This conference was funded by
Organizing committee
Dr. Ahmed Husien
Eng. Imad Eid
Dr. Maha Abd Alhadi
Eng. Mohammed Jarrar
Eng. Mohmmed Hmaidan
Dr. Nehaya Salameh
Eng. Nour Aldin Shtaya
Mr. Omar Mallah
Dr. Rania Jamous
Ms. Rola Akkawi
Ms. Salam Abu Zaitoun
Mr. Samer Jarrar
Mr. Suheil Abu-Ghdaib
Eng. Suleiman Abu Ghoush
Eng. Wasef Ali Gharaba
Eng. Yazan Odeh
Scientific committee
Prof. Mohammed Saleem Ali Shtayeh
Prof. Dr. Issam A. Al-Khatib
Dr. Hafeth Shaheen
Dr. Abdel Fattah R. Hasan (Mallah)
Dr. Subhi Samhan
Dr. Munqez Shtaya
Dr. Rana Jamous
Eng. Samer Kalbouneh
Dr. Amal Hudhud
Prof. Mohammed Saleem Ali Shtayeh
President, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center -BERC,Til, Nablus, Palestine
Organizers
Co-organizer
Eng. Samer Kalbouneh
Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center -BERC,Til, Nablus, Palestine
Dr. Rana Jamous
Head, Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Institute, BERC,Til, Nablus, Palestine
Our speakers
Potential speakers
Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh
Rana M. Jamous
Salam Y. Abu-Zaitoun
Samer R. Kalbouneh
Rana H. Idais
Rola J. Akkawi
Mohammed Hmaidan
Omar Titi
Emad Khlaif
Jawad shoqair
Sajidah H. Mujahed
Majdi Abu Naeem
Rashed Al-Sa'ed
Zakiyah NAmrootee
Rasha Omar
Program Tracks
• Wastewater reuse for irrigation of non-food crop plants in Palestine.
• Sustainable reuse of treated wastewater in agricultural irrigation in Palestine.
• Development of aromatic plant production systems tolerant to irrigation with treated effluents
• Wastewater treatment technologies.
• Pathogens assessment in reclaimed effluent used for industrial crops irrigation.
• Problems and possibilities of irrigating forage with treated wastewater.
• Reuse of tertiary treated effluent in agricultural irrigation: Palestinian experience.
• Community participation in water and wastewater treatment
• Safety planning for improved operation and management in water and wastewater treatment
• Challenges of wastewater reuse (health aspects, toxicity, heavy metals, soil salinization …).
• Wastewater management in Palestine
• Economic aspects of treated wastewater reuse
• Social aspects of treated wastewater reuse
Abstract submission
Guidelines for abstract preparation:
A concise and factual abstract is required. Abstracts should summarize the contents of the article in 300 words or less. The abstract should be structured in the following format:
Background: In one or two sentences, summarize the scientific body of knowledge surrounding your study and how this led to your investigation.
Hypothesis/Purpose: State the theory(ies) that you are attempting to prove or disprove by your study or the purpose if no hypothesis exists.
Study Design: Identify the overall design of your study.
Methods: Succinctly summarize the overall methods you used in your investigation. .
Results: Report the most important results of your study. Only include positive results that are statistically significant, or important negative results that are supported by adequate power.
Conclusion: State the answer to your original question or hypothesis. Summarize the most important conclusions that can be directly drawn from your study.
Online submission of abstracts
Please, prepare your abstract by using this Abstract Template
Send to: berctil@yahoo.com or msshtayeh@yahoo.com
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آخر موعد لإرسال الملخصات 26 أيلول 2017، ويتم الرد عليها خلال أسبوع.
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اخر موعد لاستلام مخطوطة البحث كاملة (لمن يرغب في نشر البحث ضمن عدد خاص من مجلة أبحاث المركز المحكمة): 15 تشرين الأول 2017.
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الموعد المفضل لإرسال البحث كعرض تقديمي 11تشرين الأول 2017.
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Participants are invited to submit their abstracts in English and they should indicate in which form (Oral presentation or poster) they would like to present.
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The Scientific Committee reserves the right to accept on whether a paper will be presented and the authors will be notified accordingly within a week from submission date.
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The deadline for registration and abstract submission is 26 ,September 2017.
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An abstract volume will be handed during on-site registration at the conference.
