Water Wisdom: Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East

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v Contents List of Illustrations — ix Preface — xiii Acknowledgments — xvii Abbreviations — xix Introduction alon tal and alfred abed rabbo — 1 Part 1 Characterizing Water Resources Water Resources: The Palestinian Perspective amjad aliewi — 13 Water Resources: The Israeli Perspective alon tal — 26 Editors’ Summary — 37 Part 2 Past Water Agreements and Their Implementation The Oslo II Accords in Retrospect: Implementation of the Water Provisions in the Israeli and Palestinian Interim Peace Agreements anan jayousi — 43 Article 40: An Israeli Retrospective dorit kerret — 49 Editors’ Summary — 62 Part 3 The Water Culture of Israelis and Palestinians Water Culture in Palestine ziad abdeen — 67 Water Culture in Israel clive lipchin — 71 Editors’ Summary — 76 Part 4 Water Legislation The Palestinian Legal Regime for Water Quality Protection hiba i. husseini — 81 Legal Framework for Allocation of Water and for Protection of Water Quality in Israel marcia gelpe — 90 Editors’ Summary — 98 Part 5 Groundwater Management Shared Groundwater Resources: Environmental Hazards and Technical Solutions in Palestine karen assaf — 103 The Mountain Aquifer: Shared Groundwater Resources, Environmental Hazards, and Technical Solutions dror avisar — 117 Editors’ Summary — 122 Part 6 Stream Restoration The Condition of Streams and Prospects for Restoration in Palestine nader el-khateeb — 127 Stream Restoration under Conditions of Water Scarcity: Insight from the Israeli Experience avital gasith and yaron hershkovitz — 136 Editors’ Summary — 148 Part 7 Drinking-Water Standards Drinking-Water Quality and Standards: The Palestinian Perspective alfred abed rabbo — 153 Israeli Drinking-Water Resources and Supply ramy halperin — 162 Editors’ Summary — 170 Part 8 Sewage Treatment Sewage Treatment in Gaza and the Quest to Upgrade Infrastructure khalil tubail — 175 contents vi Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Israel yossi inbar — 183 Editors’ Summary — 189 Part 9 Agriculture and Water Sustainable Water Supply for Agriculture in Palestine said a. assaf — 195 Sustainable Water Supply for Agriculture in Israel alon ben-gal — 211 Editors’ Summary — 224 Part 10 Desalination The Coming Age of Desalination for Gaza: Visions, Illusions, and Reality nahed ghbn — 229 Desalination in Israel: Status, Prospects, and Contexts yaakov garb — 238 Editors’ Summary — 246 Part 11 The Jordan River Basin Managing the Jordan River Basin: A Palestinian Perspective nancy rumman — 251 Managing the Jordan River Basin: An Israeli Perspective richard laster and dan livney — 258 Editors’ Summary — 264 Part 12 Gaza’s Water Situation The Gaza Water Crisis yousef abu-mayla and eilon m. adar — 267 Editors’ Summary — 278 Part 13 Citizen Involvement The Role of Civil Society in Addressing Transboundary Water Issues in the Israeli-Palestinian Context iyad aburdeineh, gidon bromberg, lucy michaels, and na’ama teschner — 283 Editors’ Summary — 293 Contents vii Part 14 The Role of Third Parties in Conflict Resolution The Role of Third Parties in Helping to Resolve the Conflicts over Water Issues in Israel and Palestine robin twite — 297 Editors’ Summary — 308 Part 15 Cooperative Water Management Strategies Joint Aquifer Management: Institutional Options marwan haddad and eran feitelson — 313 Editors’ Summary — 321 List of Contributors — 323 Index — 327 contents viii ...