Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
Water Data Banks Project
Entry from Directory of Selected Israeli Water-related Projects
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| TITLE: | Interrelations between inorganic pollutants (nutrients, bromide, boron and fluoride) and salinity in the coastal aquifer: geochemical characterization of pollution processes |
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| PROBLEM: | Protection of Israel’s water resources against pollution requires an early identification of the sources of pollution. The problem is of particular importance in the coastal plain where the quality of the groundwater is in a state of continuous degradation. |
| OBJECTIVES: | Determination of chemical collections as indicators of anthropogenic sources of groundwater pollution |
| APPROACH: | Selection of regions with a history of groundwater salinization and pollution. Chemical analyses of bromide, boron, fluoride and of the major ions in the groundwater along with chemical analyses of anthropogenic “end-members” (such as raw sewage, effluents, fertilizer leachates). Combination with isotopic data of boron and with hydrogeologic data to analyze relationships and to evaluate the specific contribution of each source. |
| BEGINNING DATE: | 1.4.96 |
| ENDING DATE: | 1.2.97 |
| COMMENTS ON DATES: | Prospect of extension to 31.3.1999 |
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| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: | Avraham Starinsky |
| ADDRESS: | Division of Geology, Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem |
| TELEPHONE: | 972-2-6584885 |
| TELEFAX: | 972-2-662581 |
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