Zubaida Ezery Dr. Clive Lipchin Defini&ons Grey Water- Water - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Zubaida Ezery Dr. Clive Lipchin

Defini&ons — Grey Water- Water from kitchen sinks, dishwashers, tubs and showers. — Black Water- Water from toilets. — Cesspit- A deep hole used for discharge wastewater.

Bedouins in the Negev 2 different types of Bedouin settlements I. Established Towns II. Villages - Unrecognized - Recognized

Demography Distribution of Negev's Bedouin Population by Type of Locality (2012) Alkssoum Regional 154,369 Conuncil Neve Midbar Regional Conuncil Permanent Townships 55,700 Diaspora Localities 8,489 11,984 Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Demography Year Bedouin Jewish 1970 61 32.3 1980-1995 50 24.5 2014 37.5 19.8 Birth Rate per 1000 Source: 1. Meir A. Nomads, development and health: Delivering public health services to the Bedouin in Israel. Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography. 1987:115-26. 2. www.cbs.gov.il

Demography Total population 3.08 Bedouin community 5.45 Jewish community 2.83 Total Fertility Rate 2014 Source: www.cbs.gov.il

Demography Total population 3.3 Bedouin community 11 The infant mortality Rate per 1000 2014 Source: www.cbs.gov.il

Pathology of Environmental Health — Environmental conditions, personal hygiene, crowding lack of infrastructures (i.e., running water and improper sewage systems) increase risk of infectious diseases. — A main cause of morbidity and mortality in developing populations is diarrheal illness.

Poli&cal Dynamics Behind Sanita&on Problems — Land disputes à — Lack of infrastructure and services in recognized villages and unrecognized villages

Water Infrastructure

Swage Infrastructure

Gary Water System — The Arava Institute is proposing an alternative solution for wastewater management in which is decentralized or off-grid sewage management. — The proposal is to connect village neighborhoods to onsite wastewater treatment and reuse systems. — In this way sewage is treated safely without the need for expensive and complex infrastructure and the community benefits from an additional source of water for local agriculture. — As a first stage in our project we are reaching out to all relevant stakeholders to receive their input on the decentralized approach to wastewater management.

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