1. The Arab Regional Center @ AGU
Alternative Strategies for the Sustainable Management of Municipal Water Sector in the State of Kuwait
Hamed Abbas
Future Studies Department, General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, State of Kuwait
Prof.Waleed K Zubari
Water Resources Management Program, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain
WASTA 9th Gulf Water Conference
Sultanate of Oman, March, 2010

3. Water Resources and use in Kuwait
(90% = domestic)
Al-Awar, 2005

5. نسبة الدعم الكلي للمياه المحلاة (بيانات وزارة التخطيط)

7. Weakening level of water management in the municipal sector
Results:
EIA (DPSIR)
Diving Forces
Dry weather
Socio Economic growth
Social life pattern (high GPD, subsidized policies)
Reduction of water awareness
Weakness of ability and institution
Response
Supply policies (expansion of desalination plants)
Management and conservation policies (flat tariff rate, recovery costs indulgence, awareness campaigns
Impacts
Environmental Impacts (air, coastal and marine pollution, carry over wastewater)
Economic effects (and the burden on the general budget)
Social effects (water shortages, unsustainable water consumption)
Political effects (increased tension between the government and parliament)
Presser
Increasing of consumption rate
High rate of consumption per capita
The limited capacity of desalination plants and desalination projects delayed
The dominance of the government to desalination sector
Decrease efficiency of production
Increasing of water leakage
State
Weakening level of water management in the municipal sector

8. Alternative Strategies for the Management of Municipal Water Sector
Analytical Hierarchy Process
Efficiency & Sustainability of Urban Water Management
Objective
Criteria
Economic & Financial
Institutional & Legislative
Technological
Political
Environmental
Social
Use of renewable energies in desalination
Control of population growth
Construction of desalination plants
Reuse of treated wastewater
Alternatives
Awareness raising
Water importation
Leakage reduction
Water-saving devices
Water tariff

9. Cont., Results (AHP) Rank Alternative Score 1 Awareness raising 444 2
Criteria
Weight
Environmental
31%
Economical & Financial
18%
Institutional & Legislative
16%
Technological
14%
Political
11%
Social
10%
Rank
Alternative
Score 1
Awareness raising
444 2
Reuse of Treated wastewater
417 3
Water-saving devices
411 4
Leakage reduction
402 5
Renewable energies in desal.
395 6
Water Tariff
380 7
Construction of desal. plants
373 8
Control of population growth
341 9
Water importation
340

12. Evaluation of Effectiveness of Management Alternatives
Population Dynamics
Management Alternatives
Wastewater Dynamics
Desalination Production Dynamics
Cost

13. Management Intervention model
Modeling Results
Water Demands: reduction of demand by 28% by the year 2020 (from 683 Mm3 to 490 Mm3)
Baseline model
Management Intervention model

14. Management Intervention model
Cont., Modeling Results
Water Cost: reduction of cumulative total cost by 8 billion US$ by 2020
Baseline model
Management Intervention model

15. Management Intervention model
Cont., Modeling Results
Collected Wastewater
Reduction in generated wastewater quantities by 20% by 2020
Delay in current carryover by about 15 years
Management Intervention model
Baseline model

16. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Environmental, economical, and financial considerations were given the highest weight in the decision-making process in the State of Kuwait
The management alternatives of raising water awareness, use of domestic water-saving devices, reducing water leakage were the most appropriate interventions selected.
Improvement of the developed management model is made to include the agricultural and industrial sectors and represent the geographic distribution in the state of Kuwait
Evaluate the overall water resources management efficiency in Kuwait
Determine the real consumption of water in the domestic sector for Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti citizens
Economic analysis studies (cost/benefit analysis) for each suggested option be conducted to determine the feasibility for each suggested options
Conducting price-demand elasticity studies in the domestic sector to aid in the analysis of the evaluation of the water tariff option

17. Downward Spiral Situation
Increasing population
Increasing consumption/per capita
Increasing leakage rates
Increasing subsidies
Supply augmentation policies
Increasing water production and transmission costs
Increasing wastewater carryover volumes