Input data for the Community Water Model (CWatM) - a regional dataset covering Israel and the Ayalon Basin

This data was used for the paper: 'Wastewater matters: Incorporating wastewater treatment and reuse into a process-based hydrological model (CWatM v1.08)'. When using this data pleas cite the paper, alongside this Zenodo repository.

Fridman, D., Smilovic, M., Burek, P., Tramberend, S., and Kahil, T. 2024. Wastewater matters: Incorporating wastewater treatment and reuse into a process-based hydrological model (CWatM v1.08). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 1-26. [Preprint]

Background

This dataset was developed as part of the IIASA WINTER project, aiming to run high resolution hydrologicalsimulations in the river basins in Israel (Water Futures and Solutions for Israel (WFaS-Israel) | IIASA).

Conducting a high-resolution (30 arcseconds) simulation can rely on a mix of upscaled coarse global, high-resolution global, and local datasets. Specifically, Hanasaki et al. (2022) stress the importance of local water management and use data for hyper-resolution hydrologic simulations.

The dataset covers the terrestrial area of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It also includes the cross-border and upstream river basin in the neighboring countries Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. The selected river basins of Ayalon and Sorek are in the central coastal area of Israel and vary by topography, land cover, and water management. The Ayalon stream drains the western downslopes of the Judea and Samaria mountains and outlets into the Yarkon stream (to the North), which later reaches the Mediterranean Sea. The Sorek stream drains the hills around South-West Jerusalem and flows Westwards until reaching the Mediterranean Sea.

Further Information

For details about the contents of this dataset please refer to the readme.txt

For details about the data soruces and processing please refer to the dataset_description.pdf

In case of additional questions please do not hesitate to write to us [e-mail]