WATER
SENSITIVE
CITY
The Project Has Received Funding From The European Union’s European Neighborhood
Instrument (ENI) Programme Under Grant Agreement No. 430-120
THE CHALLENGE
Currently, polluted runoff flows in Wadi Kofer and in the wet season, causes severefloods in nearby neighborhoods, the National Park and Safari in Ramat-Gan city. Ramat-Gan municipality invests many resources in drainage infrastructure that transports polluted link to C4C runoff water to the Yarkon River and from there to the Mediterranean Sea. Then, in order to provide water to the city, the State of Israel invests a lot of resources inorder to pump water from the Mediterranean Seato desalination facilities and from there, transports desalinated water to the city.
This cycle of excessive infrastructure and energy causes downstream water bodies contamination, leads to ecological damage,burdens on infrastructure and many costs to the state and the city.The implementation activities that will be carried out during the WSC project will “break” this inefficient and non-ecological cycle, by harvesting the polluted runoff water, purifying upstream, and recharge the purified water into the Ramat Gan local aquifer.
OBJECTIVES
The actions proposed in the WSC project, detailed below, will promote Ramat-Gan’s transition towards a climate-resilient cityby implementing a Water-Sensitive-City approach,in several actions that will include the implementation of innovative, resource-efficient, natural-based solutions. This implementation will result in securing and inreaching Ramat-Gan’s water sources in the local aquifer, leading to improvement of urban resilience and citizen’s quality of life improvements.
IMPACT
Develop climate change adaptation and mitigation models and projects in Ramat-Gan to provide more resilient responses enhancing storage of water
Contribute to sustainable human development of Ramat-Gan (RG) by promoting a transition towards climate-resilient city, particularly to prevent severe outcomes of polluted urban runoff
OUR PARTNERS
Ramat Gan is one of the main cities in the Tel Aviv district of Israel. It was established in 1921 as an agricultural colony, recognized as a local council in 1926 and declared a city in 1950. As of 2022 Ramat Gan has over 170,000 residents and in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of young residents moving to live in the city. The city is a member of the Israeli organization, The 15 Forum, the forum of cities that do not receive development grants from the state. In its territory are the Ramat Gan Stadium, the National Park, the Safari, Bar-Ilan University, Sheba Medical Center (Tel Hashomer) and the Stock Exchange complex.
Adam Teva V’Din is a nonpublic interest association of lawyers, tists, urban planners and sciencommunications experts working together as strategic advocates for a sustainable environment.
Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, is one of Israel’s leading institutions of higher education, uniquely combining cutting-edge scientific research with education steeped in Jewish values and social responsibility. From 70 students to close to 19,000, its milestone achievements in the sciences and humanities and all fields of human endeavor have made an indelible imprint on the landscape of the State of Israel.
Shenkar was founded in 1970 as the “College for Fashion and Textile Technology”, Shenkar thriving Israeli textile and -with the goal of qualifying skilled manpower for the then, founder of the Arieh Shenkar clothing industry. The school was named after Manufacturers Association of Israel (formerly Industrialists’ Union in The Land of Israel) and a pioneer in the Israeli textile industry.