Case study on promoting local groundwater management in Yemen

Author(s):
Frank van Steenbergen, Omar Bamaga and Adel Al-Weshalia

Description:
Groundwater in Yemen is a byword for crisis and both the dwindling oil reserves and groundwater stocks are linked to the recent turmoil and large political and economic challenges ahead. Groundwater overuse was on the list of top ten priorities of the Ali Abdullah Saleh Government, but was also mentioned during the visit of the United States Secretary of State to Yemen in 2010. It is likely to remain a hot 'topic' in the next decade.