www.foeme.org Contact: County Council www.malaga.es; Malaga; E-mail:[email protected] management ofhazardous activities. water, municipalitieswould applyeven more careful landplanningandregulations for the bodies, andwater catchments. thoseprotected catchments, In whichsupplydrinking istheeliminationfinal objective ofallhazards from safeguarded areas of groundwater pollution hazards intheaffected aquifers. These includeanadapted GISplatform, whose development istheidentification andassessment of groundwater andthe vulnerability to implement for bestpractices skills thispurpose. Oneofthebasicpillarsinproject role in protecting groundwater resources, by improving theirtechnical andadministrative The aimsto project municipalitiesto empower upgrade theirimportant theparticipating supplies. pollutants threaten municipalwater rates ofnitrates, sulfates andiron. Those notable groundwater pollution is high generated waste. Accordingly, themost pesticides, andlivestock, due to their due to and theuseoffertilizers mainly related to agricultural activity, aquifers inthesemunicipalitiesare The mainsources ofpollution outstanding interest. heritage, withnatural areas of culturala rich and environmental agriculture. alsopresents from the standpoint importance of of Antequera, whichhasagreat Tapia, located intheregion-district and Villanueva de , , , Alameda, , Antequera, focuses onthemunicipalitiesof theCountyproject ofMalaga, In Protecting Ground Water Malaga In (PGW) Project Dr. Director: Youval [email protected] Arbel; ;[email protected] Crossand Partnership Instrument, Border Cooperation inthe Mediterranean); the European Commission’s Development Organization; Palestinian Authority). The isfundedby project Council County, ofMalaga (,Andalucía) and andEnvironmentWEDO (Water East(FoEME),The isledby project Middle Friends together oftheEarth withthe Who theproject isbehind ENPI CBC MED program (European Neighborhood G major springs and insomecases,major springs anincrease of water salinity. natural recharge, whichledto lower water tables, adeclinein natural discharge of the share ofwater.a non-equitable For many years, total water were abstractions above the Oslo interim agreement. Israel uses ~80% of this Aquifer, which leaves Palestinians with source ofwater for the West althoughsince to 1995water the Bank; is subject sharing aquifer: located under the trans-boundary West Bank and Israel, and the only available hazards. The Mt. Aquifer cansupplyanaverage of~620MCMfreshwater ayear. isa It and for Palestinians, isalsoaCarbonate Aquifer, whichmakesitvulnerable to pollution The ‘Mountain Aquifer’, source ofwater thebestandmostimportant for bothIsraelis create preferential flow routes intheaquifer. processes, andkarst dueto which thecracking Limestone possesshigherpermeability Many ofthesecommunities live above vulnerable groundwater. Dolomite and aswellAuthority from theprovince Spain. ofMalaga, belong to the cross-border Good project Water Neighbors, in Israel Jordan and Palestine common natural heritage. inthispilotinitiativeThe 30communities participating as well asenhancingcooperation across Mediterranean Basinmunicipalitiesto protect administrative to alleviate sources skills ofgroundwater pollution intheirjurisdiction This aimsto project empower Mediterranean municipalitieswiththetechnical and groundwater resources. local governments become significant tocan in fact in efforts shared actors protect waste, sewage treatment intheir jurisdictions, andotherhazard pollutingactivities Given thelarge role play localauthorities inoverseeing infrastructure, industries, solid future generations. some aquifers to become endangered groundwater and undermining as a resource for andBackgroundProject Introduction Protecting Ground WaterProtecting region, thisresource isincreasingly beingpolluted by causing humanactivities, 97% of the earth’s freshwater of the Mediterranean many reserves. In parts roundwater istheworld’s source offreshwater, mostimportant constituting EcoPeace East Middle /Friends ofthe Earth األوسط الشرق األرض أصدقاء جمعية ايكوبيس/ התיכון המזרח הארץ כדור ידידי / אקופיס / ידידי כדור הארץ המזרח התיכון Mediterranean Basinmunicipalities. have setupacollaborativepartners training program for municipalstafffrom selected groundwater are themainchallengesofthisproject. To address thisneed, The lackofawareness to dealwiththesources andlackofcapacity ofpollutionto sources might percolate/seep to theground water. mill wastewater, over sewage). offieldsandanimalfarms All thosepollutions fertilization in Andalucía, Spainstruggleswithdischarges ofpollutionfrom agriculture (e. g. Olive sewagedomestic andindustrial that are released into streams channels. County Malaga include cesspits, unregulated dumpingsites andgasolinestations, aswell asuntreated sewage treatmentcommunities inIsrael lackthenecessary facilities. 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Improving technical andadministrative at themunicipallevel, skills to implement natural common heritage. environment and enhancement of hazards to ground water andthe Prevention of andreduction groundwater, that include: Basin, andalleviate pollutionof management intheMediterranean sustainable water resources The over arching goalispromoting the project the project c c c c c c c results Expected c c c c Activities: - of citizens in reporting ofenvironmentalof citizens inreporting hazards to theGISinterface Enhanced publicawareness through dissemination oftheinitiative andinvolvement andimplementation hazardsMunicipal report auditreport municipalworkers ofskilled Mediterranean network stone oftheplanningandenforcement processes inthelocalgovernments. Interactive, GISmapandmodelofenvironmental hazards as key andpollutionrisk Trained municipal workers municipality ofUnderstandingssignedMemorandum by eachparticipating andPreventionHazard Reduction Guidelines more detailsseeourwebsite calculated basedontheCOST 620model. For The evaluated from risk eachhazard isbeing were developed for eachofthepartners. cooperation GISinterfaces withGISexperts, the hazards inthedifferent municipalities.In the moduleby mappingandcharacterizing are activating -ProjectGIS – Interface partners - ofdispersionthe contaminationthe risk intheaquifer. which calculates ofasolublepollutant risk to theexpected reach Ground Water, and GroundMapping water (vulnerability): sensitivity Aspatial hydrological model, more detailsseeourwebsite. for- to meetanddiscussactivities alleviation ofmutualenvironmental hazards. 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