• Water Management
• Hydrology / Water Quality
• Hydrometry / Irrigation systems monitoring
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• System Analysis and Programming
• Database and GIS applications

• Review of existing databases and electronic maps
• Determination of suitable spatial management units
• Selection of a suitable software environment
• Development of algorithms and user interfaces
• Training in the operation and updating of the system
  

Implementation and dissemination of an integrated water resource management system in oases:

• Analysis of existing IT equipment
• Recommendation and procurement of hardware and software
• Design and implementation of a database concept for IWRM
• Elaboration of a medium-term water management plan for the oasis of Béni Abbès
• Development of a water balancing tool
• Development of an information management strategy and of an M&E system
  

• Evaluation of tenders for IT, GIS and GPS hardware
• Design and execution of application training courses in MapInfo
  

• Analysis of existing IWRM knowledge within LCBC;
  
• Analysis of existing and specification of future hard and software;
  
• Formulation of IWRM tasks of LCBC;
• Selection of water resources management methods;
• Evaluation of data requirement for IWRM;
  
• Specification of data types and formats;
  
• Implementation of water resources data base;
  
• Adaptation of hydrological models;
  
• Implementation of training measures for GIS, database, modelling and visualisation.
  

• Evaluation of chemical, physical and biological parameters of effluents from wastewater treatment plants and their effects on soils, crops and biodiversity
  
• Preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment for the feasibility study.
• Hydrological calculations and reservoir simulations for testing the option of storage of treated wastewater during the winter season.

• Development of an Information System for the storage, processing and presentation of results from baseline surveys (farmer's questionnaires)
  
• Supervision of construction of a computer-based cadastral system, using maps scale 1:2500 and 1:1000.

• Design of a database under MS-Access, preparation of base maps
• Development of data entry forms dealing with the input of the following data groups: address, resources, environment, technical, institutional, financial aspects, tariffs and revenue collection, administration, performance indicators
• Development of queries and reports with dynamic maps integrated in MS-Access
• Performance of both on-the-job and formal training on GIS and database applications
• Set-up of a small local computer network, assistance in the procurement of additional computers.
• Discussion with other ongoing projects in Tanzania dealing with computer-based information systems for the water sector to attempt a harmonisation in the documentation, user-interfaces and data structures
• Transformation of the local system into a web-based information system using PHP/MySQL and MapServer.

• Participation in the development of a water balancing model linked to ArcView GIS
• Description of water transfer systems of national importance
• Set up of a digital terrain model
• Countywide regionalisation of observed precipitation and evapotranspiration records on a 1-km-grid
• Development of a raster model (processing daily rainfall and monthly evaporation records) for the determination of the regeneration of water resources (run-off, deep infiltration)
• Advice on structuring of pre-processing demand modules for a "Scenario Tables Pool"
• Integration of the software modules written under various languages (Delphi, Avenue, VBA) into a uniform system running under MS-Access and integrated GIS with optional connection to a central ORACLE server
• Development of the pre-processing modules for detailed assessment and projection of irrigation water demands
• Development of a model for calculation of reservoir safe yields
• Development for a nationwide model to simulate water transfers and perform regional water balances under consideration of different source and demand types as well as water quality classes.
• Participation in the formulation of the National Water Master Plan
• Set-up of digital documents in HTML and PDF
• On-the-job-training for GIS applications in water management planning

• Assessment of available data and facilities for computer aided water management planning
• Active participation at a planning workshop on the establishment of a new water master plan
• Elaboration of workshop results and formulation of a detailed work plan and quantification of required inputs
• General advice on institutional and technical matters for preparation of a digital water master plan
• Advice on data requirements and data bank structuring
• Testing and evaluating applicants to join the local team for water master planning
• Assistance in the procurement of digital geographic data
• Assistance in importing observation data to the database from external sources and preparation of reports for the master plan
• Advice and active participation in building a the project's homepage (contents, structure, programming in JavaScript)
• Formulation of TOR for new projects in the water sector
• Revision of a detailed report on causes of the environmental degradation of Lake Dojran and options for its rehabilitation.

• Linkage of MapInfo GIS to MS-Access data base
• Calculation of water quality classes under MS-Access
• Automated production of surface water quality maps under MapInfo
• Visualisation of Groundwater Quality under Surfer and MapInfo

• Preparation of base maps under ArcView, design of a database
• Development of interfaces to transfer resources and administrative data individually managed by various departments into a common system
• Discussions with the Ministry in Rabat on harmonisation with a new nation-wide database on natural resources data.
• Development of a sample GIS application to visualize the relation between authorisations for groundwater abstractions and the decline of groundwater levels over the last 30 years.
• On-the-job training on GIS, with emphasis on dealing with data under different map projections.
• Participation in a workshop to present the project achievements to other potential donors

• Project Management
• Procurement and supervision of installation of hard- and software (14 working places including network server) suitable for GIS and database development of a new computer-aided water master plan on national level.
• Procurement of hydrometrical field measuring equipment
• Execution of two training courses on GIS and database applications for water management planning.

