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Gophen, M. (2006) The Lake Kinneret Drainage Basin: Headwater Discharges, Hydrology and Nutrient Dynamics in the Hula Valley Wetland. In: Krecek, J. and Haigh, M., Eds. Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters, Vol. 63, Springer, Berlin, 233-236.
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4228-0_20

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• TITLE: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Lake Kinneret Inputs

  AUTHORS: Moshe Gophen

  KEYWORDS: Hula Valley, Jordan, Kinneret, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Peat Soil, Fish Ponds, Sewage Removal

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Ecology, Vol.14 No.2, February 29, 2024

  ABSTRACT: The Hula Valley was drained in 1957. The land use was modified from natural wetland and old shallow lake ecosystems to agricultural development. About half of the drained land area was utilized for aquaculture. Population size was enhanced and the diary was developed intensively resulting in the enhancement of domestic and husbandry sewage production that increased as well. The natural intact Hula Valley-Lake Kinneret ecosystem was heavily anthropogenically interrupted: The Hula was drained and Kinneret became a national source for domestic water supply. Some aspects of the environmental and water quality protection policy of the system are presented. The causation and operational management implications for the reduction of Nitrogen and Phosphorus migration from the Hula Valley are discussed. Drastic (81%) restriction of aquaculture accompanied by sewage totally removed achieved a reasonable improvement in pollution control which was also supported by the Hula Project. The implications of anthropogenic intervention in the process of environmental management design are presented.