Beit Dajan is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate which economic vocation is typically agricultural, with crops such as citrus, almonds, olives, alfalfa and grapes in addition to livestock. It is located 10.74 km east of Nablus City at an altitude of 512m above seal level with a mean annual rainfall of 343.3mm.

The population of Beit Dajan in 2018 was 4,460 inhabitants and the total  area of Beit Dajan village consist of approximately 44,000 dunums (4,400 Ha).

Beit Dajan map, WeWorld GVC 2019

Since 1996, Beit Dajan has been governed by a Village Council, which has a permanent headquarters included with the "Joiint Services Council of Nablus".

Beit Dajan has been chosen by the MENAWARA action as its community suffers from sever problems in terms of water availability for agriculture, and lack of technologies and infrastructures that lead to a non-adequate irrigation supply for crop production and other agricultural activities.

In addition, the community faced problems with the proper management of irrigation schemes including the absence of schedule irrigation. 

👉 In a living lab environment, WW-GVC, supported by all relevant stakeholders, tested improved irrigation systems supplied with treated wastewater (TWW) of better quality thanks to the rehabilitation of its Waste Water Treatment Plant to increase the production of lemon, olives and grapes. Then, a Water User Association has been created  to coordinate and manage the TWW irrigation network between the farmers.

In Palestine, the project is building a governance model that, thanks to the living lab approach, is impacting the perception of reuse to public officials and population.