Mitigating part of the Israeli occupation and its settlers' oppression in area C southwest of Bethlehem, by providing vulnerable communities the access to domestic water:  Al Khadr (Um Rukba  Abu Soud) and Artas (Attan, She'b Salman and Abu Zaid) as target groups. This project aims to mitigate the local population's struggles and suffering, resulted by the Israeli occupation and its settlers' oppression in area C in southwest of Bethlehem Governorate. As it aims to provide targeted areas locals the access to domestic water. These locals have suffered without pipeline networks and lack of safe water resources for over than 20 years through facilitating these essential services in area C, by installing 4420 M (2") and 1530 M (1") of pipeline, over 1966 beneficiaries can be reached. This project will take place in two 2 areas,  Al Khadr (Um Rukba and Abu Soud) and Artas (Attan, she'b salman and Abu zaid). Targeting those two areas will ensure basic water services for conflict-affected vulnerable populations near the settlements.

 The project will also contribute to:

1- Support local's resilience in targeted areas in face of occupation and settlers attacks and practices, by aiming to provide acceptable living conditions.
2- Provide a resource essential for the livelihood and continuation of the targeted areas, as they depend on agriculture as a main source to make a living.
3- Providing sanitary water resource, consequently decreasing the possibility of health problems due to unsanitary water consumption. 
4- Decrease financial burden on locals, by providing less costly supply of water.
5-create and enhance the Solomon pond's infrastructure needed for the Agricultural Development and the increase of the ponds water value addition to the Palestinian farmers, moreover assisting in the restoration of the ponds and the surrounding archaeological churches from the control of the occupation. 
6- Provide safe water resources that will strengthen local's stabilization in their communities, in which will decrease the continuous occupation's confiscation to their lands.

This project has the priority on the PWA list of projects, that is recommended in Bethlehem and Hebron for 2019.
AAA conducted a comprehensive needs assessment in Feb. 2019 that covered water supply and needs in Al Khadr amp Artas. Therefore the assessment showed a big shortage in the outreach for the water network.

The main needs the project will address, are listed below:
Installation 4420 M (2") and 1530 M (1") of water network, to serve and supply clean water to the community. The pipelines will serve over 270 households from Al Khadr and Artas (where locals are scattered ) for domestic uses, and land's improvements, to increase food security and have access to diversified products.

As well as providing safe and clean water resources to Al Khadr amp Artas families, whom depend on water tankering, in which is costly and faces losses potentials during transportation. The new pipelines will be serving a substantial part of the community. Therefore legal aspects will be taken into consideration during implementation to avoid any obstacles from the occupation forces. 
Planned activities are:
1- Al Khadr: 1860 M (2"), 820 M (1") as the following:
Um Rukba 1 Area: Install pipelines of 920 M length 2 inches amp 340 M length / 1 inches.
Um Rukba 2 Area: Install pipelines of 310 M length /2 inches amp 70 M length / 1 inches. 
Abu soud 1 Area: Install pipelines of 500 M length /2 inches amp 210 M length / 1 inches. 
Abu soud 2 Area: Install pipelines of 130 m length /2 inches amp 200 M length / 1 inches. 

2- Artas: 2560 M (2"), 710 M (1")
Attan 1 Area: Install pipelines of 1200 M length /2 inches amp 210 M length / 1 inches. 
Attan 2 Area: Install pipelines of 0 M length /2 inches amp 160 M length / 1 inches. 
She'b Salman 1 Area: Install pipelines of 500 M length /2 inches amp 150 M length /1 inches. 
She'b Salman 2 Area: Install pipelines of 250 M length /2 inches amp 50 M length /1 inches. 
She'b Salman 3 Area: Install pipelines of 250 M length /2 inches amp 100 M length /1 inches. 
Abu Zaid: Install pipelines of 360 M length /2 inches amp 40 m length / 1 inches.