Rehabilitating Israel’s Streams and Rivers

Global Issues in Water Policy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-81

  Katz, David ^a   Tal, Alon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Master Plan; Rehabilitation Project; State Comptroller; Wastewater Treatment Facility; Water Authority

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016259437     PISSN: 22110631     EISSN: 22110658     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5911-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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