Development of an Efficient Tool to Evaluate New Irrigation Projects for Optimal Use of Egypt’s Scarce Resources

Abstract

Researcher Name: Heba Mahmoud Ahmed Salman Thesis Title: Development of an Efficient Tool to Evaluate New Irrigation Projects for Optimal Use of Egypt’s Scarce Resources Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering

Egypt has tried to increase its agricultural area through reclamation of desert land to face the food gap and also increase food security in Egypt. In the new lands, water resources constitute the major determinant of reclamation and development. Therefore, the future of land reclamation in Egypt is depending largely on its groundwater potential. The efficient use and management of new land and groundwater resources will help to maximize land returns from each cubic meter of water and this would enhance the national effort to achieve food security in Egypt.

The scope of the problem is how to manage the available groundwater resources in reclamation lands especially the most of reclaimed lands are far from the center of decision makers. So, there is a need to use a remote management system to manage and control the groundwater resources and new agricultural lands in order to explore means of increasing water resources using efficiency in reclamation lands management based on dynamic maps and current data.

The primary objective of this research is to have an insight into groundwater resources management system to assess, evaluate and managing new groundwater irrigated lands in Egypt by providing a new tool for