Publications · archived 2013

Newspaper coverage:

• Bis zum letzten Tropfen, Der Tagesspiegel, 27.03.2013

• New Grounds in Water Management: Project Implementation Office established at the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation, International Issue 2012 - gwf-Wasser l Abwasser

• SMART - Nachhaltiges Wassermanagement im Jordantal, Hydrobrief Nr.57, Juni 2012

• Research to Combat Water Shortages, Deutschland magazine, 07.05.2012

• Each drop counts, looKIT, 0112

• Wasser fürs untere Jordantal, SONNTAG Presse, 25.12.2011

• KIT sorgt für Trinkwasser im Jordantal, BNN, 24.11.2011

• Ringen um jeden Tropfen, Der Tagesspiegel, 28.08.2008

• Wirklich SMART, Jüdische Zeitung, 17.01.2007

Information-Material:

• SMART brochure (English), pdf 899KB
• SMART brochure (German), pdf 9MB
• SMART flyer (English), pdf 495KB

 

Wolf, L., Hoetzl, H. [Ed.] (2011): SMART - IWRM : Integrated Water Resources Management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley; Project Report Phase I, KIT Scientific Publishing

Alkhoury, W., Abu Saadah, M., Sauter, M, Salameh, E. (2011): Modelling the effect of land use dynamics on water resources in arid and semi-arid regions using a physically based spatially distributed model, Water Science and Technology, submitted

Al-Zoubi, A., Abueladas, A., Akawi, E., Alrzouq, R., Hötzl, H., Ali, W., Batayneh, F. (2011): Geophysical Investigation for Groundwater Quality and Quantity in the Jordan Valley, Jordan, Water Science and Technology, submitted

Ghanem, M.,  Marei A., Hoetzl, H., Wolf, L., Ali, W., Assi, A. (2011): Assessment of Artificial Recharge Test in Jeftlik – Faria Area, West Bank. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 186-191

Ghanem, M., Samhan, S., Carlier, E., Ali, W. (2011): Groundwater Pollution Due to Pesticides and Heavy Metals in North West Bank. Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 429-434.

Guttman, J., Flexer, A., Bensabat, J., Yellin-Dror, A. (2011): Impacts of over-exploitation of groundwater resources in semi-arid areas: application to the Lower Jordan Rift Valley, Water Science and Technology, submitted

Heinz, I., Salgot, M. and Koo-Oshima, S.(2011): Water reclamation and intersectoral water transfer - a FAO economic wastewater study. IWA Publishing 2011, Water Science & Technology,63.5, 2011: 1067 – 1073.

Heinz, I., Salgot, M. and Mateo-Sagasta Dévila, J. (2011): Evaluating the costs and benefits of water reuse and exchange projects involving cities and farmers. Water International, Vol. 36, No.4, July 2011: 455 – 466.

Möller, P., Siebert, C., Geyer, S., Inbar, N., Rosenthal, E., Flexer, A. and Zilberbrand, M., 2011. Relationships of Brines in the Kinnarot Basin, Jordan-Dead Sea Rift Valley: Geofluids (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00353.x)

Riepl, D., Wolf, L.,Kämpgen, B. & Hötzl, H. (2011): Making informed decisions – a collaborative and knowledge based IWRM planning exercise in Wadi Shueib, Jordan, Water Science and Technology, submitted

Rusteberg, B., Tamimi, A., Rahman, M.A., Brauns, B., Shawahna, A.A.M., Schmidt, S., Bensabat, J., Guttman, J., Sadah, M.A., Jarrar, A., Hötzl, H., Sauter, M. (2011): Practical Approach towards Integrated Management of Water Resources in the LJ Valley: Case Study Auja, West-Bank, Water Science and Technology, submitted

Sauter, M., Schmidt, S., Abusaada, A., Reimann, T., Liedl, R., Geyer, T. (2011): Water resources management in karst aquifers – a concept for the Lower Jordan Valley?, Water Science and Technology, submitted

