SDG 6:
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

University Impact Ranking for SDG 6
U of Haifa 0/100 

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32.4
45.9
59.5
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92.7

SDG6 Highlights

Dishwashers Freschcup Earth Clean Green

Operations

“Freshcup” dishwashers and prohibition on ordering disposable cups and water bottles
Muddy Water Design Thinking Multi Organizational solution

Research

Muddy Waters: Design Thinking for Understanding the Multi-Organizational Problem Space of the Water Sector
Graph Diagram Cities and Regions Names Israel Desalination

Research

Integrating Seawater Desalination into Regional Systems

Research

The Effects of Sea-level Variations on Israel’s Carmel Coast

Research

Submarine Springs in the Dead Sea — An Underappreciated Phenomenon
Water Resource, Green, Human Arm, Environmental Conservation

Learning & Students

Teaching Water Resource Conservation
Research
Research
Learning
Learning and Students
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Tracking Water Consumption – 2024-2025

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: The University Annual Water Consumption report for the Academic Year 2024-2025 closely monitores several levels of water consumption: Overall water consumption, Water consumption per building and Water consumption for gardening & irrigation The table below presents water consumption for various buildings for weekends only. As activity during the weekend tends to be less extensive, variations in the Baseline Consumption can be detected. If variations cannot be attributed to known activities, then the cause could be a leek, and appropriate steps are taken to detect and correct the fault.

Landscape and Gardening Framework

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The university campus is built in the heart of the Carmel Park nature reserve. The interaction with the surrounding nature presents man(training and maintaining a firebreak), creating artificial barriers (fencing against wild boars, etc.) while preserving the connection to nature—such as views of the landscape, access to resting spots in nature, and the conservation and enhancement of the natural vegetation diversity. (more…)

Water-conscious building standards

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: The university’s water management strategy entails enhancing water use efficiency, promoting responsible water usage, and substituting traditional non-potable water sources with sustainable alternatives . All construction and renovation projects at the university adhere to water efficiency standards for fixtures and appliances (SDG 6.3.4). For example the use of faucet aerator (or tap aerator or diffuser) found at the tip of water faucets. Aerators can simply be screwed onto the faucet head, creating a non-splashing stream and often delivering a mixture of water and air, thus conserving water.

List of drinking water solutions by types and locations throughout the University campuses

By: Operations Department; Mayim4u – health in every sip; “Tami 4” (by Strauss)
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: University of Haifa uses the services of the two of most renowned companies in Israel in the field of drinking water solutions “Mayim4u – health in every sip” and “Tami 4” (by Strauss). “Mayim4u” specializes on water devices – water coolers, filters, purifiers, reverse osmosis and other drinking solutions. “Tami 4” (by Strauss) distributes water bars and dispencers. The document attached lists the types of stainless steel water coolers and water dispencers installed in all of the University campuses. Right side dispenser, left side dispenser, suspended accessibility collar, etc.- and their exact locations at the buildings on the Mountain campus and the City campus.

Service for water bars Tami 4 (by Strauss company)

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2023 |  Link
Description: The responsibility for handling the Tami 4 facilities (by “Strauss” company) has been transferred to the operations department, which coordinates the service issue for the Strauss water bars with the company. The service includes:
Filter replacement – every 6 months. Changing the UV lamp – once a year. (more…)

Pilot dishwasher devices

By: VP of Development office
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06, SDG 12  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2023 |  Link
Description: In August 2023 pilot dishwasher devices were installed in the kitchenettes of the several University’s units. Employees in those units were encouraged to try out the new facilities. After about a month period, in September 2023, the questionnaire was sent to these units in order to (more…)

Drinking water quality tests results – 2024

By: Milouda Laboratories, Mérieux NutriSciences
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: The university adheres to a set of guidelines and standards for water discharges on campus. In order to comply with these standards, it operates periodic water quality tests that are performed by external expert companies. Milouda Laboratories I Mérieux NutriSciences, accredited by Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC), ISO/IEC 17025, conducted a microbiological water tests at the university. The results appear in the attached test certificate number SO23140333.

