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IBT
Interbasin water-transfer projects
ICBS
Israel Central Bureau for Statistics
ICG
International Crisis Group
ICOLD
International Commission on Large Dams
ICWC
Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia
ILR
Indian Rivers Linking Project
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCRI
Israel/Palestine Centre for Research and Information
ISA
Irrigation systems authority
ISF
Irrigation service fee
IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWA
Israel Water Authority
IWMI
International Water Management Institute
IWRM
Integrated water resource management
JMGP
Jordan Ministry of Government Performance
JRSP
Jordan Red Sea Project
JVA
Jordan Valley Authority
JWC
Joint Water Committee
JWS
Jordan’s water strategy
m
3
Cubic meters
maSL
Meters above sea level
MAWR RUz Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management of the Republic of
Uzbekistan
mbSL
Meters below sea level
MCA
Main canal authority
MDG
Millennium Development Goal
MgSO 4
Magnesium sulfate
MoU
Memorandum of understanding
MWEP
Major water engineering project
MWI
Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation
NaCl
Sodium chloride
NAWAPA
North American Water and Power Alliance
NFC
North Fergana Canal
NGO
Nongovernmental organization
NIS
New Israeli Shekel
NRW
Non-revenue water
O&M
Operation and maintenance
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
PPP
Public private partnership
RSDS
Red Sea–Dead Sea
SDC
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SFC
South Fergana Canal
SFG
Strategic Foresight Group
SIC-ICWC
Scientifi c-Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water
Coordination of Central Asia
Abbreviations