Browsing Water and Environmental Engineering by Title
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Appraisal of Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors Affecting Wastewater Reuse in the West Bank
(2003)The reuse of treated wastewater offers opportunities of reducing demand on scarce potable water resources, especially within the semi-arid environment of the West Bank. The benefit of such additional supplies of water is ... -
Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Faria Catchment A Hydrogeological Study
(2009)Faria catchment is classified as arid to semi-arid region without perennial water resources. Wells and springs are the main sources of water, yet these wells and springs do not withstand the entire dry season. So, it was ... -
Assessing and Mapping of Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination Using the Protective Cover and Infiltration Conditions (PI) Method for the West Bank/ Palestine
(2010)Groundwater resources, especially from karst aquifers, provide vital freshwater supplies for Palestinians. Both, quantity and quality stresses on groundwater have increased in the past decades to a level that poses a ... -
Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination in the West Bank, Palestine
(2006)This study assesses the groundwater pollution risk in the West Bank, Palestine. The combined use of DRASTIC model and geographic information system (GIS) was adopted for this purpose. Seven thematic maps of the DRASTIC ... -
Assessment of Household Hazardous Waste Management: A Comparative Study Between Nablus City and its Refugee Camps
(2008)This thesis is about the “Assessment of Household Hazardous Waste Management: A comparative Study Between Nablus City and its Refugee Camps” and aims studying household hazardous waste (HHW) to determine the type and the ... -
Assessment of Palestinian Water Sector Strategy Under Different Energy Sources Using Water Allocation System “WAS”
(An-Najah National University, 2017-11-06)Water resources in Palestine are limited. Palestine consists of 16 Governorates; 11 governorates in the West Bank in the eastern part of Palestine to the west of Jordan River and 5 governorates in Gaza Strip which are ... -
The Assessment of Private Sector Participation through different Contracting Models on the Sustainability of Desalination Plants
(جامعة النجاح الوطنية, 2017-09-12)Gaza Strip suffers from water shortages for several reasons, namely: political circumstances, population growth, climate change overexploitation resource... etc. Consequently, seawater desalination plant offers an abundant ... -
Assessment of Reverse Osmosis Process for Brackish Water Desalination in the Jordan Valley
(An-Najah National University, 2017-09-12)This thesis investigates the assessment of three suggested energy systems that power an existing desalination unit, which are: Photovoltaic (PV) system, Diesel Generator (DG) system, and hybrid powered system. All systems ... -
An Assessment of The Nitrate And Chloride in The West Bank Groundwater Resources Using GIS
(2006)Groundwater is the major source of water to the Palestinians. Efficient management of this resource requires a good understanding of its status. This understanding necessitates a characterization of the utilizable quantities ... -
Benefit Cost Analysis of Solid Waste Management for the City of Qalqilia
(2010)Solid Waste Management (SWM) is of great concern for municipalities in the West Bank / Palestine especially after the transpired environmental problems of the low cost malpractices related to the existing dumps that pollute ... -
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Treated Wastewater Reuse for Irrigation in Tubas
(2009)The West Bank, Palestine suffers from water scarcity due to the high population growth rate, the political situation that dictates the utilization and development of the water resources and the arid and semiarid climate ... -
Comparative Analysis of Separation Versus Direct Transport of Solid Waste from Tulkarem District to Zahret Al-Finjan
(2011)Abstract Integrated municipal solid waste management (MSWM) can be defined as the selection and application of suitable techniques, technologies and management programs to achieve waste management objectives and goals. ... -
Desalination Processes for Drinking Water in Palestine: Optimization Using Decision Support System
(An-Najah National University, 2017-09-11) Palestine suffers from water shortage problem, there is a good potential for addressing the water shortage problem in rural and remote areas through sustainable saline water desalination technologies. This study aims ... -
Designing of Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant in Jordan Valley Using Optimal Energy Options With Less Environmental Impacts
(An-Najah National University, 2017-08-03)The objective of this research is to design a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Jordan Valley using clean and sustainable energy source. The village of Az-Zubaidat’s well water is taken as a case study. According to ... -
Developing and Mapping Rainfall Intensity, Duration, and Frequency Curves in Al-Faria Catchment
(An-Najah National University, 2017-05-23)Rainfall intensity duration frequency (IDF) relationship is one of the most ordinarily used tools in water resources engineering, mainly to identify rainfall intensity at a duration and return period. In light of this, the ... -
Development of an Institutional Framework and Organizational Structures for Water and Sanitation Service Providers in the West Bank – Palestine
(2012)Abstract In the West Bank, water and sanitation service providers are one of the key institutional entities that are responsible for delivering the water and wastewater services at different levels of society based on the ... -
Development of Management Options For industrial Wastewater in Nablus City
(2003)Severe water shortage, threat of pollution to its limited resources, lack of national environmental enforcement measures and a concentrated and ever growing urban population are common features in Palestine. Low water ... -
Development of Sustainable Management Options for The West Bank Water Resources Using WEAP
(2007)Palestinians are living under conditions of repressed demand as result of the limitations on supply and restrictions on new water resources development due to the Israeli imposed military control over Palestinian water ... -
Distributed Hydrological Modeling of Semi-Arid Regions: the Case of Al-Faria Catchment, West Bank, Palestine
(An-Najah National University, 2017-05-23)Water shortage forms a major challenge facing water managers in water scarce countries such as Palestine. As a result, great efforts should be done in order to manage the water resources optimally. Hydrological modeling ... -
The Effects of Pipe Material and Age on the Formation of Disinfection By – Products (DBP) In Nablus Water Network
(2010)In the City of Nablus which is located in the northern West Bank- Palestinian Territory, a water system network serves about 177,000 people in Nablus and some of the surrounding localities, consist of, five wells, five ...