EIA Study- Final Report-May 10 - UNDP

Environmental Impact Assessment
Khan Younis Wastewater Treatment Plant May 2010
Five experienced field surveyors, two males and three females, hired to conduct the field
survey in coordination with Khan Younis Municipality.
The Questionnaire has 55 questions divided into six parts as follows:
1. Socio-economic Aspects of the family
2. Housing conditions including water sources at the community
3. Wastewater facilities at the community
4. Solid waste and public health issues
5. Agricultural aspects and water consumption
6. Acceptance of new treatment facilities and infiltration
All gathered data were analyzed using the SPSS software. The results of the analysis
showed that, the average age of the respondents is 38 years with 59% males and 41%
females most of them are married. About 45% of the subjects are unemployed while only
20% are working as labors in different sectors.
Local communities' perception about Water, wastewater and related environmental
problems:
• Most of the homes (99%) are connected to the water-network; most of them (56%)
have Municipal connections, while 18% get the water from private wells. 23% of the
population has bad quality of water while 41% have moderate quality of water only
6% of them have good drinking water quality.
• Only 18% of the interviewed persons confirmed that their homes are connected
wastewater network while 82% has not connected to any wastewater network.
• About 96.5% of the respondents conformed that they are still using the cesspits near
their homes as the main way for wastewater disposal.
• About 90% of the population of Khan Younis is currently suffering from mosquitoes.
The majority of the respondents are from Fukhari, Abasan, and Eastern part of Khan
Younis City
• About 97% of the population of Khan Younis is willing to connect their homes to a
new and modern wastewater network.
• About 85% of them are accepting the establishment of the new wastewater treatment
plant to serve their communities.
• The 15% who are accepting the constructions of new wastewater treatment plant have
several conditions to accept; mostly the location should be far away from the
residential areas.
• About 28% of the respondents had previous knowledge about the construction of new
KY WWTP with some details on its location, donors, and implementing agency, in the
other hand 72% they have no idea about this project.
Local communities' Perception about Solid waste and related environmental problems:
• About 21.5% know about the existence of Solid waste landfill to the east of Khan
Younis most of this percentage from who are living near the location of the landfill.
While 78.5%, have no idea about the location of the landfill.
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