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Environmental Assessment of Pollution Sources on the Water Environment and Palestinian Livelihoods in the Northern West Bank- Salfeet District, is a project that addresses the protection of groundwater resources from pollution. The project also aims at correlating the impacts of pollution with the residents’ health in order to recommend guidelines for pollution prevention.

In order to achieve these objectives effectively a GIS training course was conducted at HWE for Salfeet governorate municipal staff. This was was held in the new HWE GIS computer lab, by Eng. Jumana Abu Sada, from 10-13 November 2008.

The main objective of the Training Course was to familiarise the participants with the project and its activities, by providing an introduction to the ArcGIS software. Participants were also provided with basic knowledge and experience about data management systems and their utilization. This training course provided 20 training hours for 10 engineers from Salfeet municipalities.

Areas of work

HWE works closely with Newcastle University (UK) and many other international institutions and funding agencies such as UNESCO, ESCWA, CEDARE, UNU, USAID, DFID, AFD, GTZ, GWP, EUWI, JICA, ACSAD, BGR, EU, etc.

Main Goals

HWE offers a wide variety of services in water, sanitation and environmental engineering and science from the needs identification stage to the elaboration of tender documents, supervision of works and technical assistance.


The House of Water and Environment (HWE) is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region.


HWE is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region. There is a need to combine different notions of social, technical and economic sustainability in order to achieve development outcomes that both provide for national development and help to achieve poverty reduction. HWE aims to address this need through mobilizing local and international networks and partnerships to promote a broader analysis of sustainable water resource development and better ‘governance’ of the resource.

Areas of work and scope of activities

HWE is working in three areas (with regard to water and environment):
     1- Development.
     2- Research.
     3- Capacity Building and Training.

 

HWE is particularly strong in the fields of: Water Resources, Sewage and Sanitation, Conflict Resolution, Food and Agriculture, Water supply, Engineering Aspects, ...

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