Implications of Water Management Policies on

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Rawand Bassam Othman Bushnaq

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Prof. Marwan Haddad -

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Abstract :

Abstract This research aimed at understanding and describing the impacts of alternative governmental policies on water supply and demand, poverty and income, water quality and water-related eco systems, and food production and food security, on public, and estimating and analyzing water poverty index using various published methods. To accomplish these objectives a field questionnaire and interviews have been developed. The population of the questionnaire was the residents of the West Bank. Interviews were held with persons from West Bank Water Department, Palestinian Water Authority, and Municipalities. The water poverty index was calculated using different approaches, Conventional Composite Index, Holistic, Matrix and WPI Pentagram, Simple Time Analysis, Falkenmark Water Stress. It was found based on results of field survey that the best approach in estimating water poverty index was the Holistic approach, the estimated water poverty index was WPI= 39.5 percent which indicates that the region faces a serious water problem. To analyze the results of the questionnaire, different statistical techniques have been used. These include means, standard deviations, and percentages, one way analysis of variance and Scheffe Post Hoc test, and independent T test. The main findings of the research were:

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