| A Technical-Economic Model for Integrated Water Resources Management in Tourism Dependent Arid Coastal Regions: Unesco-Ihe PhD Thesis Contributor(s): Lamei, Aya (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138433993 ISBN-13: 9781138433991 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Earth Sciences - Hydrology - Technology & Engineering | Civil - General |
| Dewey: 551.480 |
| Physical Information: 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |