Rainwater harvesting systems in Yatta town : water quality and impacts on public health

العناوين الأخرى

نظام جمع مياه الأمطار في بلدة يطا : نوعية المياه و التأثير على الصحة العامة

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Tamimi, Lina Muhammad Ali

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Khatib, Isam A.

أعضاء اللجنة

Mahmud, Nidal
Inayah, Fathi

الجامعة

جامعة بيرزيت

الكلية

معهد الدراسات البيئية و المائية

القسم الأكاديمي

علوم المياه و البيئة

دولة الجامعة

فلسطين (الضفة الغربية)

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2016

الملخص الإنجليزي

The aim of this study is to assess the quality of the water harvested in the cisterns of Yatta town; in the southern part of the West Bank, Palestine.

It has assembled 50 different cistern samples from Yatta and tested for different physiochemical (pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Total Dissolved Solids, Turbidity, Alkalinity, Chloride, Ammonia, Residual Chlorine) and microbiological (Total Coliforms and Fecal Coliforms) characteristics.

The water-health relationship has been investigated through a well-designed questionnaire that targeted a statistically representative sample of household in Yatta town.

Physicochemical test results were within allowable limits by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Palestinian Standards Institute (PSI), except for the proportions of turbidity and salinity which exceeded these limits with percentages of 5% for both tests.

Most of the tested water samples were microbiologically contaminated with Total Coliforms (TC) and Fecal Coliforms (FC) with percentages of 96% and 70% respectively.

The surrounding environment of the cisterns such as the inappropriate collection surfaces, and the presence of cesspits around the cisterns and the absence of available free chlorine in the RWH in addition to a number of other factors appear to be responsible for the reduced microbial quality.

Water related diseases such as diarrhea, diarrhea and vomiting, and eyes diseases with high percentages are anticipated to be a main consequence of the poor water quality.

would like to express my special thanks to my supervisor Prof.

Dr.

Issam Al-Khatib who had the primary role in opening my scientific path and inspired me throughout the thesis period, which in turn was not to be completed without his guidance and supervision.

I would like also to thank my father “Mohammad Ali” and my mother “Alshreefa Alia”, my brothers Ammar, Abdallah, Abdulrahman and Naser, and my sisters Salsabeel and Sahar.

Great thanks are also due to laboratory technician Mr.

Tareq Thaher for his valuable support.

I do not forget thanked the engineers and workers at Yatta municipality for their assistance during the fieldwork.

I appreciate the support of the friends who accompanied and helped me in field work, and the support of everyone provided me a required data.

This work was carried out as part of the ‘Rainwater Harvesting Analysis using Water Harvesting Evaluation Tool (WHEAT)’ project supported by the USAID- funded Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program, implemented by the U.S.

National Academy of Sciences.

Sponsor Grant Award Number: AID-OAA-A-11-00012

التخصصات الرئيسية

علوم الأرض و المياه و البيئة

عدد الصفحات

79

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-728263