Abstract:
Water is essential for life and economic development, therefore, it
need to be managed carefully and in a comprehensive way. In
2000, Global Water Partner Ship (GWP) defined Integrated Water
Resources Management IWRM as a process of developed
management of water to maximize the economic benefits and the
welfare of the society.
The River Nile State is located between Latitudes 16-22 North and
Longitudes 03-03 East. It lies within the arid part of Sudan in the
vicinity of the Sahara desert and it receives very limited amount of
annual rainfall (<100 mm/year). The main water source therein is
the River Nile. The main economical activity in this state is
agriculture, which is irrigated from the River Nile.
The study follows the approach integrated water resources (IWR)
which required the determination of River Nile State surface water,
rainwater and ground water quantitatively and qualitatively, and
(WRM) which is required the determination of River Nile State
domestic, industrial, and the agricultural water use. Simple and
advanced statistical models software were applied such as the
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), to find out the
means, standard deviations and so on, the more sophisticated
statistical parameters such as coefficient of variation, skewness
and their corrections. This adopted software in this research are
considered the keys leading to solution of the problems and
fulfilling the objectives to create IWRM body in the River Nile State
pilot area, to travel parallel with the expected present and future
population growth.
Hopefully, this research opens the door to studies of sustainable
development in term of water.