Schmidt, N., Lipp, P., Tiehm, A., Paris, S. (2011): Sustainable use of Water Resources: emerging pollutants and viruses in the Jordan Valley, International Journal of Water Management “blue facts”2011: 38-43

Tiehm A., Schmidt N., Stieber M., Sacher F., Wolf L., Hötzl H. (2011): Biodegradation of pharmaceutical compounds and their occurrence in the Jordan valley.Water Resources Management 25 (4): 1195-1203

Wolf, L., Subah,A., Tamimi, A., Guttman, J.,Bensabat, J., Mueller, R., Geyer, S., Sauter, M., Wolff, H.P., Tiehm, A., Riepl, D., Ali, W., Hoetzl, H. (submitted): SMART IWRM at the Lower Jordan River Basin– Reviewing models, results and uptake from large scale integrated water resources research. International Journal of Water Resources Development (submitted)

Wolff, H.-P., Wolf, L., Subah, A., Guttman, J., Tamimi, A., Benshabat, J., Jarrar,A., Salman, A., Karablieh, E. (2011): Performance, impact and ranking of IWRM strategies in the Jordan, submitted at Water Science & Technology, accepted.

2010

Inbar, N., Flexer, A., Shulman, H. and Yellin-Dror, A., 2010. The role of solid salt in groundwater salination process, Kinnarot Basin, Israel: European Water, v. 29, p. 31-38

Tiehm, A., Schmidt, N., Stieber, M., Wolf, L., Hoetzl, H. (2010): Biodegradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds and their Occurrence in the Jordan Valley, Water Resources Management, DOI 10.1007/s11269-010-9678-9

Van Afferden M., Cardona J. A., Rahman K. Z., Daoud R., Headley T., Kilani Z., Subah A., Mueller R. A. (2010): A step towards Decentralized Wastewater Management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley. Water Science and Technology. 61(12): 3117-3128

Wu, Y., Wang, W., Toll, M., Alkhoury, W., Sauter, M., and Kolditz, O. (2010): Development of a 3D groundwater model based on scarce data: The Wadi Kafrein catchment/Jordan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 16p. (Published online: 08 January 2011).

Dombrowsky, I. (2009): Revisiting the Potential for Benefit-sharing in the Management of Transboundary Rivers. Water Policy 11(2): 125-140.

Guttman, J., Hötz,l H., Bensabat, J., Wolf, L., Milgrom, T. (2009): Towards a rational water management and utilization of water resources in arid zones: Application to the Jordan rift Valley., in: Trends and Sustainability of Groundwater in Highly Stressed Aquifers, IAHS Publ. 329, 2009, 1-9.

Lipp, P., Kreißel, K., Meuler, S., Bischof, F., Tiehm, A. (2009): Influencing parameters for the operation of an MBR with respect to the removal of persis-tent organic pollutants, Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment: in press

Dombrowsky, I. (2008): Integration in the Management of International Waters: Economic Perspectives on a Global Policy Discourse, Global Governance 14: 455-477.

Mahmoud, N., Amarneh, M. N., Al-Sa'ed, R., Zeeman, G., Gijzen, H., and Lettinga,G. (2008): Sewage characterisation as a tool for the application of an-aerobic treatment in Palestine, Environmental Pollution, Vol. 126, Issue 1, pp 115-122.

Salameh, E. (2008): Overexploitation of Groundwater Resources and their Environmental and Socio-economic Implications -The case of Jordan- Water International, Vol. 2008.

Daoud R. (2007): Detailed tariff structure of water and wastewater. Water and wastewater tariff applied in 2004, Eco-Consult Amman, Jordan, October 2007.

Salameh, E. Hammouri, R. (2007): Sources of groundwater salinity along the flow path, Disi-Dead Sea/ Jordan. Environmental Geology 53, 10, 2007.

