Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
Water Data Banks Project
Entry from Directory of Selected Palestinian Water-related Projects
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| TITLE: | Environmental Protection of the Shared Israeli-Palestinian Mountain Aquifer |
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| PROBLEM: | Sources of pollution in the mountain aquifer |
| OBJECTIVES: | To carry out a Palestinian-Israeli academic scientific evaluation of the environmental impact existing and future sources of urban, industry, and agricultural pollution in the mountain aquifer |
| APPROACH: | 1- Co-ordination with Palestinian and Israeli authorities on matters of policy and collecting existing data on pollution source of the mountain aquifer. 2- Developing a land use and pollution sources data base from aerial photos of the mountain aquifer related to GIS technology. |
| BEGINNING DATE: | January 1995 |
| ENDING DATE: | December 1997 |
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| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NAME: | Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ), in collaboration with Palestinian Consultancy Group and the Hebrew University |
| ADDRESS: | P.O. Box 860, Bethlehem, West Bank |
| TELEPHONE: | (02)741889 |
| TELEFAX: | (02)741889 |
| EMAIL: | water@arij.pl.org |
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