Personal Information:

Name:                                  Dr. Taha Muhammad Al-Washli

Academic degree:            Assistant Professor

Field:                                     Civil Engineering

Focus:                                   Water and Environment

 

Summary: 

Dr Al-Washali has worked over the past eighteen years in sustainable water supply and resource management. In his work he combines policy and regulatory work, program development, research, actual implementation support, capacity building, infrastructure development, and advocacy and core network creation. His interdisciplinary approach allows him to work on the cutting edge of various themes as WaSH, water, food, energy and climate. Dr Al-Washali worked for several public, private and international organizations. He has been involved in key national and international documents such as the updated Yemeni National Water Strategy and Investment Program (2013) and the UNICEF –WHO Global WaSH Assessment (2014). He is experienced in water and sanitation services, water demand management, water governance, asset and infrastructure management, water use efficiency, groundwater modelling, GIS and remote sensing, water supply management, capacity building, program coordination, flood risk and drought analysis, and artificial neural networks. He has demonstrated skills in project supervision, implementation, monitoring, feasibility studies, proposal development, program design, project setup, multi-cultural teams, stakeholder engagement, effective communication and team leading.

 

Education:

Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands (Water Management) 2020 Ph.D. Thesis: Water Loss Assessment in Distribution Networks: Methods, Applications and Implications in Intermittent Supply.

The Netherlands research school for the Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment SENSE, the Netherlands (Educational PhD Programme) 2020 Diploma (60 EC).

Cologne University for Applied Sciences, Germany (Integrated Water Resources Management) 2011 M.Sc. Thesis: Non-Revenue Water Management in Sana’a Water Supply System.

Sana’a University, Yemen (Civil Engineering) 2006 B.Sc.

 

Experience:

From/ To:                            2022– date

Employer:                            Director

Position (s) held:               Water and Environment Centre

 

From/ To:                            2021 – 2022

Employer:                            UN FAO, Sana’a, Yemen

Position (s) held:               Water Resources Management Officer

 

From/ To:                            2020 – 2021

Employer:                            MetaMeta, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Position (s) held:               Program Manager: Urban Water Resilience

 

From / To:                           2014 – 2020

Employer:                            IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands

Position(s) held:                Researcher: Water Supply Management (Fundamental, Applied and PhD Research)

 

From / To:                           2012 – 2014

Employer:                            National Water Supply and Sanitation Authority, Yemen

Position(s) held:                General Director of Projects Department

 

From / To:                           2011 – 2012

Employer:                            Ministry of Water and Environment, Yemen

Position(s) held:                Water Governance Expert – Deputy Minister Office

 

From / To:                           2009 – 2011

Employer:                            Cologne University for Applied Sciences, Germany

Position(s) held:                 Water Resources Management – Master Program Fellow

 

From / To:                           2008 – 2009

Employer:                            KfW Entwicklungsbank GmbH (KfW – German Development Bank)

Position(s) held:                Program Engineer – Provincial Towns Water and Sanitation Open Program – Yemen

 

From / To:                           2006 – 2008

Employer:                            Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Position(s) held:                 Assistant – Technical and institutional efficiency of water utilities

Conferences:

AL-Washali, T., Mahardani, M., Sharma, S., Arregui, F., and Kennedy, M.: Analysing Customer Meter Performance under Intermittency and Continuity Conditions. IWA Water Loss Virtual Conference, Shenzhen, China, 9-11 November 2020.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Kennedy, M., AL-Nozaily F, and Haidera M.: Normalizing Water Loss Level in Intermittent Supplies. IWA 1st Intermittent Water Supply Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 7-9 April 2019.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Kennedy, M., AL-Nozaily F, and Haidera M.: Analysis of the Potential of Leakage Reduction Scenarios: Are They Dependent on Each Other? IWA Water Efficient 2019, Manila, The Philippines, 13-16 January 2019.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Kennedy, M., Lupoja R. P., Shawagfeh Z., AL-Nozaily F, Haidera M., AL-Koli H. S., and AL-Shaieb R.: Comparative Analysis of Non-Revenue Water Assessment Methods in Three Cases in Developing Countries. IWA Water Loss 2018, Cape Town, South