Important dates
Online registration
Closing session
المؤتمر العلمي الخامس لمركز أبحاث التنوع الحيوي والبيئة- بيرك
''Wastewater reuse for irrigation of non-food and industrial crop plants in Palestine''
Alqasr Hotel, University Str., Nablus, Oct 14, 2017
“Wastewater reuse for irrigation of non-food and industrial crop plants in Palestine”
''إعادة استخدام المياه العادمة المعالجة في ري المحاصيل غير الغذائية في فلسطين''
Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center - BERC
Til, Nablus, Palestine
Tel: +970-9-2536406
Mobile+970-599395530
Email: berctil@yahoo.com
يعد استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي المعالجة في ري النباتات ممارسة لا مفر منها في المناطق الجافة وشبه الجافة بما فيها فلسطين، حيث يحد نقص المياه العذبة من قدرة الإنتاج الزراعي. وتعتبر مياه الصرف الصحي البلدية المعالجة ثالثياً أكبر مصدر للمياه الهامشية المستخدمة في الزراعة. وتعتمد الزراعة التي تستخدم الري بالمياه المعالجة على تحديد أنواع المحاصيل القادرة على الحفاظ على الإنتاجية العالية في ظل الشروط غير المثالية التي يفرضها استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي المعالجة ذات الجودة المنخفضة مقارنة بالمياه العذبة
يهدف المؤتمر إلى جمع أصحاب الخبرة والمعرفة بإدارة المياه العادمة، بما في ذلك المؤسسات البحثية والجامعات والمنظمات غير الحكومية من فلسطين لتبادل الخبرات وإرساء مثال يحتذى به في مجالات إعادة استخدام المياه المعالجة في الري، والذي من شأنه أن يكون بمثابة نموذج لسيناريوهات مماثلة
يمكن تعميمها في فلسطين.
تتشرف اللجنة التحضيرية للمؤتمر بدعوة كافة الزملاء والزميلات من الباحثين والدارسين والأكاديميين والمهنيين، للمشاركة في هذا المؤتمر عن طريق تقديم أوراق عمل (مراجعات وأبحاث ودراسات) في أحد المحاور أعلاه أو أية محاور أخرى ذات علاقة، وذلك بإرسال ملخص (لا يتجاوز 250 كلمة) وسيرة ذاتية مختصرة (لا تزيد عن 200 كلمة) إلى البريد الإلكتروني berctil@yahoo.com أو admin@berc.ps في موعد أقصاه 26 أيلول 2017 للمراجعة من قبل اللجنة العلمية للمؤتمر ويتم الرد عليها خلال أسبوع .
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30
Session 1: Reuse of tertiary treated effluent in agricultural irrigation: Palestinian experience
Chair: Prof. Dr. Issam A. Al-Khatib , Birzeit University, Palestine
Co-Chair: Dr. Rana M. Jamous
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:10
Opening ceremony
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
8:00 - 8:30
Omar Titi
Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Ramallah, Palestine
Use of treated gray water in the irrigation of pastoral plants
استخدام المياه الرمادية المعالجة في ري النباتات الرعويه
S1-3
10:10 - 10:30
Majde Abu Naeem
Marj Ben Amer Cooperative for Irrigation, Jenin, Palestine
Treated Water Reuse Project in Jenin: Overview
مشروع استخدام المياه المعالجة في جنين: نظرة عامة
S1-4
10:30 - 11:50
Session 2: Development of aromatic plant production systems tolerant to irrigation with municipal treated effluents
Chair: Dr. Rashed Al-Sa`ed, Birzeit University, Palestine
Co-Chair: Eng. Samer R. Kalbouneh
Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh, Rana M Jamous, Salam Y Abu-Zaitoun, Rola J Akkawi, Samer R. Kalbouneh
Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til, Nablus, Palestine
Secondary treated effluent irrigation did not impact chemical composition, antioxidant, antibacterial, and enzyme inhibition activities of essential oils from Origanum syriacum var. syriacum
S2-1
Rola J Akkawi [1,2], Ashraf Sawafta [2], Rana M Jamous [1] , Salam Y Abu-Zaitoun [1], Ahmad I Hussein [1], Samer R Kalbouneh [1], Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh[1]
[1] Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til , Nablus, Palestine, [2] Department of Biology and Biotetechnology , An - Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
Rana M Jamous , Salam Y Abu Zaitoun, Rola J. Akkawi, Samer R. Kalbouneh, Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh
Biodiversity & Biotechnology Research unit, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til, Nablus, Palestine
Development of aromatic plant production systems tolerant to irrigation with treated effluents
S2-4
11:50 - 12:30
Salam Y Abu Zaitoun, Rana M Jamous, Rola J. Akkawi, Samer R. Kalbouneh, Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh
Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til, Nablus, Palestine
Wastewater reuse for irrigation of aromatic plants: an additive promising economical source in rich high quality large-scale production of essential oil
S2-2
S2-3
Samer Kalbouneh, Rana Jamous, Samer Jarrar, M. S. Ali-Shtayeh
Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til, Nablus, Palestine
H. Fatafta, S. Khalaf, J awad H. Shoqeir
Soil & Hydrology Research Lab (SHR), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
Effectiveness of constructed wetland towards domestic wastewater treatment.