Werz, H., Hötzl, H. (2007): Groundwater risk intensity mapping in semi-arid regions using optical remote sensing data as an additional tool, Hydrogeology Journal, Volume 15, Issue 6, pp. 1031 -1049.

Salameh, E. Farajat, M. (2006): The role of volcanic eruptions in blocking the drainage leading to the Dead Sea formation. Environ. Geol. Vol. 52, No. 5, 519-527. 2006.

Zereini, F., Hötzl, H. (Eds., 2008): Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa, Springer, 552 p.

Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E., (Eds., 2008): The water of the Jordan Valley; Springer, 531 p.

Flexer, A., Yellin-Dror, A. (2008): Geology. In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E. (eds). The Water of the Jordan Valley. Scarcity and Deterioration of Groundwater and its Impact on the Regional Development. Springer Pub., pp 15-54.

Toll, M. (2008): 'Investigating Unconsolidated Aquifers in an Arid Environment – A Case Study from the Lower Jordan Valley/Jordan'. IN: ZEREINI, F. and HÖTZL, H. (Eds.): Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and in North Africa. Springer Verlag, Berlin, New York, Tokio, p. 289-324.

Guttman, J. (2008): Hydrology. In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E. (eds). The Water of the Jordan Valley. Scarcity and Deterioration of Groundwater and its Impact on the Regional Development. Springer Pub., pp 55-73.

Guttman, J., Anker, Y., Flexer, A., Salameh, E. AND Shulman, H. (2008): Hydrogeology and Flow Pattern along the Fazael-E-Salt Cross-Section. In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E. (eds). The Water of the Jordan Valley. Scarcity and Deterioration of Groundwater and its Impact on the Regional Development. Springer Pub., pp 198-217.

Hoetzl, H. (2008): 'Water resources management in the Middle East under the aspect of climate changes'. In: Zereini, F. & Hoetzl, H. (Eds.): Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa. Springer, pp 77-92.

Hoetzl, H., Guttman, J., Salameh E., Tamimi, A.R. (2008): State of water strategy and policy. In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E., (Eds.): The water of the Jordan Valley; Springer, pp 481-503

Riepl, D., Wolf, L., Hötzl, H. (2008): Wissensmanagement als Grundlage für Entscheidungsunterstützungssysteme im Rahmen des Nachhaltigen Wasserressourcenmanagements. In Sauter et al (Eds.): Grundwasserressourcen: Charakterisierung, Bewirtschaftung, Prognosen. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, Bd. 57., p. 71.

Salameh, E. Naser, H. (2008): Restoring the shrinking Dead Sea –The environmental imperative. In: F. Zereini (Ed.) Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa. Springer Publishing Company

Toll, M., Heinrichs T, Sauter, M.; Salameh E., Dietrich, P. (2008): 'An integrated approach for the hydrogeological investigation of the unconsolidated aquifers in lower Jordan Valley'. In: Water Resources of the Jordan and Dead Sea Rift Valley, Springer, Berlin, p. 447-464.

Toll, M., Messerschmid, C., Wolfer, J., Hötzl, H., Ali, W., Sauter, M. (2008): 'Uppermost Aquifer in the Wadi el Qilt area'. In: Water Resources of the Jordan and Dead Sea Rift Valley, Springer, Berlin, p. 265-286.

Werz, H., Hötzl, H., Kuntz, D., Storz, S. (2008): 'Protective potential of soils, groundwater vulnerability and hazards in the Wadi Shueib, Jordan'.- In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E., (Eds.): The water of the Jordan Valley; Springer, pp 413-446

Yellin-Dror, A., Guttman, J., Flexer, A., Hoetzl, H., Ali, W. and Bensabat, J., (2008): '3-D hydrogeological model of the Marsaba-Feshkha region'. In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P. and Rosenthal, E., (Eds.): The water of the Jordan Val-ley; Springer, pp 287-311.

