SASWMP

Southern Arava Sustainable Waste Management Plan

Text Box: The Southern Arava Sustainable Waste Management Plan The project took a regional approach to improve management of agricultural waste on both sides of the border between Israel and Jordan. The Arava Valley is an artificial political boundary, with settlements meters away from the border. It is a long contiguous region. Mosquitoes, flies, and pests hatched in an improper sewage site or mismanaged compost pile can cross the border within minutes, affecting crops, land and water quality on the other side. The comprehensive goal was to develop a treatment strategy to handle agricultural waste generated in the region in the most effective and efficient ways possible; utilizing technology, education, cross border cooperation and coordination. The project has generated significant advances by: changing public knowledge and awareness. influencing and affecting decision-making. facilitating Jewish-Arab education. fostering cooperation between the peoples on both sides of the Israeli-Jordanian border. creating direct actions in the Constructed Wetlands projects, and enhancing more sustainable practices of agriculture. “The project has generated capacity building and environmental awareness that affects all the residents of the region. It proves our ability to implement a complex environmental project, involving infrastructure, education and monitoring. The success of the SASWMP encourages the initiation of future projects that will improve the environment and thereby the quality of life for all the residents, including our neighbors across the border.” Mr. Udi Gat , Hevel Eilot Regional Council head on the successes of the SASWMP project Text Box: Agricultural Waste Master Business Plan Develop a master business plan for treatment of all agricultural waste in the Hevel Eilot Regional Council area, including cost-benefit analyses and environmental feasibility studies of the use of... Read more Text Box: Ketura Valley Constructed Wetlands A Constructed Wetlands pilot project has been built to treat the sewage of Kibbutz Neot Smadar and Kibbutz Neve Harif, ending of current sewage disposal pollution of the ground, the aquifer and dry river bed (wadi)... Read more Text Box: Kibbutz Lotan Constructed Wetlands and ecological- educational Bird Park The wetlands will be built as part of an ecological- educational Bird Park in conjunction with the Jewish National Fund and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel/Bird Life... Read more Text Box: Pilot Monitoring and Study This task project will establish and implement ongoing monitoring and study of the two pilot wetlands projects. The purpose of the monitoring is three-fold: Read more Text Box: Eco-Agriculture A cross border educational program is training both Jordanian and Israeli farmers how to grow environmentally sound fruits and vegetables and market the produce in European supermarket chains. The program trains farmers on both sides of the border in “Good Agricultural Practice” – growing protocols that protect the environment, maintain humane conditions for the workers and ensure high quality, safe and clean agricultural produce... Read more Text Box: Common Paths Jewish and Arab pupils from opposite ends of the country come together to study environmental projects in the unique “Common Paths” program. The pupils visit each other’s communities, host each other in their homes and deal with local, national and regional environmental issues, each class studying with a teacher from the other school... Read more

This website is best viewed in Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Text Box: Layman’s report—English Text Box: Layman’s report—Hebrew Text Box: Project summary