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ENI SEIS National Focal Points

NAME ORGANISATION POSITION

Dr (Ms) Orna Matzner

Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection (MoEP)

Head of Science Unit /

Chief Scientist Office

Dr (Mr) Moshe Yanai

Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS)

Head of agriculture, environment and energy statistics sector

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Key Country data

Total Area  km²
Population Million 
GDP Million
GDP Per Capita

 

Events
UNEP/MAP CORMON meeting on Pollution 19-21 October 2016 — Marseille, France
ENI SEIS II South Support Mechanism Regional workshop on indicators 17-18 May 2017 — Pilestrœde, 61 – Copenhagen
2nd ENI-SEIS II South Steering Committee Meeting and 8th meeting of the Horizon 2020 Review and Monitoring (RM) Group 16-18 October 2017 — Hotel H10 Marina Av. Bogatell, 64-68 E-08005-Olympic Village Barcelona
Country visit to Israel 7-8 March 2018 — Israel
Israel National workshop on waste prevention 11-12 December 2018 — Jerusalem, Israel
Israel national workshop on marine litter 18 December 2018 — Rmat Efal, Israel
UN Environment MAP Cormon meeting on pollution 3 April 2019 — Podgorica, Montenegro
Plan Bleu Focal Points meeting and SoED 2019 workshop 27-29 May 2019 — Marseilles, France
Meeting of MED POL Focal Points 29-31 May 2019 — Istanbul, Turkey
Summit of the Two Shores 24 June 2019 — Marseilles, France
ENIS Regional Water workshop 9-10 July 2019 — Marseilles, France
MAP Focal Points meeting 10-13 September 2019 — Athens, Greece
H2020 Steering Group meeting 25 September 2019 — TBC
21th COP Barcelona Convention 2-5 December 2019 — Naples, Italy
Country news

Solid waste Indicators

Municipal solid waste generation 1000 tons/ year 4897.5 / 2012
Municipal solid waste generation per capita kg/year
Solid waste collected (%) in Urban areas %
Solid waste collected (%) in Rural areas %

Indicator 1 & 2 MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERATION – WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MUNICIPAL WASTE COMPOSITION
COLLECTED AND TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTE – WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NUMBER, TYPE AND LOCATION OF LANDFILLS

 

Definition of the indicator

The amount of collected municipal waste and collection rate are used to calculate the amount of generated municipal waste expressed in kg per capita per year. The “Municipal waste” refers to waste collected by or on behalf of municipalities; the main part originates from households, but similar wastes from commerce and trade, office buildings, institutions and small businesses is also included. The measure of the proportion of waste collected which is recycled, composted, incinerated, or landfilled in controlled sites gives an indication of the environmental impact of waste management in a country/region.

 

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation
Which datasets

municipal waste by municipality; 
recycling by municipality; 
recycling by material (Source: recycling facilities) ;
waste composition; 
landfill location

Time series available

2000 - 2016

 Governance for data collection

Administrative level collecting data Central administration
Frequency Annually, except for composition data (every 5 years)
Name of the department responsible

ICBS- Agriculture, Environement and Energy Sector
MoEP (Ministry of Environmental Protection)- Solid Waste Division

Name of the data provider

Municipal waste by municipality- Municipalities, Transition stations, landfills
Recycling by municipality - Municipalities, Transition stations
Recycling by material (Source: recycling facilities)-recycling facilities, Municipalities
Waste composition- MoEP surveys
Landfill location- MoEP

Methods for data collection Reports and surveys
Master plan for municipal waste management
Quality process

 Data management

Information system Datasets are part of SDI Thematic database Electronic spreadsheet No management system of data
Spatial resolution Aggregated at national level At coastal region At coastal city At hydrological basin

Data policy

Csv Excel Xml Word Html Pdf Access database, Mysql, Postgresql Shapefile Other
Publicly availability
How to access from outside external network (web services or API) File transfert (FTP) Other

Data reporting

Is the dataset is relevant for reporting obligations Plan Bleu Medpol NAP UNSD Other
OECD, EUROSTAT

Wastewater Indicators

 

Population with access to improved sanitation systems % 98.3 (2012)
WW volume collected   million m3/ year 491.5 (2012)
WW Volume treated  million m3/ year 487 (2012)

Indicator 3 : Access to Sanitation

 

The indicator refers to the percentage of the population with access to facilities which hygienically separate human excreta from human, animal and insect contact. The improved sanitation systems are those installed in homes or in the immediate vicinity, for the evacuation of human feces (public sanitation network, septic tank, etc.). The definition of “improved sanitation system” provided by the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation by the World Health Organization and UNICEF is: Connection to a public sewer, connection to a septic system, pour-flush latrine, access to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit latrine.

Definitions

 

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation
Why not

Based on surveys and estimations and accumulated

knowledge regarding the existing infrastructure

 Governance for data collection

Administrative level collecting data Central administration collects the data (ministry/specific department)
Frequency Annually, Last data refer to 2016
Name of the department responsible

Water Quality Division, Water Authority
Water and Streams Division, MoEP

Name of the data provider

Water Quality Division, Water Authority

Methodology for data collection Surveys and estimation
Master plan for municipal 

 Data management

Information system Thematic database Electronic spreadsheet No management system of data

SDI

Datasets are part of SDI

Data quality

Quality process 
Spatial resolution Aggregated at national level At coastal hydrological basin Rural Urban
Time series available

1980 - 2016

Data policy

Csv Excel Xml Word Html Pdf Access database, Mysql, Postgresql Shapefile Other
Publicly availability
How to access from outside external network (web services or API) File transfert (FTP) Other

Data flows

Is the dataset is relevant for reporting obligations Plan Bleu Medpol NAP UNSD Other
OECD, EUROSTAT

Indicator 4 : Municipal Wastewater Management

 

The indicator refers to the volume of municipal wastewater collected by public sewage networks, septic systems and cesspits, and the volume of wastewater treated in wastewater treatment plants. Here reference is made to primary (mechanical) treatment that removes part of the suspended solids, and secondary (biological) treatment that uses aerobic or anaerobic micro-organisms to decompose most of the organic matter and retain some of the nutrients (around 20 - 30 %). Tertiary (advanced) treatment removes the organic matter even more efficiently.

