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We hope you will find it useful and will bring you even closer to the SWIM family!

With best wishes,

The SWIM-SM Team

SWIM- Support Mechanism

Now available online:

• A Regional assessment of past drought & flood episodes and their management in selected SWIM-SM Partner Countries (Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia) is available in English. The chapter related to the Tunisian case study is available in French.

• Guidelines on measures for improving compliance with water legislations and assessment of enforcement capacity in the SWIM-SM Region with focus on Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco are available in English.

• An Assessment of Potential Cumulative Environmental Impacts of Desalination Plants around the Mediterranean Sea is available in English

• SWIM-SM, in collaboration with the EU-funded MeHSIP project, have carried out a Verification and Validation of Adequacy & Efficiency of Operation of wastewater treatment plants in Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. The outcomes of this exercise are available in the following languages:

- The Executive Summary of the document related to the Saida Wastewater Treatment Plant in LEBANON is now available in French. The full document is available in English. 

- The document related to Al Hoceima Wastewater Treatment Plant in MOROCCO is available in French. The Executive Summary is also available in English.

- The document related to Choutrana Wastewater Treatment Plant in TUNISIA is available in French

www.swim-sm.eu

SWIM – Demonstration Projects

SWIM – ACLIMAS

Adaptation to Climate Change of the Mediterranean Agricultural Systems 

Now available online:

• The proceedings related to the awareness workshop organised in Morocco on 14 January 2015 about  the valorisation of cereals and legumes for the benefit of  rural women in Douar Lahyout - rural town of Toualet, Settat province are available in French

Planned activities:

• Technical visit to Tunisia (Tunis, Mornag, Capbon), 16-21 February 2015

• Technical visit to Morocco (Settat), 9-13 March 2015

• Technical visit to Lebanon (Tal Amara, Beirut, Byblos), 18-23 March 2015

• Technical visit to Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria, Western Nubaria), 30 March – 2 April 2015

• Training Course on “Best farming practices for cereals and other crops grown in Bekaa Valley”, Tal Amara, Lebanon, March 2015

• Training Course on “Water use and productivity of Mediterranean agricultural systems”, Settat, Morocco, 14-16 April 2015

• Training Course on “Crop water requirements and irrigation management”, Tal Amara - Beirut, Lebanon, April 2015

• Training Course on “Eco-physiological measurements”, Tal Amara – Beirut, Lebanon, May 2015 

www.aclimas.eu

SWIM – All Across the Jordan

Trans-boundary NGO Master Planning of the Lower Jordan River Basin

On-going and planned activities:

The project is currently proceeding the comments received by participants in the International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley (10-12 November 2014)

Two National Workshops, one  in Jordan and another in Palestine, are planned in April (respective provisional dates are 1 and 6 April 2015) to discuss and present the National Master Plans.

www.foeme.org

SWIM – IMPROWARE

Innovative Means to Protect Water Resources in the Mediterranean Coastal Areas through Re-injection of Treated Water

Planned activities

Technical and Hydrological Surveys

February-March:

Development of a local 3-dimensional model for Nobaria (Egypt) using:

-  the CODESA model  (a computer program that simulates fluid movement and the transport of dissolved substances in a subsurface environment);

-  the Finite Elements Model (FEM) (a model wich describes the effective possibility to recharge the aquifer by treated wastewater (about 160 mc/day) from the Constructed Wetland as well as the evolution of dissolved salt in groundwater after the injection of  treated "freshwater").

Pilot Projects:

• Upgrade of Waste Water Treatment Plant:

- Commission of the facilities (April 2015)

- Start up and operation (May 2015)

• Irrigation System

- Project design execution(March 2015)

- Works execution (April 2015)

www.improware.eu

SWIM – Sustain Water MED

Network of demonstration activities for sustainable integrated wastewater treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean countries

Now available online:

• The report of the Sustain Water MED Regional Conference organized on  1-2 December 2014 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt is available in English

• An online Chat MoM, 26th January 2015  (Click Here)

• The final report of the impact mission regarding the safe use of treated wastewater  (Click Here)

Planned activities:

Jordan

• A training course on Operation and Maintenance (O&M) will be organized on 15-16 Feb 2015 by the contractor of the wastewater treatment plant at the Public Security Directorate (PSD) with target group the PSD staff (operators, technicians).

• Handing over the Wastewater Treatment Plant to the PSD will be done in March  2015.

• An agreement between PSD and Great Amman Municipality for the reuse of the excess of treated wastewater will be signed in March 2015.

• The study related to the impact mission regarding the safe use of treated wastewater at the PSD in Jordan will be finalized by mid of February 2015. All relevant documents will be uploaded to the website upon finalization of the entire mission

Tunisia

• The construction work of the sand filter at the pilot plant in Medinine Tunisia will be finalized by the end of February 2015 and the IT platform implementation by the end of March 2015. This will be followed by two weeks test operation phase.

• 2 days training on the operation and maintenance of the sand filter will be organized for ONAS staff during March 2015.

Morocco

• The construction of the pilot plant in Dayet Ifrat in Morocco is progressing well and will be finalized by the end of April 2015.

Egypt

• The tender of the pilot plant in Guzyera, Ismailia Governorate will be finalized in March 2015, and the construction will start in April 2015.

Regional

• The 2nd e-learning course dedicated to "New urban sanitation systems and technologies"started on the 2^nd of February 2015. 24 participants have been selected and the training course will last until end of March 2015. 

www.swim-sustain-water.eu

SWIM – WADIS-MAR

Water Harvesting and Agricultural techniques in Dry lands: an Integrated and Sustainable Model in MAghreb Regions

Planned activities (February-March 2015)

• Meetings in Algeria with the water resources Ministry and the European delegation to discuss the financial and technical issues of the project.

• Realisation of  6 further demonstrative sites in Megarine and Sidi Makhlouf (Tunisia):  Replicability of demonstrative agronomic activities to other  land owners.

• Farmer assistance in irrigation scheduling and deficit irrigation practices in Tunisia.

• Field monitoring for both irrigation techniques proposed and farmer method on peach and vineyard in Tunisia.

• Discussion about replicability of activities in other 14 farms at Megarine and Sidi Makhlouf (Tunisia).

• Publication of  the ToR’s for the lot 1 “ recharge system realisation  “and close publication of the 2nd lot “Realisation of piezometers for recharge monitoring” in Tunisia.

• Development of  mathematical hydrogeological modeling aquifer of Wadi Biskra (Algeria)

• Implementation of dissemination activities through a south-south exchange workshop in Algeria.

www.wadismar.eu