Stephen and Nancy Grand (now of San
Francisco) for the past two months.
The institute includes the Blumenstein
Family Water Information Center
ow can you engineer Middle
established by Harold, Penny and
East peace? Get the engi-
Richard Blumenstein of Bloomfield
neers at the Technion-Israel
Hills.
Institute of Technology in Haifa to
He says the GWRI provides "an
work on it.
important umbrella" for an interdis-
Noah Gall, professor of civil engi-
ciplinary approach to water resources
neering at Technion and new director
bringing together chemical, biological,
of the Stephen and
mechanical and civil engineers with
Nancy Grand Water
scientists in chemistry and microbiol-
Research Institute
ogy.
(GWRI), isn't look-
"It's a remarkable thing',' he said,
ing to supplant the
crediting it with being a major con-
politicians, but he
tributor to the progress being made.
says the institute
The Blumenstein information center
hopes to make their
has become "a central focal point for
job easier.
Noah Galil
all water practitioners in Israel;' said
"Other people say
Galll. In 2010, more than 400,000 visi-
because of water we will have more
wars',' said Galil, who was in Detroit last tors from Israel and abroad accessed
its extensive and expanding database.
week to speak for the local American
Because of work done at Technion,
Technion Society "But Israel's experi-
the Mediterranean Sea is Israel's most
ence and technology will enable more
important source of drinking water
cooperation in the future and, I hope, I
and Israel is an international expert
am optimistic that the cooperation will
on desalination. Current research
assist the achievement of peace in the
focuses on how to reduce maintenance
area.
costs and improve energy efficiency.
Water is a scarce resource through-
Israel is also a world leader in
out the Middle East. Israel gets most
industrial wastewater treatment —
of its water from the Kinneret (Sea
Galil's specialty. One of the world's big-
of Galilee) in the north. The second-
gest filtration plants is in the Galilee
largest natural source is underground
and filters about 500 million cubic
aquifers in Samaria in the northern
meters of water per year from Israel's
West Bank, an obvious issue of con-
national water carrier. Israel also treats
tention.
85 percent of its municipal wastewater.
But Technion's internationally
Gall says the next-highest percentage
renowned work on desalination and
wastewater treatment already provides is Spain at 12 percent.
Like desalination, wastewater treat-
significant alternative resources that
ment
takes a large amount of energy as
engineers are working hard to grow.
does
pumping
water from the Kinneret
"We don't have to fight over the
to
central
Israel,
which requires going
natural resources," Gall said. "We have
uphill
about
a
quarter
mile. Making
to look together for a solution to arti-
these
processes
more
energy
efficient
ficially produce water. This should be
is
a
top
research
priority.
Increased
done together."
And he says, at some level, it already efficiencies in alternative water source
technology will decrease the need for
is. A recent Technion conference
brought Israelis, Egyptians, Jordanians diverting the Kinneret, allowing for the
water to flow naturally down the Jordan
and Palestinians together and called
River to the Dead Sea.
for deeper cooperation on developing
To better assist other nations, and
water resources.
"Sitting and working together is most grow its own reputation, Technion now
offers a master's of education degree
important these days in the Middle
in English, and hopes to soon provide
East;' he says. "We have a common lan-
other programs.
guage with them when we speak pro-
"Academic education today is global,
fessionally. And we speak professionally,
not local," Gall said. "It is impossible
not politically."
to be a world-class university without
students from other countries, so it's
Interdisciplinary Work
not enough to teach in Hebrew only."
Gall has spent his career at Technion,
The new international program has
getting three degrees there, the first a
attracted top students from China,
doctorate in environmental engineer-
India, South and Central America and
ing in 1980. He has headed the GWRI,
the United States.
established by former Detroiters
Don Cohen
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