Rapid Assessment of the Water Accounts in Urmia Lake Basin Phase 1: Final Report Poolad Karimi, Sajid Pareeth and Claire Michailovsky Rapid Assessment of the Water Accounts in Urmia Lake Basin PROJECT FINAL REPORT Report submitted to FAO under the Integrated Programme for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Urmia Lake Basin (GCP/IRA/066/JPN) Karimi, P., Pareeth, S., Michailovsky, C. 2019. Rapid assessment of the water accounts in Urmia Lake basin. Project report, IHE Delft, The Netherland. Corresponding contact: Dr. Poolad Karimi (
[email protected]) Copyright 2019 IHE Delft Institute for Water Education PROJECT SUMMARY Project name/acronym Rapid Assessment of the Water Accounts in Lake Urmia Basin, Iran (WA-Urmia) Donor/Programme/Funding Scheme FAO Report being submitted by IHE Delft Institute for Water Education Westvest 7 P.O. Box 3015 2601 DA, Delft The Netherlands Contact Information Dr. Poolad Karimi
[email protected] IHE project team Dr. Poolad Karimi (Project leader- Water Accounting/ irrigation Expert) Dr. Sajid Pareeth (Remote Sensing expert – ET Mapping) Dr. Claire Michailovsky (Water accounting analyst / Hydrological modeller) Mr. Bert Coerver (Water accounting trainer) Mr. Charles Whittaker (ET Mapping assistant) Prof. Wim Bastiaanssen (Water Accounting advisor) CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Project Background ..........................................................................................................................