Water and sediment management in reservoirs and Rivers.

The National Water Research Center (NWRC) dedicated to conduct applied research at the highest water policy-making level. NWRC is an inter-disciplinary research Center dedicated to fostering an environment that encourages basic and applied researches planning both traditional water-related disciplines, as well as non-traditional and emerging disciplines. Based upon, NWRC is mandated to provide innovative solutions and communicate them to the end users; therefore, enhance research uptake. NWRC’s organization consists of twelve research institutes; basically tackling the following water resources related topics: Irrigation and Drainage, Hydraulics, Hydraulic structures and Machinery, Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, Sediment Transport, Water Quality and Pollution Control, Coastal Protection and Lake/Shore Environment, Climate Change and Geo-Measurements Analysis, Water Socio-Economics. Each institute covers one or more of these research areas.

The sediment yield of rivers is often sensitive to changes in catchments land use and human activities. Such an impact is most likely to be demonstrated at a restricted spatial scale, particularly in headwater catchments. In large river basins such as Nile River Basin, there are needs to study, understand, and quantify the impacts of these modifications on the hydrologic regime. Therefore water and sediment management for upstream countries is very essential. Understanding the phenomena of Nile River and good estimation of average annual soil loss and sediment yield in upstream countries will improve the estimation of sedimentation processes in downstream countries. Accordingly, this will give more clear overview for the decision makers in management of water resources and sediment in the shared river countries.

Water and sediment management, Upstream and downstream countries, shared river countries.

1- Developing a new method or model for optimizing water use in shared river countries.
2- Creation of win win project.
3- Finding the best rules for water and sediment management in upstream and downstream countries.