Station d’épuration régionale d’Hébron

Hebron Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant evof@afd.fr Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 - 14:48 September 23, 2026 Désactivé CPS1049 Ongoing Palestine Water and Sanitation Water and Sanitation Palestine Clean Water and Sanitation Grant Legal notice EU (project) The wastewater of the region of Hebron will be treated in a high capacity treatment plant, improving health conditions and protecting the Aquifer. Context The city of Hebron, located in the southern West Bank, is an economic hub with approximately 215,000 inhabitants. Although 80 % of its inhabitants are connected to the wastewater collection system, no treatment is provided until now, so the wastewater is discharged in the natural valley (Wadi As Samen). The wastewater flow covers an area of approximately 40 kilometres with many negative repercussions affecting both the environment and the population living alongside it, some 180,000 people in the downstream villages, while the Eastern Aquifer, a strategic shared groundwater resource, faces a growing risk of irreversible nitrate and faecal contamination. Developing waste water treatment infrastructures with a view to developing non-conventional water resources is an integral part of the Palestinian Water Authority’s (PWA) strategy. Its National Water Sector Strategy 2022–2042, updated in May 2025, sets ambitious targets for sanitation and reuse: 80 % of effluents treated and 2,500 hectares irrigated with treated waste water by 2042. Description The purpose of this project is to improve health and living conditions and to preserve environment and water resources. The project is building waste water treatment infrastructures for the city of Hebron, with a treating capacity of 22,500 cubic metres per day. The project also includes technical assistance for the municipality’s water and sanitation department and engineering services for supervision of the works. Impacts From a health point of view, the project will improve living conditions for the population of Hebron and for the villages located along Wadi As-Samen, some 395,000 people in total. It will help preserve the natural environment along the watercourse and protect the eastern aquifer by improving the quality of the effluents. Given that the water environment is especially vulnerable, the project provides a way of adapting to climate change; the production of biogas from sludge will also reduce fossil fuel consumption and capture methane emissions, with an estimated net avoidance of 19,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. Furthermore, the effluent that the plant will treat will comply with quality standards that allow it to be re-used for agricultural purposes: the volumes produced could irrigate up to 11,000 donums each year. September 1, 2015 In the same region Strengthening Ibn Sina College in Nablus • Health and Social Protection • Infrastructure Ongoing 2022 - 2027 Palestine Financing amount : € 14 580 000 Neonatal and child health in Gaza and the West Bank • Health and Social Protection • Gender Equality Ongoing 2024 - 2028 Palestine Financing amount : € 9 000 000 Hebron Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Water and Sanitation Ongoing 2015 Palestine Financing amount : € 17 500 000 On the same topic Hebron Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Water and Sanitation Ongoing 2015 Palestine Financing amount : € 17 500 000 Securing the water supply in the Durban region Water and Sanitation 2011 - 2016 South Africa Financing amount : Rand 350 000 000 Treatment of wastewater and Agricultural reuse in Jenin west for Development • Water and Sanitation • Agriculture and Rural Development Ongoing 2025 - 2030 Palestine Financing amount : € 15 000 000 Hebron, southern West Bank State 17 500 000 € 38 200 000 € 14 years Palestinian Authority Adresse AFD's office in Palestine