S4-2
Ahmed R. A. Meghari [1], Rasha K. Omar [2]
[1] BZ Testing Laboratories. Gaza, Palestine ,[2] Institute of Water and Environment, Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine
Physiocochemical characterization of sewage sludge of Gaza wastewater treatment plants for agricultural utilization
Low-cost UV disinfection for safer small-scale waste water treatment.
Session 4: Sustainable use of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and Reuse
Chair: Dr. Abdel Fattah R. Hasan (Mallah), An-Najah University, Palestine
Co-Chair: Eng. Suleiman Abu Ghoush, Eng. Wasef A. Gharaba
Conference Conclusion
Chair: Prof. Mohammed Saleem Shtayeh
and guest Moderators
15:50-16:30
Verses from the Holy Quran
9:00 - 9:05
Speech of his Excellency the Mayor of Nablus Municipality, Eng. Adli Yaish
9:20 - 9:30
11:10 - 11:30
Session 3: Sustainable reuse of treated wastewater in agricultural irrigation
Chair: Dr. Jawad. H. Shoqair, Al-Quds University, Palestine
Co-Chair: Eng. Mohammed homeidan
Reclaimed water use in irrigation: do we need stringent reuse standards to enhance water use and reduce climate impacts?
S3-1
13:30 - 13:50
Rashed Al-Sa`eda, Emad Khliefb
Institute of Environmental and Water Studies, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine
General Directorate of Agricultural Water and Irrigation, Marginalized Water Use Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Al-Bireh, Palestine
Evaluation and assessment of growth, yield and uptake of various non local cultivars irrigated with simulated wastewater
13:50 - 14:10
Zakiyeh S. Namrotee
Water and Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine
S3-2
Rana H. Idais , A. Nassar, Ahmed R.A. Meghari
Public Awareness Department, Environmental Quality Authority (EQA), Gaza, Palestine
S4-1
14:30 - 14:50
Treatment of domestic wastewater using duckweed (Lemna gibba)
S4-3
Sajidah Hesham Mujahed, Ragad Ata Manasra
Environmental Technology Engineering Department, Palestine Polytechnic University , Hebron, Palestine
15:10 - 15:30
Palestinian National Anthem.
9:05 - 9:10
Wastewater reuse for irrigation of industrial crop plants in Palestine: Effect on bioactivity potentials of selected aromatic plants
11:50 - 12:10
S2-3
Evaluation of using treated wastewater on soil chemical properties and crop productivity in Gaza Strip
S3-3
14:10 - 14:20
Coffee break
14:20 - 14:30
S4-4
15:30 - 15:50
11:30 - 11:50
14:50-15:10
Mohammad Homeidan [1] , Suleiman Abu Gosh [1,2], Yazan Odeh [1]
[1] Nablus-West Wastewater Treatment Plant، Nablus Municipality، Nablus، Palestine. [2] Water and Sanitation Department, Nablus Municipality, Nablus, Palestine.
Current pilot and strategic reuse projects in Nablus west wastewater treatment plant
9:30 - 9:50
S1-1
Vision and directions of the Ministry of Agriculture towards the reuse of treated wastewater in irrigated crops
رؤيه و توجهات وزارة الزراعة نحو اعادة استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي المعالجة في ري المزروعات
9:50 - 10:10
S1-2
Emad Khleif
Ministry of Agriculture, General Directorate of Agricultural Water and Irrigation, Marginalized Water Use Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Al-Bireh, Palestine
Scientific program