BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Sewerage Project in Israel and West Bank:
American Interfaith Co-investment
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Goal: introduce on-theground solutions,
while building trust and
creating dignity for both
Palestinians and Israelis.
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
How: Go directly to the people
by providing basic services
needed on both sides,
funded by American interfaith
co-investment.
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Project:
• 75% of the West Bank Does Not Have Basic Sewerage Collection
• It is also an Israeli problem, as 50 million cubic meters of
untreated sewerage flow to Israel each year through shared
water sources.
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Local Example of Problem:
• In 2005, in the Palestinian village of Azmut, an
untreated sewage prevented farmers from selling
their contaminated crops, and a severe mosquito
problem and illness among nearby village
residents broke out.
• A woman from the village called life there
"terrible...as if we're living in a swamp. We can't
even eat our food."
USAID Funded a Successful Test to Convert
West Bank Sewerage to Greywater 2012 - 2014
Current Beneficiaries of the pilot systems:
DEIR AL HATAB: 8 family members in household
HALHUL: 7 family members in household
DAR SALAH: 7 family members in household
SAKHNIN: 1000+ visitors to the community center
annually
UMM BATIN: 600 students at regional school
connected to the system
ZAWATA: 6 family members in household
KETURA: 16 students living in dorms connected to
the system
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Operating Leadership – Israel and West Bank
Dr. Clive Lipchin, Arava Institute Israel
• Director of the Center for Trans-boundary Water Management,
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
• PhD in Resource Ecology Management at the School of Natural
Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.
Sawsan Qudsi, House of Water and Environment
Mrs. Sawsan Qudsi holds a BA from Al-Quds University. She offers
more than 10 years of experience at HWE where she serves as Acting
Director and Project Manager.
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Greywater System to Treat the Sewerage
Features of the System
1. Treats between 0.5 and 1.0 m3 of greywater daily
2. Produces 1.0 m3 treated greywater every three days
3. Produces approximately 10 m3 treated greywater
every month for use in irrigation
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
September 2014 Planning Meeting between Ms. Al Qudsi, Dr. Lipchin and Ben
Jablonski
BUILD ISRAEL PALESTINE COUNCIL (BIP)
Approvals needed for fundraising Website:
• Project Description
• Budget information: what can be achieved for
how much money
• Timetable for completion of the project
• Map
• Description of groups and people involved
• Request to use video footage and photos from the
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