• Establishment of a model for water and salt balancing
• Modelling for localisation of main sources of salinisation
• Long term modelling for prediction of the salt content in soils and drainage waters

• Evaluation of the hydro-meteorological information system
• Consultation of the counterpart institution in the selection of stations for a "strategic network"
• Proposals for modernisation of existing stations for monitoring of water quality and quantity as well as agro-meteorological parameters. Particular emphasis on irrigation return flows
• Proposals for improvement of remote data transfer and structuring of hydro-meteorological data for a Management Information System (MIS)
• Pre-processing of spatial data as well as of time series for integration into a Geographic Information System

• Environmental impact assessment (EIA) consistent with GOP and World Bank procedures
• Identification of the requirements for the monitoring of the impact of the proposed project

• Elaboration of regional and nation-wide water balances for various scenarios, water quality levels and time horizons
• Selection of the most economic water saving measures in the field of irrigated agriculture
• Information exchange between GIS, external data banks and various numerical models

• Participation in the assessment of various scenarios to improve irrigation water management and to monitor system efficiencies
• Computer assisted assessment of flood flows from hill torrent catchments endangering the Project Area
• Set-up of a flood routing model for dimensioning of a flood protection bund
• Evaluation of existing measures and new proposals of flood flow reduction and/or diversion
• Processing and evaluation of water and discharge hydrographs of the river Indus upstream and downstream from the Project Area

• Search and selection of sites for small dams
• Simulation of runoff volumes and dimensioning floods using specially developed rainfall-runoff models
• Detailed water balancing of small reservoirs for various cropping calendars
• Calculation of the potential for various water harvesting schemes

• Determination of topographic conditions and extreme values of water quality parameters at the sites
• Planning and design of the hydraulic systems for taking water samples from the river, conveyance to the measuring station and return
• Planning and design of systems for flushing and mechanical cleaning of the pipe system
• Selection of devices for continuous recording and retaining of samples

• Co-ordination of a seminar and consecutive study tour through Germany, Switzerland and France

• Collection and computer-aided reorganization of available data on surface water resources
• Planning and implementation of the extension of the existing hydro-meteorological network with electronic data loggers
• Inventory and partial evaluation of surface water development schemes
• Computer-aided creation of a base-map and various thematic maps, with software interfaces to the data bank and to application programs
• Development and application of a program for calculation of Penman evapotranspiration with directly measured radiation as optional input
• Training of counterparts (data collection, input and processing)
• Preparation of a part for the national masterplan (surface water assessment)
• Lecturing at two subsequent courses on applied hydrology organized by the University of Sana'a and the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft
• Advice of the High Water Council in the restructuring of the authorities active in the water sector

• Compilation of a data base relevant for irrigation system simulation
• System analysis and development of a program package for detailed simulation of a complex irrigation project with several reservoirs
• Simulation of various scenarios with different area extent, cropping pattern and cropping intensity
• Development of a program package for operation of an irrigation system (with tertiary canals as smallest unit)
• Counterpart training (general operation of PCs, application of the specially developed programs)

• Monitoring of surface runoff and sediment transport, compilation and evaluation of historical data
• Hydraulic calculations for soil conservation structures
• Updating of the climatology and hydrology of the Project Area
• Development and application of computer programs for the calculation of suspended sediment and bed load transport
• Estimation of reservoir life time with a stochastical model

• Rehabilitation of river gauging stations at the Juba River
• Collection of hydro-meteorological data from various sources
• Design and establishment of a computerised data bank
• Development of computer programs for data process-ing and hydrological analysis (all programs including graphical presentations)
• Development and calibration of a hydrological flood-routing model
• Training of computer operators

• Establishment of a precipitation observation network and of agro-meteorological stations
• Construction of river gauging stations and performance of discharge measurements
• Rehabilitation of wadi gauging stations and training of local observers

• Field observations of surface runoff
• Calculation of runoff from a small catchment with a rainfall-runoff computer model and proposals for flood diversion

• Repairs and installations of river gauges and meteoro-logical stations
• Measurements of water discharges and suspended load
• Evaluation of hydrological and meteorological data

• Collection and evaluation of meteorological data for precipitation-evapotranspiration balances

• Observations of riverbed erosion and sedimentation
• Collection of hydrological data and field measurements in the Rufiji River and its floodplain

• Design of a hydrometeorological observation network based on representative catchments

• Determination of surface water resources for ground water recharge and siting of storage dams for irrigation and urban water supply

• Hydrological survey to determine the availability of surface water for domestic supplies

• Hydrological investigations for irrigation of a 3,000 ha rice farm

• Evaluation of canal capacities in an existing 150,000 ha irrigation scheme

• Strengthening of the Region's hydrographical network: maintenance and data processing of newly established hydro-meteorological stations and their integration into the existing network