PALESTINE WATCH:

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PALESTINE WATCH

• MONITORING AND ASSESSING THE LANDS OF
  GEOGRAPHICPALESTINE

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Project Staff

• Birzeit University
• Kamal Abdalfattah-director
• Ahmad Hammad
• Riham Barghouti
• Ihab Dababsa
• Farah Ghalib
• Raida Qarabesa
• Salem Thawaba
• Abdel Halim Tomeizeh

• Calvin College
• Bert de Vries- director
• Brian Blankespoor
• Kimberly DeWall
• Sebastian Naslund
• Benjamin Ruddell
• Abi Tan
• Beth VandenBerg

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Partnership Cooperation
CALVIN COLLEGE
Summer 2001 Research Team
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Project Sectors
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Geology

• Topography
• Geology
• Hydrogeology

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Water Rights

• Goals
• Map Water Resources
• Determine Ownership
• Utilization practices

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Parameters
Land Use Built-Up Areas

• Population
• population density
• built-up type
• health services, schools
• water network
• Transportation
• waste treatment facilities

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Archaeology

• Cultural Resource Management
• Preservation
• Inventory of Sites in the Fara

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Pollution

• Water Sampling
• Health
• Pollution Effects
• Public Health
• Education
• Agriculture
• Crop Types
• Irrigation Practices

The Wadi el-Fara
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Sampling Parameters

• pH
• Electroconductivity
• Total Dissolved Solids
• Cl
• HCO3
• NH4
• NO3

• PO4
• SO4
• Ca
• Mg
• Na
• K
• Total Coliform
• Fecal Coliform

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Research Area
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El-Fara Refugee Camp
El-Fara Refugee Camp
Open channels of wastewater
Water theft by Illegal Pumping
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Health

• Pollution Sources
• Sewage
• Industrial Waste
• Agricultural Waste
• Current wastewater system
• Cess pits
• Septic Tanks
• Open Channels

• Health Risks
• Contamination of drinking water sources
• Leaching into Groundwater
• Surface water contamination
• Waterborne illnesses (Hepatitis, Parasitic
  infections, Diarrheal Diseases)
• Open Sewage Channels
• Insect-borne diseases

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Agriculture

• Inefficient irrigation and agricultural
  practices.
• Use of contaminated water.
• Pesticides
• Fertilizers

• Concerns
• Environmental
• Soil Degredation
• Groundwater and surface water contamination
• Health
• Contaminated produce
• Exposure to toxins and carcinogens from improper
  use of harmful pesticides.

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For more Information
Visit our Website at http//www.calvin.edu/dvrb
Contact Information Dr. Bert de Vries
dvrb_at_calvin.edu Abi Tan ltan84_at_calvin.edu Sebas
tian Naslund snaslu22_at_calvin.edu