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Abbreviations
ADB
Asian Development Bank
AIS
Administrative irrigation system
AWC
Aqaba Water Company
BAC
Big Andijan Canal
BAIS
Basin administrative irrigation system
BFC
Big Fergana Canal
BGR
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
BMP
Best management practice
BNC
Big Namangana Canal
BOT
Build-operate-transfer
BWO
Basin water management organization
CA
Central Asia
Ca (HCO 3 )
2
Calcium hydrogen carbonate
CaSO 4
Calcium sulfate
CDN
Collector-drainage network
CDW
Collector-drainage water
CWC
Canal water committees
DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
EEA
European Environment Agency
E-fl ows
Environmental fl ows
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FOEME
Friends of the Earth Middle East
FV
Fergana Valley
GDP
Gross domestic product
GIZ
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GSI
Geological Survey of Israel
GTZ
German Technical Cooperation
GWL
Ground water level
GWP
Global Water Partnership
HGME
Hydrogeologic melioration expeditions
HRH
His Royal Highness