Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Supply of Water to Cities in Emergency Situations,Tel-Aviv, Israel, 5-7 June 2007

This book reflects the outcome of a three day NATO Advanced Workshop entitled "Supply of Water to Cities in Emergency Situations." Some 35 experts from 14 countries from Europe, the Middle East and Asia assembled in Tel-Aviv for this event. It illuminates a broad spectrum of problems and concerns to the orderly water supply ranging from floods to a surprisingly low concern related to intentional terror-related threats.

Acknowledgements. About the Editors. About the Institutes. Introduction. List of Participants. 1. Threats to Water Supply and Risk Management. 1.1 The Threat to Water Supply Systems - An Overview; Yair Sharan. 1.2 On Water Risk Management and Security; A. Einav. 1.3 Water Quality Security Management, J. Sack. 1.4 Organizational Aspects of Water Supply: H. Coccossis et al.- 2. Countries’ and Major Cities’ Case Studies. 2.1 Alternate Water Supplies in Emergencies; Sarah Burn. 2.2 Consequences of a Big Flood on the Paris Water Supply System; B. Nguyen.-2.3 An Overview of Water Supply and Distribution Systems in the Metropolitan City of Istanbul; O.Yenigun, B. Demirel. 2.4 The Urban Groundwater Resources in Romania - Perspectives for the Sustainable Development in order to supply water to Cities in Emergency Situation; L-D. Galatchi.- 3. Security of Water Supply. 3.1 Security of Water Supply as a Catalyst For Conflict Resolution in the Middle East; A.Tal, A. Vaturi. 3.2 Chernobyl Experience for Water protection in Case of Radiation-Related Terrorist Attacks; Z. Borys. 3.3 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring in Emergency Situations in the Republic of Armenia; V. Tserunyan, B. Gabrielyan. 3.4 Secure Water Supply as a Central Element of Sustainable Water Management-Systems Analysis Approach for the Gunung Sewu Region in Central Java, Indonesia H. Lehn et al. 3.5 The Anthropogenic Pollution of Water Basins: The Issue of Water Supply System Safety; Chr. Hakopian, D. Hakobyan.- 4. Detection, Monitoring and Warning. 4.1 Water Security - Overview on Technologies and Methods for Rapid Detection of Terror Events; J. Negreanu. 4.2 The Ecological Monitoring of Pollution and Modeling of Hydroecosystems; T. Vardanian. 4.3 Real Time Analysis for Early Warning System Based on Modeling Concept; P. Ingeduld et al. 4.4 Application of Remote Sensing (Optical and Sar) to Monitoring Water Resources; G. Mardirossian.- 5. Treatment ofContaminated Water. 5.1 Experience of Using Energy Effective Water Disinfection Devices; R. Khaydarov et al. 5.2 Use of natural Materials for municipal Wastewater Treatment; G. Torosyan et al.- 6. Legal Aspects. 6.1 Supply of Water to the Population of Azerbaijan in Emergency Situation and its Legal and Institutional Aspects; R.Verdiyev. 6.2 Unification of Standards for Drinking Water from Different Sources: Preliminary Approach for Water Security in Israel; T. Levinson, G. Dror.- Index. Author Index.

Water is one of the most essential elements for sustaining life. National, regional, and local authorities throughout the world are responsible to maintain necessary infrastructure and safeguard resources for an orderly uninterrupted supply of good quality, healthy, and safe, water for everyday needs of all the population. These needs, which are growing fast with economic growth, development, and rising prosperity include water for drinking as well as for sanitation, laundry, gardening, recreation, and other domestic uses. An adequate supply of water resources should be safeguarded also for all sectors of the economy and society including agriculture, industry, energy, tourism, ecosystem protection, and more. Drinking water is again becoming a global issue from many perspectives. There are still parts of the globe which lack the necessary water resources for their basic needs, whether in terms of quantity or quality, or both. Demographic growth in several world regions is likely to increase pressures for the development of water resources and further exploitation of existing ones. Changes in production and consumption patterns are expected to aggravate further the pressures on the quantity and quality of water resources across the world. Rising standards of living, intensive agriculture, and new industrial processes lead not only to increasing com- tition for water use and rising costs of water provision, but also to mounting risks.