ZubaidaEzery

Dr.CliveLipchin

Defini&ons

� GreyWater-Waterfromkitchensinks,dishwashers,

tubsandshowers.

� BlackWater-Waterfromtoilets.

� Cesspit-Adeepholeusedfordischargewastewater.

BedouinsintheNegev

2differenttypesofBedouinsettlements

I.  EstablishedTownsII.  Villages

-Unrecognized-Recognized

Demography

8,48911,984

154,369

55,700

DistributionofNegev'sBedouinPopulationbyTypeofLocality(2012)

AlkssoumRegionalConuncilNeveMidbarRegionalConuncilPermanentTownships

DiasporaLocalities

Source:MinistryofAgricultureandRuralDevelopment

Demography

BirthRateper1000Source:1.MeirA.Nomads,developmentandhealth:DeliveringpublichealthservicestotheBedouininIsrael.GeografiskaAnnalerSeriesBHumanGeography.1987:115-26.2.www.cbs.gov.il

Year Bedouin Jewish

1970 61 32.3

1980-1995 50 24.5

2014 37.5 19.8

Demography

Totalpopulation 3.08

Bedouincommunity 5.45

Jewishcommunity 2.83

TotalFertilityRate2014

Source:www.cbs.gov.il

Demography

Totalpopulation 3.3

Bedouincommunity 11

TheinfantmortalityRateper10002014

Source:www.cbs.gov.il

PathologyofEnvironmentalHealth

� Environmentalconditions,personalhygiene,

crowdinglackofinfrastructures(i.e.,runningwater

andimpropersewagesystems)increaseriskof

infectiousdiseases.

� Amaincauseofmorbidityandmortalityin

developingpopulationsisdiarrhealillness.

�  Landdisputesà

�  Lackofinfrastructure

andservicesin

recognizedvillagesand

unrecognizedvillages

Poli&calDynamicsBehindSanita&onProblems

WaterInfrastructure

SwageInfrastructure

GaryWaterSystem�  TheAravaInstituteisproposinganalternativesolutionforwastewatermanagementinwhichisdecentralizedoroff-gridsewagemanagement.

�  Theproposalistoconnectvillageneighborhoodstoonsitewastewatertreatmentandreusesystems.

�  Inthiswaysewageistreatedsafelywithouttheneedforexpensiveandcomplexinfrastructureandthecommunitybenefitsfromanadditionalsourceofwaterforlocalagriculture.

�  Asafirststageinourprojectwearereachingouttoallrelevantstakeholderstoreceivetheirinputonthedecentralized

approachtowastewatermanagement.

Thankyou