Water for the Future

Committee on Sustainable Water Supplies in the Middle East; Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Palestine Academy for Science and Technology; Royal Scientific Society, Jordan; and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction and Background; 4 2 The Study Area and Patterns of Water Use; 5 3 Factors Affecting Patterns of Water Use; 6 4 Water and the Environment; 7 5 Options for the Future: Balancing Water Demand and Water Resources; 8 Appendix A: Excerpts from the Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; 9 Appendix B: Excerpts from the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip; 10 Appendix C: Effects of Water Use on Biodiversity in the Study Area; 11 Appendix D: Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Rivers; 12 Appendix E: Bibliography; 13 Appendix F: List of Meeting Places and Dates; 14 Appendix G: Committee on Sustainable Water Supplies for the Middle east Biographical Sketches