SMART Product briefs

The project consortium presents the most important SMART products in terms of policy briefs ready for public download. For feedback or questions please refer to the contact details that are provided with the briefs. 

The SMART policy briefs are sorted according to five thematic fields as per the product scheme depicted below.

Figure: General SMART Product Scheme

SMART - Overview

• SMART - Summary and Policy Briefs

A – Monitoring und local Raw Water Management

• Hydrological data acquisition, variability scenarios, and modeling for water resources planning – Jericho-Auja (in prep.)

• Groundwater Model of the Shallow Aquifer of Jericho-Auja

• The Marsaba-Feshcha groundwater basin and Ein Feshcha spring group: vulnerabilities, risks, water resources potential

• Early Warning System for spring water contamination in Wadi Shueib

• Drinking water protection for a large-scale managed aquifer recharge site in a semi-arid karst region, Jordan (from SMART II)

• Identification of contamination pathways in a karst aquifer at Hidan wellfield by means of a tracer test (from SMART II)

• Vulnerability and risk mapping to strengthen the link between waste water treatment and groundwater protection in the hot spot area Wadi Shueib

• Transboundary Groundwater Model of the Lower Jordan Valley (in prep.)

B – Implementation of innovative Water Technologies

• Managed aquifer recharge planning for the Jericho-Auja area (in prep.)

• Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) along the eastern Lower Jordan Valley - General Potential and Deir Alla Test Site

• Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) into a karst groundwater system at Wadi Wala, Jordan (from SMART II)

• A Handbook on Brackish Water Usage in Water-Scarce Regions – The Jordan Valley

• Treatment performance and suitability of EU-Certified DWWT-technologies treating strong wastewater representative for Jordan

• Competence Facility for Decentralized Wastewater Management

• Real-Scale Implementation of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Systems

• National Implementation Committee for Effective Integrated Wastewater Management in Jordan – NICE

C1 – Integrated Planning Tools for IWRM Implementation

• IWRM Concept and WEAP-Application, Cluster West (in prep.)

• Socioeconomic and Political context of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Lower Jordan Valley

• Economic assessment of alternative water plans in Jordan

• Water management scenarios for Wadi Shueib using WEAP and MODFLOW models

• GIS-based decision support: Assessment of Local Lowest-Cost Wastewater Management Solution (ALLOWS)

C2 – Regional IWRM Strategies

• The SALAM Initiative: Concepts and Approaches for the Resolution of the Water Deficit Problem in the Middle East at Regional Scale

E – Capacity Development

• Water Fun – hands, minds and hearts on Water for Life!

• Capacity building has been tightly interweaved with every SMART product development by means of workshops, personal training and training courses for technical personnel, guidelines and the educational concept for the Fuheis decentralized wastewater treatment research facility.