Tamimi, A., Isayed, A., Abu Mughli, M. (2007): Using Socio-economic Indicators for Integrated Water Resources Management: Case Study of Palestine. In: Shuval, H. Dweik, H. (Eds.): Water Resources in the Middle East; Springer; pp. 331-339.

Wolf, L., Werz, H., Hötzl, H., Ghanem, M. (2007): Exploring the potential of managed aquifer recharge to migitate water scarcity in the lower Jordan River basin within an IWRM approach|. In FOX, P.: Managing Aquifer Recharge for Sustainability, 656 p., Accacia Publishers, Phoenix.

Abueladas, A., Al-Zoubi, A., Akkawi, E., Al-Ruzouq, R., Hötzl, H. and Ali, W. (2009): Proton Magnetic Resonance for water content delineation at the Lower Jordan Valley. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Al Khoury, W., Toll, M., Salameh, E. and Sauter, M. (2009): Rainfall-runoff rela-tionship in microscale wadis in a semi arid environment - A case study from Wadi Kafrein in Jordan. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Al-Madbouh, S., Hornberg, C., Tamimi, A., Claßen T. and Heinz I. (2009): Per-ceptions of Palestinian decision makers and researchers of social acceptabil-ity of waste water reuse in irrigation: The Wadi al-Fara’a watershed, Pales-tine. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Al-Zoubi, A., Hötzl, H., Akkawi, E., Al-Ruzouq, R., Abu-Hamatteh, Z., Abueladas, A., Ali, W. and Khayat, S. (2009): An investigation of groundwater condition by geoelectric method: A case study in the Lower Jordan Valley Basin (Shuna/ Jericho), Jordan. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Alfarra, A., Kemp-Benedict, E., Hötzl, H., Seder, N., Sonneveld, B., Ali, W., Wolf, L. (2009): The Framework for Wastewater Reuse in Jordan: Present Status to Future Potential indicated by Reuse Index. Proceedings of the 7th Interna-tional Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Li-massol, Cyprus.

Alfarra, A., Kemp-Benedict, E., Hötzl, H., Seder, N., Sonneveld, B. (2009): Simu-lation of Water Supply and Demand in the Jordan Valley Region. Proceed-ings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource As-sociation, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Awad, I., Holländer, R. (2009): Towards Efficient, Equitable and Sustainable Mu-nicipal Water Supplies for Domestic Purposes in the West Bank: A Contin-gent Valuation Analysis. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Bensabat, J., Flexer, A., Inbar, N., Guttman, J., Yellin-Dror, A. (2009): A 3D Conceptual Geohydrological Model for the Lower Jordan Rift Valley. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Cardona, J., Ali, W., Mueller, R., Samhan, S. and van Afferden, M. (2009): Capacity building in wastewater treatment and reuse as a strategic component for sustainable water management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley. Proceed-ings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource As-sociation, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Geyer, S., Khayat, S., Roediger, T. and Siebert, C. (2009): The anthropogenic impact on groundwater quality in Jericho and adjoining Wadis (Lower Jordan Valley, Palestine). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Ghanem, M., Marei, A., Hoetzl, H., Wolf, L., Ali, W. (2009): Hydrochemical Vari-ability of the Spring Water in the Upper Jordan Rift Valley. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Associa-tion, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Ghanem, M., Marei, A., Hoetzl, H., Wolf, L., Ali, W. (2009): Assessment of Artificial Recharge Test in Jeftlik – Faria Area, West Bank. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Guttman, J., Hötzl, H., Bensabat, J., Wolf, L and Milgrom, T. (2009): Towards a rational water management and utilization of water resources in arid zones: Application to the Jordan rift Valley., in: Trends and Sustainability of Groundwater in Highly Stressed Aquifers (Proc. of Symposium JS.2 at the Joint IAHS & IAH Convention, Hyderabad, India, September 2009). IAHS Publ. 329, 2009, 1-9.

