Temporal Trends for Water-Resources Data in Areas of Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian Interest

Israeli Hydrological Service
Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Palestinian Water Authority

Compiled by the
U.S. Geological Survey

Authorized and Released by the
Executive Action Team,
Middle East Water Data Banks Project

Shmuel Kessler, Israeli Representative
Hazim El-Naser, Jordanian Representative,
Fadle Kawash, Palestinian Representative

Multilateral working groups, to advance the Middle East Peace Process, were formed in January 1992. One of these groups, the Working Group on Water Resources, endorsed the Water Data Banks Project in November 1994. The Water Data Banks Project consists of a series of specific actions to be taken by the Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians (Core Parties) that were designed to foster the adoption of common, standardized data collection and storage techniques among the Parties, to improve the quality of the water-resources data collected in the region, and to improve communication among the scientific communities in the region. The project is managed by an Executive Action Team (EXACT) composed of water experts from Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian water-management agencies. Technical and financial support to EXACT is contributed by the United States, European Union, Canada, France, Norway, Australia, and the Netherlands. The authors of this report are Meir Ben-Zvi and Michael Eyal of the Israeli Hydrological Service; Mahmoud Al-Alawneh, Ayman Jaber, and Zakaria Zhoudi of the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation; and Basema Bahir, Mazen Banna, Deeb Abdul Dhafour, Sami Hamden, Ayman Mohsen, Maha Muhaisen, Nidal Salim, Ahmad Yacoubi, Adel Yasin, and Omar Zayed of the Palestinian Water Authority. Contributions from the Core Parties were compiled by David K. Mueller of the U.S. Geological Survey. Dennis Helsel, Mark Landers, and Jeffrey Miller of the U.S. Geological Survey provided technical assistance with data analysis and interpretation.

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