Al-Fara’a and Jerash integrated watershed management project consists of two studies in two locations on both sides of the Jordan River: Al-Fara’a and Jerash watersheds. Both studies are aimed at developing integrated watershed management plans for the two locations in the West Bank and Jordan. Al-Fara’a integrated watershed management study is conducted by the Palestinian Environment Quality Authority (EQA) which received financial support from the environmental partnership program of the European Union (SMAP) and the Dutch Ministry of Environment (VROM). The Dutch Consulting Engineers (NEDECO) provide the technical assistance for the project and the United Nations University (UNU) through its experts in member universities deliver consulting services to EQA for this project.

Developing an integrated watershed management plan requires collecting and analyzing all available information and data regarding the watershed under consideration. Therefore, during the first phase of this project all available data and information concerning Al-Fara’a watershed were collected and analyzed. Based on the data and information collected a baseline study report was developed and produced by the project team. The baseline report established the baseline conditions regarding the physical, socio-economic, legal and institutional systems in the watershed.