Guttman, J., Kobi, A., Flexer, A., Yellin-Dror, A. (2009): Areas with preliminary Potential for new Water Resources within the Lower Jordan Rift Valley. Pro-ceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Re-source Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Hanf, A., Toll, M., Schmidt, S., Wagner, B. and Sauter, M. (2009): Estimation of soil moisture based on remote sensing techniques - a case study from the eastern flanks of the West Bank. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cy-prus.

Heinz, I. and Koo-Oshima, S. (2009): Water scarcity, wastewater reuse and the economic value of water - findings from a FAO study. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Kishk, A.A. (2009): Grey wastewater treatment and reuse in green houses irriga-tion to enhance food security in rural areas.Proceedings of the 7th Interna-tional Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Li-massol, Cyprus.

Kishk, A.A., Bederski, O. and Mari, A. (2009): The efficiency of RBC followed by horizontal soil filter constructed wetland in treating domestic wastewater. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Re-source Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Lienhoop, N., Dombrowsky, I. (2009): Demand for and interest in Decentralised Wastewater Treatment and Re-use: An empirical analysis of stakeholder views. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Milgrom, T. (2009): Socio-economic profiling as part of IWRM framework: Israeli localities within the Lower Jordan Rift Valley. Proceedings of the 7th Interna-tional Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Li-massol, Cyprus.

Milgrom, T., Bensabat, J., Guttman, Y. (2009): Towards IWRM implementation – scenarios definition for Kalya region. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Riepl, D., Wolf, L., Hötzel, H. (2009): Potential of Semantic Wiki tools to organize interdisciplinary IWRM approaches. Proceedings of the 7th International Con-ference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Rödiger, T., Siebert, C., Kolditz, O. and Krause, P. (2009): Coupled hydrological systems depending on semiarid conditions. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Li-massol, Cyprus.

Sahawneh, J. (2009): Structural control of hydrology, hydrogeology and hydrochemistry along the eastern escarpment of the Jordan Rift Valley. Pro-ceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Sawarieh, A., Wolf, L., Ali, W. and Hötzl, H.(2009): Quantity and quality assessments of Kafrein reservoir impact on groundwater. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Schmidt, S., Toll, M., Geyer, T., Guttman, J., Zayed, O., Gotfeld, A. and Sauter, M. (2009): The use of high resolution spring discharge data sets to estimate travel times through thick vadose zones in a semi-arid area. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Siebert, C., Herrmann, B., Geyer, S., Rödiger, T., Subah, A., Al-Hadidi, K., Inbar, N., Yelin-Dror, A., Khayat, S., Guttman, Y., Toll, M., Werz, H. and Margane, A. (2009): The multidisciplinary and multinational data- and information system DAISY – the key for an IWRM-project in the Lower Jordan Valley (Israel-Jordan-Palestine). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Tamimi, A. (2009): Integrated water resources management through active stakeholder dialogue – case study from Palestine. Proceedings of the 7th In-ternational Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Tiehm, A., Schmidt, N., Stieber, M., Sacher, M., Seder, N., Ghanem, M., Wolf, L., Hötzl, H. (2009): Occurrence and biodegradability of emerging pollutants in the Jordan Valley. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Toll, M., Salameh, E. and Sauter, M. (2009): Groundwater – surface water interactions of a highly stressed aquifer system in an arid to semi-arid environ-ment. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Wa-ter Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Toll, M., Wu, Y., Kolditz, O. and Sauter, M. (2009): Groundwater resources in western Jordan: A hydrogeological investigation of the influence of complex geological features on groundwater flow paths and storage. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Associa-tion, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Van Afferden, M. (2009): Vom Schulcurriculum zum Doktorandenprogramm: Bildung als Instrument zur nachhaltigen Implementierung von IWRM-Komponenten in Jordanien, Palästina und Israel (SMART-Projekt). 6. BMBF-Forum für Nachhaltigkeit, Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit - Einen Schritt weiter, 9. - 10. September 2009, PROTOTYP Lofts, Hamburg