 

Definitions

 

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation
Wastewater treatment plants

 Governance for data collection

Administrative level collecting data Central administration
Frequency Annually, last data refer to 2016
Name of the department responsible

Water and Streams Division, MoEP
Water Quality Division, Water Authority

Name of the data provider

Wastewater treatment plants

Methodology for data collection Reporting and surveys
Master plan for municipal 

 Data management

Information system Thematic database Electronic spreadsheet No management system of data

SDI

Datasets are part of SDI

Data quality

Quality process 
Spatial resolution Aggregated at national level At coastal region At coastal city At hydrological
Time series available

1980 - 2016

Data policy

Csv Excel Xml Word Html Pdf Access database, Mysql, Postgresql Shapefile Other
Publicly availability
How to access from outside external network (web services or API) File transfert (FTP) Other

Data flows

 

Is the dataset is relevant for reporting obligations Plan Bleu Medpol NAP UNSD Other
OECD, EUROSTAT

 

Indicaotr 6: RELEASE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND NUTRIENTS FROM INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

The indicator refers to the emissions from industrial sources and/or from individual facilities within the Mediterranean coastal zone with regard to substances like BOD, COD, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonium, Total Phosphorus and Orthophosphates.

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation
Which one?

1. Marine monitoring programs are required round discharge outlets.

A map with links to all reports can be found at this site:
http://www.sviva.gov.il/subjectsEnv/SeaAndShore/MonitoringandResearch/

Local%20Monitoring%20Plans/Pages/default.aspx


2. Effluent monitoring

 Governance for data collection

Administrative level collecting data Central administration collects the data (ministry/specific department)
Frequency

1. Monitoring surveys are conducted twice a year, Autumn and Spring.

All raw data and a report are submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.


2. Effluent qality measurements are carried out in varial frequency

(once a day, once a week, once a month, once a number of months or once a year)

Name of the department responsible

Marine Environment Protection Division, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection

Name of the data provider

1.Monitoring surveys - Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research and other companies

2.Effluent qality measurements - facilities that recieved discharge permit

Methodology for data collection

1.Monitoring surveys - all survey materials and Methods are in the marine surveys reports.

2.Effluent qality measurements - the methodology is based on the conditions in the discaharge permit.

Master plan for municipal 

Do you have ELVs (Effluent Limit Values) for industry on BOD/COD, TP, TN

and other toxic substances

Substances

BOD, TP, TN, TSS, mineral oil,

oil and grease, heavy metals, herbicides

Do industrial facilities have to report to central authority about their measured effluents
interval between 1 to three months

 

 Data management

Information system Thematic database Electronic spreadsheet No management system of data Other
PDF reports and excels with raw data

SDI

Datasets are part of SDI

Data quality

Quality process   
What type of quality  The lab tests are carried out by accredited laboratories
Spatial resolution Aggregated at national level At coastal region Coastal city Coastal hydrological basin Other
EEZ Region
Time series available

1980 - 2016

Data policy

Csv Excel Xml Word Html Pdf Access database, Mysql, Postgresql Shapefile Other
Publicly availability
How to access from outside external network (web services or API) File transfert (FTP) Other

Data flows

Is the dataset is relevant for reporting obligations Plan Bleu Medpol NAP UNSD Other
OECD, EUROSTAT

Indicator 5 : Nutrient concentrations in transitional, coastal and marine waters

 

The indicator refers to the levels and trends in total nitrogen, total phosphorus concentration in the transitional, coastal and marine waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

Definitions 

 

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation
Total nitrogen (TN) concentration
Total phosphorus (TP) concentration
Nitrate (NO3) concentration
Nitrite (NO2) concentration
Ammonium (NH4) concentration
Orthophosphate (o-PO4) concentration

 Governance for data collection

Administrative Level   Central administration
Frequency

Data is collected twice a year, Autumn and Spring.

Last update (October 2017)

Name of data provider Israel Oceanographic and Limnologic Institute (IOLR)
Methodology 

See the reports for all methodologies:

http://www.sviva.gov.il/InfoServices/ReservoirInfo/

ResearchAndPublications/Pages/Publications/P0801-P0900/P0843.aspx

Obligation for data reporting (volumes/Perf) to central administration
Master plan for managing the concentration of total nitrogen/phosphorous

 Data management

Information system Thematic database Electronic spreadsheet No management system of data

SDI

Datasets are part of SDI

Data quality

Quality process 
Spatial resolution Aggregated at national level At regional level At sub regional level At coastal level
Time series available

Data is available on the ISRAMAR database: 
https://isramar.ocean.org.il/isramar2009/

Data policy

Csv Excel Xml Word Html Pdf Access database, Mysql, Postgresql Shapefile Other
ODV
Publicly availability
How to access from outside external network (web services) File transfert (FTP) Other

Data flows

Is the dataset is relevant for reporting obligations Plan Bleu Medpol NAP UNSD Other