40. Haddad, M. The Necessity and Importance of a National Plan for Water Supply and Sewerage. Najah University: 1990, 13 pp.
In Arabic only.

Water supply and sewerage problems facing the communities of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are numerous, serious, and have significant impacts on peoples' health and welfare. Water supply problems are primarily those of water resource distribution and supply. To a lesser extent, there are water problems concerning water quality and pollution. Sewerage problems include waste water collection, treatment and disposal or reuse.

The West Bank and the Gaza Strip have a special status as territories under military occupation where there is no national authority to administer and solve major problems of the community. The parties involved in water and sewage problems in the West Bank and Gaza are various NGOs, local municipalities and the military authorities' Civil Administration.

Current and past practices employed in solving water and sewage problems of the West Bank and Gaza were based on a day-to-day and problem-by-problem approach. In addition, many problems were badly tackled due to lack of basic data or study of needs, restrictions imposed by the military authorities, unqualified designers or unqualified contractors.

The author believes that there is vital necessity for a regional plan for water supply and sewerage of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Such plan cannot be implemented without the participation of all parties involved (NGOs, municipalities and the people). To meet these objectives, an advisory board or committee should be formed on a regional level, composed of a group of experts actively engaged in the fields of water and sewerage. The main objective of the study is to investigate all the technical aspects as well as the economic, social and environmental effects of current problems, to propose solutions to these problems and to provide advice to the various parties involved.