sector, Case Study of Madaba”
Jordan: “Adaption to Climate Change with Improved Irrigation Water Management: A Case of Jordan Valley”
Jordan: “Water Quality Assessment in King Abdulla Canal”
Jordan: “Management of Olive Mills Solid Waste in “Ajloun” for Water Treatment: Financial Feasibility of Powdered Activated Carbon Production”
Jordan: “Modelling of land-use impacts on groundwater quantity and nitrate pollution in the Ain Rahoub catchment area”
Palestine: “Minimizing Unmet Demand by IWRM approach on Watershed Level using WEAP: Al Qilt and Al Nueimah Watersheds lower part as a case study”
Sudan: “Sensitivity Analysis of Groundwater Recharge to Future Climate Change, Gedaref Basin, Eastern Sudan”
Jordan: “Socio-Economic Analysis of Water Conservation Techniques at Household Level in Amman”
Yemen: “Improving Water Harvesting Techniques in Taiz City“
Jordan: “Analyzing of Water Loss Reduction Strategy in Amman, Jordan towards a Pro-Poor Approach”
Jordan: “Agricultural Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Wadi Mousa – An Economic Perspective”
Lebanon: “Hydrological Balance of the Jeita Spring Catchment”
Yemen: „The Potential of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting for Sana’a”
Syria: „Reform in Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities in Syria – Lessons Learnt from the Model of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater in Egypt”
Yemen: „Non-Revenue Water Management in Sana’a Water Distribution System”
Lebanon: „Towards the Prevention of Water Pollution from Industrial Activities in the Nahr El-Kalb Watershed”
Egypt: „Difficulties in Implementing Decentralised Sanitation Systems in Egypt Exemplified Through the ‚GTZ MODEL‘ “
Egypt: „Modeling Seawater Intrusion into Rosetta Branch, Nile River Delta”
Syria: „Water Demand Management as an Instrument to reduce the negative Water Balance in the Damascus Basin”
Jordan: „Optimum Water Allovation in Azraq Basin”
Iraq: „The Euphrates-Tigris Basin and it´s Path from Conflict to Cooperation – Applying Political Theories of Transboundary Cooperation”
Syria: „Drought Policies and Mitigation Plans in Syria: Observation, Assessment, and Actions Needed Supporting the Shift from Crisis Management Towards Risk Management”
Jordan: „Challenges of Transferring an Organizational Concept to the Arab Region – Assessment of the Arab Countries Water Utility Association (ACWUA)”
Jordan: „Introducing the Blue Flag Eco-Label as an Instrument for Conserving the Coastal Zone from Land-Based Activities in the Gulf of Aqaba”
Egypt: „Analysis of International Water Law Instruments Regarding Their Prevailing Acceptance in the Nile Basin with the Focus on Egypt, Ethiopia and Tanzania”
Palestine: „Toward Effective Water Institutional Framework -Utilizing IWRM in Palestinian Water Sector agenda”
Jordan: „Geostatistical Approach for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Monitoring Network in Amman-Zerqa Basin”
Egypt: „Water Haversting and Flash Flood Mitigation in Wadi Watier, South Sinai”
Egypt: „Assessment of a Cost-Covering Sanitation Tariff for Alexandria”
Lebanon: „Development of a Water Balance for the Distribution Networks in Hamat – Batroun Region in North Lebanon”
Jordan: „Integrated Water Management for Lafarge Cement Jordan”
Morocco: „Integrated Wastewater Management in the Olive Industry of Morocco”
Jordan: „Institutional Development of the Nothern Governorates Water Administration”
Jordan: „Strategies to Use Rainwater as a Resource in the Nothern Governorates of Jordan”
Tunesia: „Valorization of Sewage Sludge in the Agricultural Sector – Difficulties and Perspectives for Tunesia”
Jordan: „Comparison Between Different Alternative Sanitation Systems for the Dead Sea Jewel Compound”
Palestine: „Water and the Two-State Solution: A Holistic Legal Approach to Overcome the Palestinian Israeli Water Conflict”
Jordan: „Optimum Water Allocation in the Jordan Valley”
Jordan: „The Potential of Greywater Reuse in the Jordanian Tourism Sector”
Yemen: „Artifical Recharge Assessment Of Groundwater Through Mekhtan Dam Bani Husheish, Sana’a – Yemen And Ways To ImproveIt Out Of The Perspective Of IWRM”
Yemen: „Sustainable Water Resources Management Al Dhabab Basin and the Important Role of the Community Participation”
Egypt:“Development of Bahr el Ghazal Basin from an IWRM – Perspective”
Jordan: „Vulnerability of Irrigated Agriculture due to Climate Change in the Lower Jordan River Basin”
Jordan: „Quantifying the Benefits of Greywater Reuse for Urban Greening in Amman”.
Lebanon: „Local Private Sector Participation in the Lebanese Water Sector – Experiences with Contracting Out”
Jordan: „Analyzing the Economic Value of Agriculture in Jordan Valley a Virtual Water Perspective (the Case of Fruit Trees)”
Jordan: „Water Demand Forecasting for Residential Areas in Amman”
Jordan: „Aspects of Water Quality and Polution Control in Wadi El-Esh Industrial area in Zerqa City”
Jordan: „Implementation of Local Water Governance Policy in Jordan: Case Study of the Village Damya”
Jordan: „Water and Wastewater Management Guide for Jordan’s Industrial Sector”
Syria: „Private Sector Participation (PSP) Options at the Public Establishment for Water Suppy and Sewerage in Aleppo (PEWSSA)”