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 WADI - Urban Water Management
Location of Activities: Lebanon, Palestine,
Theme: Environmental Sustainability
Sector: Water and Wastewater
Lead Partner:
Municipality of Pisa (Italy);
Contact: Sandra Bertini - email: s.bertini@comune.pisa.it
Improved and more efficient water and waste water management is a major challenge facing local governments in the Eastern Mediterranean, where natural water resources are scarce and threatened by over-exploitation. Although there are piped sewerage systems in parts of larger cities, there is usually no waste water treatment and, in most urban areas, particularly smaller ones, households still rely on cesspits or septic tanks. This results in continuous contamination of groundwater resources. |
 Green Cities - Strengthening the Capacity of Local Authorities for Ecological Modernisation
Location of Activities: Israel, Palestine,
Theme: Environmental Sustainability
Sector: Solid Waste Management
Lead Partner:
Shefa’ Amr Local Authority (Israel);
Contact: Naim DAOUD - email: ndawod01@gmail.com
Baker AWAWDY - email: awawdy@gmail.com
Environmental conditions pose health risks in many of the densely populated Arab towns in the Galilee and almost all Palestinian urban areas of the West Bank. Reasons include smaller budgets and fewer services than other towns; little public awareness of good principles of waste management; and few staff in local authorities. 1% of solid waste in the West Bank is recycled; none is composted (41% of solid waste is organic); 30% goes to landfills; and 69% is dumped in the open. Unacceptable environmental standards result in uncontained sewers and factories too close to densely populated areas. |
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