1. Brief Resume about Eng. Atta
M.E. Abboushi

2. Personal Information
• Name: Atta M. E. Abboushi
• Birth Date: 1987 (28 years).
• Nationality: Jordanian.
• Marital Status: Single.
• Currently living in Dubai through a Visit Visa
(Due to 21, August).
• A member in: Jordanian Engineers
Association, and Palestinian Environmental
Club.

3. Academic Qualifications
• 2010-2013: Masters degree in Water and
Environmental Engineering.
 It was a scholarship granted by the UNESCO-
IHE (Institute for water education) in the
Netherlands.
 I got an accumulative average of 3.63/4.
 I concentrated on water resources
management, and environmental management,
pollution and engineering.

4. Academic Qualifications
• 2005-2010: Bachelor degree in Civil
Engineering.
 The Civil Engineering Department at ANU
was certified by ABET.
 I got an accumulative average of 83.2%.
 I was one of the 5% best students in the
department.

5. Master Thesis
• Entitled: “A Preliminary Investigation of Wadi-
Aquifer Interaction in the Semi-Arid Regions,
the case of Faria Catchment, Palestine”.
 This project was conducted under the Palestinian-
Dutch cooperation (UWIRA Project).
 This research is the first attempt of its kind in
Palestine and the region.
 It was classified by a Specialized French Website
as one of the masters which contributes to the
development of arid and semi-arid regions all over
the word.

10. Skills
• Language:
 English Language: excellent capabilities in
speaking, writing, reading, and listening.
• Computer skills:
 Lingo: Optimization modeling software.
 Hydraulic Analysis and Design: EPANET,
and principal knowledge about WaterCad and
SewerCad.
 GIS: very professional to conduct the spatial
analysis within the GIS environment.

11. Skills
• Computer skills:
 HEC-HMS: Hydrologic Modeling System.
 Some water and environmental softwares:
 CROPWAT.
 MODFLOW.
 Pipe Flow.
 WAWTTAR: water and wastewater
treatment technologies appropriate for reuse.
 OTIS: Fate and transport of contaminants.
 QUAL2K: River and stream water quality
model.

12. Interests
• My interest areas are in the field of:
 water supply, treatment and desalination;
 wastewater treatment and reuse;
 water resources management;
 environmental auditing and management;
 environmental impact assessment;
 environmental pollution and engineering;
 fate and transport of contaminants;
 climate change;
 water and wastewater quality analysis;
 solid waste engineering and management;
 hydraulic analysis and design;
 groundwater hydrology;
 hydrogeology;
 hydrologic modeling;
 socio-economic-environmental analysis; and
 energy management systems.

13. Honors
• 2015: I was chosen as an international scientific
reviewer in two scientific refereed journals; the
Arabian Journal of Geosciences/KSA, and the
Environmental Earth Sciences
Journal/Germany.
 My role is to evaluate and judge on the
quality and appropriateness of the submitted
articles to be published.
• 2011: Got the shield of excellence.

16. Working Experience
• 2014-2015: Researcher Engineer in the Water
and Environmental Studies Institute (WESI) at
An-Najah National University.
 The project was conducted under the
PADUCO cooperation.
 Entitled: “Development of Agricultural
Best Management Practices to Preserve the
Groundwater Quality in the Faria
Catchment, Palestine”.

17. Working Experience
• The Conducted activities:
 Formulation of the overall project methodology.
 Conducting a comprehensive field survey.
 Developing a GIS-Based groundwater vulnerability map
for the region.
 Developing a groundwater quality monitoring strategy.
 Conducting groundwater quality analysis.
 Developing a GIS-Based agricultural suitability map.
 Development of BMPs and upgraded them to
guidelines.
 Formulation of policy briefs.

