Groundwater pollution control to bridge supply demand gap : northern districts as a case study

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Rumman, Nansi Salamah

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Mimi, Ziyad

أعضاء اللجنة

Ghanim, Marwan
Qasim, Hani

الجامعة

جامعة بيرزيت

الكلية

معهد الدراسات البيئية و المائية

دولة الجامعة

فلسطين (الضفة الغربية)

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2005

الملخص الإنجليزي

Pollution is a major challenge in controlling the gap between available water resources and demand.

The northern districts of the West Bank and subsequently the Tulkarem district are identified in order to study the extent of pollution in a region that already suffers from a considerable gap between water supply and demand. Pollution in these areas will place the available water resources at a major risk and therefore will substantially increase the gap between supply and demand.

Studying the extent of pollutants in the groundwater systems of the study area will help control the water supply / demand gap. The study area reflects high recharge rates to the aquifers, mature karstic nature of these aquifers, and hence uncontrolled sewage disposal mean that water supply boreholes in this area are at high risk of contamination from pollution.

This study presents a preliminary assessment of the effect of raw sewage on the aquifer system in the Wadi Zeimar area in the northern West Bank.

This study identified pollution sources, develop a pollution model for sewage effluent of Wadi Zeimar and identify the most sensitive areas to groundwater pollution.

Furthermore, this research provides additional emphasis on the supply / demand gap so that the negative impacts of pollution are better understood. Modeling the movement of pollutants from sources in the study area showed that continuous disposal of raw sewage into Wadi Zeimar may significantly increase the levels of nitrates and chloride above WHO standards, which is a major pollution threat.

The results of this study show that most of the study area is sensitive to pollution and therefore and on the long run no raw wastewater should be discharged into Wadi Zeimar.

Therefore, it is recommended that wastewater treatment facilities should be applied to the raw sewage before it is dumped into the Wadi.

التخصصات الرئيسية

علوم الأرض و المياه و البيئة

الموضوعات

• التلوث
• المياه
• المياه الجوفية
• فلسطين
• طولكرم

عدد الصفحات

75

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-302790