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Kennedy, M., AL-Nozaily F, and Haidera M.: Analysing Apparent Losses in Zarqa Water Network, Jordan. Poster Presentation. IWA Water Loss 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 7-9 May 2018.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Kennedy, M., AL-Nozaily F, and Haidera M.: Water Loss Assessment and Monitoring in Intermittent Supplies. International Conference for Sustainable Development of Water and Environment, ChenYang, China, 18-19 January 2018.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S. & Kennedy, M.: Does A Lower Non-Revenue Water Level Always Mean Better Performance? IWA-Pi 2017 Benchmarking Conference: Specialist Conference on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, Vienna, Austria, 15-17 May 2017.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S. Kennedy, M. & Shwagfeh, Z.: Economic Modelling for Prioritizing Leakage Reduction Measures in AL-Zarqa, Jordan. 4th Arab Water Week, Dead sea, Jordan, 18– 23 February 2017.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., and Kennedy, M.: Water Loss Assessment in Developing Countries. IHE-Delft PhD Symposium 2017: Climate Extremes and Water Management Challenges, Delft, the Netherlands, 2-3 October 2017.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., and Kennedy, M.: Water Loss Monitoring. German Arab Master Programs Conference 2017, Berlin, Germany, 2-3 November 2017.

AL-Washali, T.M., Sharma, S., and Kennedy, M.D.: Non-Revenue Water Evaluation in a Complicated Context: The Case of Sana’a Water Supply System. Water Loss 2016 Conference, Bangloure, India, 31 January – 3 February 2016.

AL-Washali, T. Damage Assessment of water and agriculture sector in Yemen. Forgotten War Conference, 25 February, Berlin, Germany (2017).

AL-Washali, T. The Overlooked Yemen: Call for Action, Focus on Water. Yemen The Worries Seminar, 27 January, MetaMeta Research, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (2017).

AL-Washali, T. Research Poster Design. Training Seminar, 25 June, Water and Environment Center, Sana’a University, Yemen (2016).

Research and scientific papers:

AL-Washali, T. ” Water Loss Assessment in Distribution Networks: Methods, Applications and Implications in Intermittent Supply” CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Balkema, the Netherlands, 2020.

AL-Washali, T., Mahardani, M., Sharma, S., Arregui, F., and Kennedy, M. “Impact of Float-Valves on Customer Meter Performance under Intermittent and Continuous Supply Conditions.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 163, 105091, 2020.

Al-Washali, T., Elkhider, M., Sharma, S., and Kennedy, M. “A Review of Non-Revenue Water Assessment Software Tools.” WIREs Water, 7:e1413(02), 2020.

Al-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Lupoja, R., Al-Nozaily, F., Haidera, M., and Kennedy, M. “Assessment of Water Losses in Distribution Networks: Methods, Applications, Uncertainties, and Implications in Intermittent Supply.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 152(1), 104515, 2020.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., AL-Nozaily, F., Haidera, M., and Kennedy, M. “Monitoring the NonRevenue Water Performance in Intermittent Supply.” Water, 11(6), 1220, 2019.

AL-Washali, T. M., Sharma, S. K., Kennedy, M. D., AL-Nozaily, F., and Mansour, H. “Modelling the Leakage Rate and Reduction Using Minimum Night Flow Analysis in an Intermittent Supply System.” Water, 11(1), 48, 2019.

AL-Washali, T. M., Sharma, S. K., and Kennedy, M. D. “Alternative Method for Nonrevenue

Water Component Assessment.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 144(5), 04018017, 2018.

AL-Washali, T., Sharma, S., and Kennedy, M. “Methods of Assessment of Water Losses in Water Supply Systems: a Review.” Water Resources Management, 30(14), 4985-5001, 2016.

Al-Washali, T., Sharma, S., Mphahlele, T., and Kennedy, M. “Methods of Assessment of Unauthorised Consumption in Water Distribution Networks.” In preparation.

Al-Washali, T., Thilakarathne, W., Sharma, S., and & Kennedy, M. “Artificial Neural Networks for the Detection and Prediction of Unauthorised Water Consumption: Potential Analysis and Future Outlook.” In preparation.