Background
Abderrahman, Walid Ahmad was born October 25, 1944 in Qalonia, Son of Ahmad Abderrahman and Zahiah Mohammad Sobeh.
educator water resources executive
Abderrahman, Walid Ahmad was born October 25, 1944 in Qalonia, Son of Ahmad Abderrahman and Zahiah Mohammad Sobeh.
Bachelor of Science in Water And Environmental Eng, 1967; Master of Science in Water management, , Reading University, England, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in Water management, Reading University, England, 1977.
Director water research department Al-Hassa Irrigation Authority, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia, 1978-1981; coordinator water research program, senior research scientist, professor Research Institute King Fahd University Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1981-1994, manager water resources development section Saudi Arabia, since 1994; Part-time consultant Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations, Rome, since 1990, Economic and Social Commission West Asia of United Nations, Amman, Jordan, since 1992, regional office agricultural and science UNESCO, Cairo, since 1995, Arab Organization Education and Scis. of Arab League, Cairo, since 1991, Arab Organization Agricultural Devel. Arab League, Khartoum, Sudan, since 1993; founder Middle East Water Information Network, Pennsylvania, since 1993. Author (book chapter) Weather Modification and Water Resources Management, 1992, Remote Sensing Use in the Management of Agricultural Drainage Water in Al-Hassa Oasis of Saudi Arabia, 1990, Desertification and Inhabitants Immigration, 1996, Irrigation in the Near East Region, 1997, Water Management, Purification and Conservation in Arid Climates, 2000, Water Management Principles in Islam, 2001; board editors Journal International Association Rain Water Catchment System, since 1992, International Journal Water Resources Devel., since 2000, Gulf Journal Sci. Research, since 2000; lead technical editor Arabian Journal Sci. & Engineering Theme Issue on Water Resources in Arabian Peninsula, 1997, Part The second 1998; guest editor Arabian Journal Sci. & Engineering, 1986; editor (book) Desertification and Inhabitants Immigration, 1995; contributor over 90 technical articles to professional journals.
International Water Resources Association (Saudi Arabia representative New Mexico 1994)
American Water Resources Association
National Water Well Association
International Association Hydrogeologists
International Rain Water Catchment Systems Association
Middle East Water Resources Information Network.
Spouse Mesbah Abbas Meshiakh, February 20, 1972.