Van Afferden, M., Haddad, R., Daoud, R., Cardona, J., Headley, T. and Mueller, R. (2009): Systems solutions for decentralized wastewater management in Jordan: Identification and description of potential regions and sites. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Re-source Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Werz, H., Rapp, M., Wolf, L., Ali, W., Hötzl, H. (2009): Evaluation of potential sites for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) using surface infiltration in NW-Jordan. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Wa-ter Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Wolf, L., Borgstedt, A., Subah, A., van Afferden, M., Jabarin A., Riepl, D. and Hötzl, H. (2009): Combined cost-benefit assessment of groundwater protec-tion measures and improved sanitation concepts in Jordan. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Associa-tion, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

Wolf, L., Pöschko, A., Zemann, M., Werz, H., Sawarieh, A., Seder, N., Stieber, M., Sacher, F., Tiehm, A. (2009): Understanding occurrence of xenobiotics in closed river basins, examples from the Jordan Valley. International Conference on Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle (XENOWAC), 11.-13. März 2009, Cyprus.

Zawadsky, C. und Tiehm, A. (2009): PCR-detection of viruses in waste water and surface water of the Jordan valley. Proceedings 15th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, 31. Mai – 5. Juni 2009, Naxos Island, Greece: 340-341

Zemann, M., Wolf, L., Sawarieh, A., Ali, W. and Hötzl, H. (2009): Infiltration of mixtures of treated wastewater and spring water into coarse alluvial sedi-ments: Hydraulic and hydrochemical observations at a test site for artificial recharge in the Wadi Kafrein, Jordan. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the European Water Resource Association, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

D. Hannich, H. Hötzl, W. Ali (2008): 'New geophysical insights concerning the interfaces between fresh, brackish and saline water in the Ein-Fashkha area at the north-western Dead Sea shore'. (abstract), EGU conference, April 2008, Vienna, Austria.

Hoetzl, H. (2008): Protection of water resources by underground storage.- 4th Environmental Symposium of German-Arab Scientific Forum for Environmental, Fez – Morocco (in press)

Riepl D., L. Wolf, H. Hötzl, W. Ali, H. Werz (2008): 'Wissensmanagement als Grundlage für Entscheidungsunterstützungssysteme im Rahmen des Nachhaltigen Wasserressourcenmanagements', (abstract), FH-DGG Conference 21.-25. May, Göttingen, Germany.

Tamimi, A., et al. (2008): Development socioeconomic based water tariff in Palestine. Proceedings of Sustainable Water Management in Palestine. UNESCO – Cairo; pp. 257-267.

Tiehm, A., Lipp, P., Schmidt, N., Stieber, M., Sacher, F., Meuler, S., Paris, S., Bischof, F. (2008): 'Elimination of emerging pollutants in membrane bioreactors (MBR) and soil-aquifer-treatment (SAT)'. In: Symposium Booklet Int. Symp. “Coupling sustainable sanitation & groundwater protection”, 14 - 17 Oct 2008, BGR Hannover (GER), 37.

Tiehm, A., Zawadsky, C., Stieber, M., Hambsch, B. (2008): Development of molecular biological tools to monitor virus elimination in waste water reuse. In: Symposium Booklet Int. Symp. “Coupling sustainable sanitation & ground-water protection”, 14 - 17 Oct 2008, BGR Hannover (GER), 40 – 41.

Toll, M., Salameh, E. and Sauter, M. (2008): Groundwater resources in Jordan Valley: an integrated approach to the hydrogeological investigation of unconsolidated aquifers. 13th IWRA World Water Congress. Montpellier, France, 1st to 4th of September. 12 p.

Toll, M., Salameh, E. and Sauter, M. (2008): Modelling multiple stresses placed upon a groundwater system in a semi-arid brackish environment. German – US Conference: Tough Choices – Land Use under a Changing Climate. Berlin, Germany, 2nd and 3rd of October.

