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News Protecting Trans-boundary Groundwater Sources from Pollution: FoEME case studies

Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) has just finalized their EU LIFE III supported project called “Pro Aquifer”.  The project has dealt with protecting the most important shared water resource between Israelis and Palestinians, the ‘Mountain Aquifer’, in 2 pilot communities, one Israeli and one Palestinian.  FoEME produced 2 publications entitled “Protecting Trans-boundary Groundwater Sources from Pollution:  Guidelines for Israeli Municipalities and Umm el Fahem Case Study” , in both Hebrew and English, and another one entitled “Protecting Trans-boundary Groundwater Sources from Pollution:  Guidelines for Palestinian Municipalities and Tulkarem Case Study” in both Arabic and English.

Contact information Mira Edelstein, Resource Development, Friends of the Earth Middle East (email: mira@foeme.org)
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.foeme.org/publications.php?ind=80
Source of information FoEME (Friends of the Earth Middle East)
Keyword(s) Transboundary Groundwater
Subject(s) DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage Israel, Palestine
News date 08/12/2008
Working language(s) ARABIC , ENGLISH , HEBREW
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