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"Prospects for a Shared Management of Transboundary Wastewater Israel-Palestine a case"

Yaqob, Eyad Y. A., Ph.D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459243132

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2016, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Environmental Engineering.
Water is essential for life, and any lack of this important element in our life leads to problems, physiologically as well as politically and economically. The deficiencies in ground water sources, global climate change, and civil pollution has led to the emergence of a real water crisis in many regions of the world. Non-traditional sources of water represent the promised solution to the scarcity of natural water sources and will represent complementary sources of supply. The main objective of this research is to study the technical, financial, and managerial aspects for transboundary wastewater. The first part of this research concentrates on the situation analysis and on the perspectives of transboundary wastewater management along the Israel/Palestine borders. Results obtained revealed that the current bi-national agreement does not achieve environmental justice and protection. A regional cooperative framework with a clear coordination mechanism considering the international experience with transboundary wastewater management and engagement of NGOs and donor countries is needed. The second part of this research explores the financial challenges facing the Palestinians to manage the transboundary wastewater crossing the Palestinian territories (West Bank) into Israel by examining the main transboundary wastewater stream, Wadi Al-Zomer, in terms of its quantity, quality and comparing the cost and benefit of wastewater being treated in Israel versus being treated in West Bank. The total amount of discharged wastewater in the targeted stream is 11 MCM/year. Discharged wastewater that reaches to Israel is not classified as highly strength wastewater due to the natural treatment adopted in the West Bank. Treating and reusing of the wastewater from all transboundary streams will increase the volume of water available for agricultural in the West Bank by 12%. The third part of this research represents the simulation of transboundary wastewater resource management scenarios in the Wadi Zomer watershed, using the WEAP model. The results show that the amount of treated wastewater in the study area will reach 16 MCM by 2035. The agricultural sector needs 17 MCM and currently only 2.8 MCM are available from artesian wells. The results also showed that one of the reasons for not using treated wastewater is a lack of experience in the planning and selection of wastewater treatment plant sites and capacity to match with agricultural land that could reuse the treated wastewater. The last part of this research examines the cost–benefit analysis model for wastewater reuse in agriculture for four Palestinian case studies. It presents the cost and benefit analysis (CBA) of treated wastewater use in Palestine, while focusing on four types of famous crops (fodder, palm, olive, and almond trees) taking into considerations three different locations for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Results obtained indicate that the use of one million cubic meters (MCM) of TWW in palm cultivation results in financial returns of US$2 million. Meanwhile, the irrigation of fodder, olive, and almond trees achieve about US$1 million per MCM of TWW.
George Sorial, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Hafiz Salih, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Margaret Kupferle, Ph.D. P.E. (Committee Member)
Makram Suidan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
125 p.
Environmental Engineering
environmental management; trans boundary waste water; environmental conflict analysis; cost benefit analysis; waste water quantity and quality; treated waste water use

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  • Yaqob, E. Y. A. (2016). "Prospects for a Shared Management of Transboundary Wastewater Israel-Palestine a case" [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459243132

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yaqob, Eyad. "Prospects for a Shared Management of Transboundary Wastewater Israel-Palestine a case". 2016. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459243132.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yaqob, Eyad. ""Prospects for a Shared Management of Transboundary Wastewater Israel-Palestine a case"." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459243132

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