scholarly journals Large-scale brackish water desalination plants in Gaza Strip: assessments and improvements

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunes Mogheir ◽  
Ahmad A. Foul ◽  
A. A. Abuhabib ◽  
A. W. Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Brackish Water ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
Saline Groundwater ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Desalination Plants

Water scarcity is a serious challenge in the Gaza Strip, a region that is mostly considered to be semi-arid. In this region, the population's options for provision of potable water are limited to desalination of saline groundwater. Six large brackish water desalination plants (BWDPs) and one seawater desalination plant are operating and providing drinking water along with small private plants. The BWDPs were assessed in terms of operational conditions and quality of their feed and permeate with the aim of estimating essential improvements required as well as performance significance. All these plants are reverse osmosis plants and their operational conditions are similar in terms of production, recovery rate, and energy consumption. The quality of the plants’ feed was found not to comply with WHO and Palestinian Standards in most cases, unlike the permeate from all plants. The assessment made through this study assists in better understanding of the current situation of the large-scale desalination plants in Gaza and recommending essential improvements needed to increase water production of these plants without increasing abstraction and feed quantities. In addition, multi-criteria analysis used to evaluate BWDPs performance may assist in prioritizing improvements application.

Assessment of large scale brackish water desalination plants in the Gaza Strip

Desalination ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 314 ◽  
pp. 96-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunes Mogheir ◽  
Ahmad A. Foul ◽  
A.A. Abuhabib ◽  
A.W. Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Brackish Water ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Desalination Plants

Potential of Nanofiltration for Brackish Water Desalination in Gaza Strip

2011 ◽  
Vol 233-235 ◽  
pp. 2356-2358
Author(s):  
A A. Abuhabib ◽  
Abdul Wahab Mohammad ◽  
Rakmi Abd-Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Brackish Water ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Rejection Rate ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
Nanofiltration Membranes ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Salt Rejection ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
And Performance

Nanofiltration membranes have proven their applicability in desalination as well as many other fields in water and wastewater industries. Two commercial nanofiltration membranes denoted as NF and ASP30 were chosen to be investigated in terms of their characteristics and performance in order to determine their suitability and applicability for brackish water desalination in Gaza Strip. In this work, membranes flux and rejection of two additional salts (Na2SO4 and KCl) is reported. Both membranes showed higher rejection rate for Na2SO4 (99% for NF and 75% for ASP30) when compared to KCl (36% for NF and 32% for ASP30). ASP30 had higher flux for both salts solutions (110 L.mˉ².hˉ¹ for Na2SO4 and 121 L.mˉ².hˉ¹ for KCl) while NF membrane had lower flux for both of them (78.4 L.mˉ².hˉ¹ for Na2SO4 and 72.5 L.mˉ².hˉ¹ for KCl). In addition, the variation of salt rejection versus permeation provides a possibility of optimizing operational conditions of both membranes. The results indicated good potential in applying both membranes to desalinate brackish water of Gaza Strip which is characterized by up to 2000 mg/l TDS of which Chloride is up to 700 mg/l.

The Eclipse

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-130
Author(s):  
Samy Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Gaza Strip

2006-2010: during these four decisive years in the history of the peace movement, the movement experienced a dramatic eclipse. Within an Israeli society that had grown increasingly nationalist, more attached to symbols of Jewish identity and the memory of the Holocaust, more concerned than ever about security, and less interested in making peace with the Palestinians, the movement was incapable both of promoting a message of peace and taking a stance on the subject of human rights. It seemed apathetic, paralyzed, almost non-existent in the face of the terrible events that marked the period. This chapter shows how and why this eclipse occurred. These years were punctuated by two large-scale military operations, the war in Lebanon in July 2006 and Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip from late 2008 to early 2009. These hostilities caused turmoil in the Israeli collective psychology and the perception of war and peace.

Hoping for Peace during Protracted Conflict: Citizens’ Hope Is Based on Inaccurate Appraisals of Their Adversary’s Hope for Peace

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1390-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oded Adomi Leshem ◽  
Eran Halperin
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Political Change ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Violent Conflict ◽  
The West ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Protracted Conflict ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
The Gaza Strip

Hope is an essential component in the pursuit of political change. In order to hope, citizens need to wish for the change and have some expectations that it could materialize. This article explores how the two components of hope (i.e., wishes and expectations) are constructed in the seemingly hopeless case of a protracted and violent conflict. Utilizing a large-scale survey administered in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, we show that citizens’ appraisals of their adversary’s wishes and expectations for peace affect their own wishes and expectations, which, in turn, influences their willingness to support peacebuilding efforts. Regrettably, citizens’ tendency to underestimate their rival’s wish for peace lessens their own hopes, which further abates the support for peacebuilding. The study is the first to illustrate a mechanism by which hope for peace is constructed and the pathways by which hope facilitates resolution. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.

Strategy of water desalination in the Gaza Strip

Desalination ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 156 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebhy El Sheikh ◽  
Mohammad Ahmed ◽  
Sami Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
The Gaza Strip

Research Progress on the Reduction and Utilization of RO Concentrated Brine from Desalination Plants

2013 ◽  
Vol 821-822 ◽  
pp. 1098-1101
Author(s):  
Wei Xing Li ◽  
Jing Huan Ma ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Qing Tong Ren ◽  
Zhan Sheng Ma
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Marine Ecosystems ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Desalination Plants

Reverse Osmosis (RO) is an effective method to get fresh water from seawater or brackish water. The uncontrolled discharge of RO concentrated brine can contaminate water aquifers and damage marine ecosystems. The techniques to treat or utilize the rejected brine are the research focus in recent years. This paper tried to give an overview of latest development in this filed in order to provide references for its actual application in large-scale engineering.

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