Quality of Drinking Water from Rainwater Harvesting Cisterns of Hebron City and Factors Affecting It
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An established goal of WHO and its member states is that all people, whatever their stage of development and their social and economic conditions have the right to have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water (WHO, 1986, 1996, 1997). Water is considered one of the most important and sensitive issues in the Middle East, where increasing water deficiency and deterioration of the available water are imminent (Al-Khatib et al., 2003).
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