Abstract
AbstractWith the goal of identifying deficiencies in water allocation and to demonstrate how the existing water supply might be integrated into the overall water supply system, a regional optimization model is developed for the Gaza Strip that includes explicit simulation of groundwater flow and the economics of domestic and agricultural water uses. This model considered management options of building desalination and wastewater treatment plants, tertiary treatment of wastewater, as well as allocating and transferring water between agricultural and urban sectors. Model results show several crucial outcomes: (1) groundwater use for agriculture cannot happen at the current level after 2020 without introducing a combination of new supplies from treated wastewater (TWW) and desalination; (2) an annual reduction of 2% agriculture would significantly reduce groundwater depletion; (3) the current reliance on agriculture could continue if the reuse of TWW, desalination, and tertiary treatment of wastewater are in...
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