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Project Sakhnin Center as a Model for Environment Education and International Cooperation on Advanced Wastewater Treatment (A-WWT) in Rural Areas

 - Rural area wastewater treatment (WWT) plants usually use low investment technology, and suffer from problems of low process efficiency and poor effluent quality. Such plants can result in environmental damage – such as the pollution of existing surface and groundwater sourcesv and in the loss of significant quantities of potentially reusable water.  

 - The Sakhnin Regional Demonstration Centre (SRDC) was the first one of its kind in the Arab community of Israel and has several ongoing activities, including environmental planning, education and WWT.  The SRDC’s activities are based around the operation of the local WWT plant, which treats effluent from about 70% of local households.  Although basic infrastructure exists, there is a dire need to upgrade existing wastewater treatment facilities to produce improved quality effluent for local agricultural irrigation.

Project number LIFE03 TCY/IL/000035
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage Israel, Turkey
Budget (in €) 728796
Programme LIFE
Web site http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.createPage&s_ref=LIFE03%20TCY%2FIL%2F000035&area=3&yr=2003&n_proj_id=2543&cfid=615886&cftoken=9524bd1657ba64b1-4296ACA0-D094-91A4-87343BEAAEFE045A&mode=print&menu=false')
Objectives The objective is to develop an improved treatment works which will allow the added water quality benefits to be studied and communicated to local communities, and further afield.

The main planned activities are:

• Designing advanced technologies for upgrading the WWT plant in Sakhnin;
• Educational activities involving independent work projects on chemical, environmental and agronomic subjects related to the   operation of the WWT plant and effluent reuse;
• Annual workshops on WWT technologies in rural areas; and
• International exchange of upgrading technologies for rural area WWT plants.
Results ppt
Period [01/01/2004 - 31/12/2006]

Partners

  • Towns Association for Environmental Quality-Beit Natufa
    - The TAEQ is an organisation based on an initiative of local professionals and key persons in the local municipality.  Established in 1993, TAEQ is funded by the local municipalities, the Ministries of Environment and Interior, and other donors.  It was the first regional unit in the Arab sector of Israel.  Situated in Northern Israel’s lower Galilee, it serves the local population of six Arab villages. 
    - TAEQ’s goal is to increase public awareness and community involvement regarding environmental issues such as conservation of water resources, wastewater treatment, use of reclaimed effluents for agriculture, prevention of air and noise pollution, environmental planning, business licensing, planning and area conservation, and initiating and executing research and development projects
    Coordinator acts as project coordinator
    Type
    Address PO BOX 1093 21073 Sakhnin Israel
    Country Israel
    Contact TARABEAH Hussein,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: + 972 4 6745247, +972 4 6745198
    Email: natufa@zahav.net.il
  • Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
    Type
    Country Turkey
    Web site http://www.itu.edu.tr/e/gb-2.d4
    Contact Mr Merkezi Öğrenci Danışma,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: 0212 285 66 11, 0212 285 65 95
    Email:

Funding sources

  • European Commission
    Source EC LIFE
    Programme LIFE
    Type
    Funding rate 57
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