A Technical-Economic Model for Integrated Water Resources Management in Tourism Dependent Arid Coastal Regions

Aya lamei joined the American University in Cairo in 1991 where she enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Construction Engineering and graduated in 1996. In 1996, she was employed at the Egyptian Construction and Trading Company as a project manager. In the same year, she started an MSc program at the American university in Cairo, majoring in Environmental Engineering. She graduated in 2001. She worked at the American University in Cairo both as a research and teaching assistant in 2004 and 2007 respectively. She enrolled in a PhD program at UNESCO-IHE Delft in 2005 doing a research on IWRM for tourism-dominated arid coastal regions . She is currently employed in Schlumberger Water Services, Houston, United States of America as a business development manager.

Chapter 1 General Introduction Chapter 2 Water resources management to satisfy high water demand in the arid Sharm El Sheikh, the Red Sea, Egypt Chapter 3 Basic cost equations to estimate unit production costs for RO desalination and long-distance piping to supply water to tourism-dominated arid coastal regions of Egypt Chapter 4 Impact of solar energy cost on water production cost of seawater desalination plants in Egypt Chapter 5 A model for calculation of water demand by the tourism industry in arid coastal regions: The case of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Chapter 6 Optimum contracted-for water supply for hotels in arid coastal regions Chapter 7 Dynamic programming of capacity expansion of reverse osmosis desalination plant - Case study: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Chapter 8 Integrating wastewater reuse in water resources management for hotels in arid coastal regions - Case study of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Chapter 9 Environmental impact and economic costs of brine disposal methods from RO desalination plants in arid coastal regions Chapter 10 Conclusions and recommendations