A Technical-Economic Model for Integrated Water Resources Management in Tourism Dependent Arid Coastal Regions; the Case of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
A Technical-Economic Model for Integrated Water Resources Management in Tourism Dependent Arid Coastal Regions; the Case of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis Aya Lamei,
Publisher: CRC
ISBN: 0415558980
DDC: 577
Edition: Paperback; 2009-10-13
Summary:
The scope of this research is to develop an integrated
technical-economic modeling tool to enhance integrated water
resources management and to aid decision makers in the design and
assessment of integrated water resources management projects for arid
coastal regions. The modeling tool is applied to address water
management issues in the case study region (Sharm El Sheikh,
South-Sinai, Egypt) that suffers from water shortage and that is
located near a unique but sensitive marine environment of high
ecological value. The main economic activity in the city is
tourism.The modeling tool box is composed of five types of models
depending on the specific site situations: water demand/need model,
water supply model, wastewater reuse model, environmental model and
economic model. The coupling of the models facilitates assessing
different scenarios for integrated water resources management
including different time-variant domestic and irrigation water
demand, water supply options: long-distance piping and reverse
osmosis desalination (RO), potable and non-potable water supply
contracts between a hotel and a water company, optimum capacity and
expansion for an RO desalination plants, renewable and non-renewable
energy sources for RO desalination, and brine disposal options.
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