APRP |
Agricultural Policy Reform Programme |
ARD |
Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank |
BCM |
Billion cubic metres |
BCWUA |
Branch canal water user association |
BOD |
Biological oxygen demand |
COD |
Chemical oxygen demand |
CUA |
Collector user association |
DAS |
Drainage Advisory Service |
DFID |
United Kingdom Department of International Development |
DrainFrame |
Drainage Integrated Analytical Framework |
DRI |
Drainage Research Institute |
EA |
Environmental assessment |
EEAA |
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency |
EIA |
Environmental impact assessment |
EMP |
Environmental management plan |
EPADP |
Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects |
EQIP |
Environmental Quality Incentives Program |
ERR |
Economic rate of return |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
GARPAD |
General Authority for Reclamation Projects and Agricultural Development |
GDP |
Gross domestic product |
GIS |
Geographic information system |
GOE |
Government of Egypt |
IAS |
Irrigation Advisory Services |
LAU |
Local administrative units |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ID |
Irrigation Department |
I&D |
Incision and drainage |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IIP |
Irrigation Improvement Project |
IIIMP |
Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project |
IMT |
Irrigation management transfer |
IRU |
Institutional Reform Unit |
IWRM |
Integrated water resource management |
KfW |
Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (German Bank for Reconstruction) |
Km |
Kilometre |
LE |
Egyptian pound |
m |
Metre |
mm |
Millimetre |
MADWQ |
Monitoring and Analysis of Drainage Water Quality project |
MALR |
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation |
M&E |
Monitoring and evaluation |
MED |
Mechanical and Electrical Department of Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation |
MEP |
Monitoring and Evaluation Programme |
MIS |
Management information system |
MPN |
Most probable number |
Msl |
Mean sea level |
MWRI |
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation |
NAWQAM |
National Water Quality and Availability Management project |
NWRC |
National Water Research Center |
NDP |
National Drainage Project |
NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
NPSRP |
National Pumping Station Rehabilitation Programme |
O&M |
Operation and maintenance |
PCD |
Project concept document |
PRA |
Participatory rural appraisal |
RIGW |
Research Institute for Groundwater |
SAR |
Staff appraisal report |
SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SOGREAH |
Société Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques |
STW |
Sewage treatment works |
WBP |
Water Board Project |