Report on the concentration of backflow prevention devices on campus – updated 2022

By: Daniel and Michael: consulting, service, repair and maintenance of backflow prevention devices Ltd.
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2022 |  Link
Description: The university adheres to a set of guidelines and standards for water discharges on campus. In order to comply with these standards, it operates periodic water quality tests that are performed by external expert companies. Attached is a report on the concentration of backflow prevention devices on campus, updated for 2022, issued by Daniel and Michael: consulting, service, repair and maintenance of backflow prevention devices Ltd. (more…)

Water consumption

By: The university administration
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The University published its Water consumption report for the academic year 2021. The report refers Individually to all the buildings (more…)

Predicting the impact of Lake Biomanipulation based on food-web modeling—Lake Kinneret as a case study

By: Ofir E., Heymans J.J., Shapiro J., Goren M., Spanier E., Gal G.
Published in: Ecological Modelling
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Biomanipulation is a tool decision makers use to achieve desirable management goals. In lakes, one of the most common go (more…)

Integrating physically based simulators with Event Detection Systems: Multi-site detection approach

By: Housh M., Ohar Z.
Published in: Water Research
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The Fault Detection (FD) Problem in control theory concerns of monitoring a system to identify when a fault has occurred (more…)

Follow the road: historical GIS for evaluating the development of routes in the Negev region during the twentieth century

By: Zohar M.
Published in: Cartography and Geographic Information Science
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: At the beginning of the twentieth century, a British mapping team led by Captain S. F. Newcombe surveyed and mapped the (more…)

Development of a molecular method for testing the effectiveness of UV systems on-site

By: Nizri L., Vaizel-Ohayon D., Ben-Amram H., Sharaby Y., Halpern M., Mamane H.
Published in: Water Research
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: We established a molecular method for quantifying ultraviolet (UV) disinfection efficacy using total bacterial DNA in a (more…)

Multiobjective calibration of event-detection systems

By: Housh M., Ohar Z.
Published in: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: CANARY, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), is a freeware designed for contamination events d (more…)

Water toxicity evaluations: Comparing genetically modified bioluminescent bacteria and CHO cells as biomonitoring tools

By: Manivannan B., Massalha N., Halahlih F., Eltzov E., Nguyen T.H., Sabbah I., Borisover M.
Published in: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The use of water for drinking and agriculture requires knowledge of its toxicity. In this study, we compared the use of (more…)

Between source and sea: The role of wastewater treatment in reducing marine microplastics

By: Freeman S., Booth A.M., Sabbah I., Tiller R., Dierking J., Klun K., Rotter A., Ben-David E., Javidpour J., Angel D.L.
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a focal point for the removal of microplastic (MP) particles before they are dis (more…)

Atmospheric and soil drought risks combined shape community assembly of trees in a tropical dry forest

By: Méndez-Toribio M., Ibarra-Manríquez G., Paz H., Lebrija-Trejos E.
Published in: Journal of Ecology
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Predicting plant community assembly is challenging in part because the influence of environmental conditions via plant f (more…)

Determining Bathymetry of Shallow and Ephemeral Desert Lakes Using Satellite Imagery and Altimetry

By: Armon M., Dente E., Shmilovitz Y., Mushkin A., Cohen T.J., Morin E., Enzel Y.
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Water volume estimates of shallow desert lakes are the basis for water balance calculations, important both for water re (more…)

Innovative ex-situ biological biogas upgrading using immobilized biomethanation bioreactor (IBBR)

By: Baransi-Karkaby K., Hassanin M., Muhsein S., Massalha N., Sabbah I.
Published in: Water Science and Technology
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The upgrading of biogas to natural gas quality (above 90% CH4) will broaden its application. A novel ex-situ immobilized (more…)

Optimization of multi-qualitywater networks: Can simple optimization heuristics compete with nonlinear solvers?

By: Housh M.
Published in: Water (Switzerland)
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Optimal management of water systems tends to be very complex, especially when water quality aspects are included. This p (more…)