TITLE:
Feasibility of Protection Zones for Water Resources in Arid Areas: Case Study; Duyuk Nueimah Shosa Springs, Jericho, Palestine
AUTHORS:
Marwan Ghanem, Mahmoud Hammad
KEYWORDS:
Water Protection Zones, Cost Benefit Analysis, Protection Zones Guidelines, Nueimah Spring System, Jericho Area
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
11,
2015
ABSTRACT: Urbanization and different human-economic activities
put increasing pressure on the ground water quality, which is considered as the
main drinking water resources in Palestine. Protecting the spring water
resources in Palestine is one major issue for the continuity of the
availability of the water resources. An economic feasibility study was conducted
for the Nuewimah-Shosha-Dyuk spring system in order to assess the economical
factor for the induced methodology of the protection zones. The spring system
has multiple users from different sectors (i.e.,
domestic, agriculture, commercial and public use) and multi-year cost benefit
analysis technique used to show the feasibility of water protection zones on
the long run. The study shows that even in arid areas in Palestine,
small quantities are derived from springs-implementation of water protection
zones is still feasible; the results of this study emphasize on importance and
feasibility of water resources protection zones.