Toll, M., Salameh, E. and Sauter, M. (2008): Integrated investigation of stressed groundwater resources in brackish unconsolidated aquifers. 4th Environmental Symposium of the German-Arab Scientific Forum for Environmental Studies. Fez, Marocco, pp. 57-58.

Toll, M., Sauter, M., Schmidt, S. and Geyer, T. (2008): Überbeanspruchte Grundwasserleiter in semi-ariden Gebieten und die Klimaerwärmung („Stressed Aquifers”). 4. Kolloquium Nationales Komitee für Global Change Forschung. Bad Honnef, Germany, 3rd and 4th of April.

Daoud, R. (2007): Detailed tariff structure of water and wastewater. Water and wastewater tariff applied in 2004, Eco-Consult Amman, Jordan, October 2007.

Hötzl, H. (2007): Graben wir uns das Wasser ab? Konflikte im Jordan Becken. PAX 2007, Water and Peace. Presentation event arranged by the City of Augsburg, Germany, 3rd and 4th August 2007

Hoetzl, H.; Flexer, A.; Guttman, J.; Bensabat, J.; Ali, W.; Yelin-Dror, A. (2007): Flow pattern of low permeability zones in a fissured karst aquifer - 3-D flow model of the Marsaba-Feshkah area, Dead Sea, EUG conference, April 2008, Vienna

Lipp, P., Stieber, M., Meuler, S., Bischof, F., Tiehm, A. (2007): Development of innovative processes for waste water treatment by MBR with respect to the removal of persistent organic pollutants. In: 6th IWA Specialist Conference on Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse for Sustainability, 9-12 Oct. 2007, Antwerp (Belgium): 4 pages (Proceedings CD)

Werz, H., Hötzl, H. (2007): How can remote sensing data contribute in groundwater vulnerability and risk intensity? - Two case studies. XXXV Congress of International Association of Hydrogeologists, Groundwater and Ecosystems, 2007, Lisbon, Proceedings on CD-ROM.

Zawadsky, C., Stieber, M., Hambsch, B., Tiehm, A. (2007): Development of mo-lecular biological tools to monitor virus elimination in waste water reuse. In: 6th IWA Specialist Conference on Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse for Sustainability, 9-12 Oct. 2007, Antwerp (Belgium): 4 pages (Proceedings CD)

Ali, W., Hoetzl, H. et al (2006): Practical steps to improve the water demand situation in the Jordan Rift Valley, Integrated Water Resources Management and Challenges of the Sustainable Development', 2006, Marrakech, Morocco

Hoetzl, H., Ali, W., Wolf, L., Werz, H. (2006) : The “ SMART Project “ an Integrated Water Resource Management project in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley, (abstract), EM Water conference, Amman, Jordan

Toll, M., Salameh, E., Dietrich, P., Sauter M. (2006): Groundwater resources in the Lower Jordan Valley: an integrated approach to the hydrogeological investigation of unconsolidated saline aquifers. Poster presentation at the 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (supported by the AISH and IASH), Bochum, Germany, 26 – 28th of 2006.

Toll, M., Salameh, E., Dietrich, P., Sauter M. (2006): Groundwater resources in the Lower Jordan Valley: an integrated approach to the hydrogeological investigation of unconsolidated saline aquifers. The 3rd Environmental Symposium of the German-Arabic Society for Environmental Studies, Frankfurt, Germany.

Inbar, N. (2012): The evaporitic subsurface body of Kinnarot Basin - Stratigraphy, structure, geohydrology. Dissertation at the Chair of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Tel Aviv , 145 p.

Awad, I. (2011): Paths to sustainable water solutions in West bank and the estimation of Environmental and Resource Costs

Alfarra, A. (2010): The Potential Role of Treated Wastewater in the Agricultural Development of the Lower Jordan Valley

Al-Khoury, W. (2010): Rainfall-runoff relation ships in Wadi Kafrein.

Sahawneh, J. (2010): Geology and structure – east of Jordan Valley

Laster, Y (2010): Trans-border Integrated Water Management in Conflict Zones

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