Areas of Focus

The activities of the NWEC focus on the following areas:

• Research: Conduct high-quality innovative research activities related to water resources, energy, and environment.
• Consultation: Provide consultation services for governmental and private entities, associations, and businesses in the water and energy sectors.
• Knowledge & Technology: Transfer of knowledge and technology, innovation, and the provision of scientific and technological services to public and private institutions.
• Graduate Student Support: Involvement of graduate students on both Masters and PhD level in research projects.
• Funds & Grants: Administration and supervision of internal and external activities.
• Conferences: Organization of national and international scientific conferences.
• Public awareness: Building and raising the public's level of recognition and understanding of the importance and implications of water resources availability, uses, and sustainability.

The NWEC conducts theoretical and applied research and develops partnerships to better integrate and develop the water and energy sectors and, in the meantime to minimize the possible environmental impacts. Considering its multidisciplinary nature, the NWEC covers several research and consultancy areas including, but not limited to:

Integrated water resources management and planning	Consultancy and studies and researches in renewable energy
Surface and groundwater modeling	Smart materials for energy efficiency and conservation
Water quality and contaminant transport	Power plants engineering consultancy
Water conveyance and sustainable domestic water supply (design and implementation)	Engineering consultations on alternative energy and research
Studies in rainfall assessment, rainfall-runoff modeling, and watershed modeling	Power transmission and distribution engineering consultancy
Wastewater treatment technologies	Power Preservation Consultancy
Water desalination technology	Energy policy and economics
GIS, RS, and UAV applications in water resources mapping and cartography	Water and energy harvesting, storage, planning, management, and sustainability
Survey planning and engineering	Innovative water-energy efficient systems studies
Dams, hydraulic, and geological studies	Energy and water forecasting studies
Water policies, pricing, and regulations	Socio-technical interplay of water-energy systems
Geophysics, geochemistry and geomechanics studies and researches	Water and energy regulations and policies (Water-Energy nexus)
Irrigation water resources engineering and Precision Irrigation Management	Climate Change impacts, adaptation and mitigation on water resources and energy
Effect of soil and air quality on water resources	Environmental sustainability
Feasibility studies	Environmental Policy and Governance
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Agriculture	Urban Resilience to Climate Change
Environmental Sustainability and Management	Environmental Justice and Equity
Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability	Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystems