Water wisdom : preparing the groundwork for cooperative and sustainable water management in the Middle East / edited by Alon Tal and Alfred Abed Rabbo.

Each part concludes with an editors' summary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Israel and Palestine are water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians, and others met to develop a future vision for the sustainable shared management of water resources. Their work explores the full range of scientific, political, social, and economic issues related to water use in the region; acknowledge areas of continuing controversy, from access rights to the Mountain Aquifer to utilization of waters from the Jordan River; and identify areas of agreement, disagreement, and options for resolution. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence.

Part 1. Characterizing water resources. Water resources: the Palestinian perspective / Amjad Aliewi ; Water resources: the Israeli perspective / Alon Tal -- 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 ; Article 40: an Israeli retrospective / Dorit Kerret -- part 3. The water culture of Israelis and Palestinians. Water culture in Palestine / Ziad Abdeen ; Water culture in Israel / Clive Lipchin -- part 4. Water legislation. The Palestinian legal regime for water quality protection / Hiba I. Husseini ; Legal framework for allocation of water and for protection of water quality in Israel / Marcia Gelpe -- part 5. Groundwater management. Shared groundwater resources: environmental hazards and technical solutions in Palestine / Karen Assaf ; The mountain aquifer: shared groundwater resources, environmental hazards, and technical solutions / Dror Avisar -- part 6. Stream restoration. The condition of streams and prospects for restoration in Palestine / Nader El-Khateeb ; Stream restoration under conditions of water scarcity: insight from the Israeli experience / Avital Gasith and Yaron Hershkovitz -- part 7. Drinking-water standards. Drinking water quality and standards: the Palestinian perspective / Alfred Abed Rabbo ; Israeli drinking-water resources and supply / Ramy Halperin -- part 8. Sewage treatment. Sewage treatment in Gaza and the quest to upgrade infrastructure / Khalil Tubail ; Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Israel / Yossi Inbar -- part 9. Agriculture and water. Sustainable water supply for agriculture in Palestine / Said A. Assaf ; Sustainable water supply for agriculture in Israel / Alon Ben-gal -- part 10. Desalination. The coming age of desalination for Gaza: visions, illusions, and reality / Nahed Ghbn ; Desalination in Israel: status, prospects, and contexts / Yaakov Garb -- part 11. The Jordan River Basin. Managing the Jordan River Basin: a Palestinian perspective / Nancy Rumman ; Managing the Jordan River Basin: an Israeli perspective / Richard Laster and Dan Livney -- part 12. Gaza's water situation. The Gaza water crisis / Yousef Abu-Mayla and Eilon M. Adar -- part 13. Citizen involvement. The role of civil society in addressing transboundary water issues in the Israeli-Palestinian context / Iyad Aburdeineh [and 3 others] -- 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 -- part 15. Cooperative water management strategies. Joint aquifer management: institutional options / Marwan Haddad and Eran Feitelson.

In English.

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