19. The Developed Agricultural
Vulnerability Map

20. The Developed Agricultural
Landuse Suitability Map

21. Some Selected Photos From the Study
Area: During the Field Survey

22. Some Selected Photos From the Lab:
Testing of Groundwater Samples

23. Working Experience
• 2014: Storm water designer engineer.
 AJP and Black & Veatch.
 Conducting hydrologic modeling and analyses
of Tulkarem catchment in Northern of West
Bank/Palestine.
 The objective of this modeling is computing the
design flowrates to be used in the hydraulic design
of culverts.
 Those design flowrates were computed through
using the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers HEC-
HMS Model, and with the help of the GIS.

24. Working Experience
• 2014: Hydrologist.
 CEC and Black & Veatch.
 Conducting hydrologic modeling and analyses
of Al-Badan, Qabatia, and Hebron catchments in
Northern and Southern of West Bank/Palestine.
The objective of this modeling is computing the
design flowrates to be used in the hydraulic design
of culverts.
Those design flowrates were computed through
using the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers HEC-
HMS Model, and with the help of the GIS.

25. Al-Badan Sub-catchments

26. Landuse Map

27. Soil Type Map

28. Developing the Hydrologic HEC-HMS Model
for Al-Badan-Al-Nassariah Road

29. Developing the Hydrologic HEC-HMS Model
for Al-Badan-Al-Nassariah Road

30. Year # of Rainy days Ann MAD Rank (m) P(x) Tr
1975 66 583.5 115 1 0.03225806 31.0
1976 69 593.9 111 2 0.06451613 15.5
1977 72 753.1 98.8 3 0.09677419 10.3
1978 53 360.6 87.8 4 0.12903226 7.8
1979 57 654.4 86.2 5 0.16129032 6.2
1980 70 683.5 80.2 6 0.19354839 5.2
1981 63 563.2 79.3 7 0.22580645 4.4
1982 59 528.8 77 8 0.25806452 3.9
1983 61 922.2 76.2 9 0.29032258 3.4
1984 30 350.1 75.3 10 0.32258065 3.1
1985 45 419.8 73.8 11 0.35483871 2.8
1986 59 793.6 72.9 12 0.38709677 2.6
1987 72 608.9 70 13 0.41935484 2.4
1988 72 835.2 68.9 14 0.4516129 2.2
1989 51 487.4 68.9 15 0.48387097 2.1
1990 49 395.7 67.9 16 0.51612903 1.9
1991 76 1098.6 65 17 0.5483871 1.8
1992 70 1205.4 65 18 0.58064516 1.7
1993 51 417.5 60.4 19 0.61290323 1.6
1994 78 903.21 59.9 20 0.64516129 1.6
1995 48 416.1 59.7 21 0.67741935 1.5
1996 62 599.3 58 22 0.70967742 1.4
1997 59 822.2 53.3 23 0.74193548 1.3
1998 75 787.3 52.9 24 0.77419355 1.3
1999 45 324.9 51.4 25 0.80645161 1.2
2000 55 697.4 46.2 26 0.83870968 1.2
2001 47 484.4 45.9 27 0.87096774 1.1
2002 53 758.7 39.5 28 0.90322581 1.1
2003 53 758.7 37.7 29 0.93548387 1.1
2004 58 639.5 37.1 30 0.96774194 1.0
count 30
Weibull probability distribution:
• P(x) = m/n+1
m = Rank
n = # of data = 30 (in the example)
• Tr = 1/P(x)
• Gumbel:
• P(x) = (m – 0.44)/(n + 0.12)

31. Developing the Hydrologic HEC-HMS Model
for Al-Badan-Al-Nassariah Road

32. Working Experience
• 2014: Lecturer.
 European Union and the Austrian Government/ The
Palestinian Agricultural Relief Society.
 Raising Awareness Campaign and Public Participation.
 Two villages in West Bank.
 Farmers and the local community.
 Lectures:
 Introduction to WW and its characteristics.
 The different socio-economic-environmental impacts
associated with reuse of treated WW.
 Different topics in WW treatment and reuse./ Sludge
treatment and reuse.
 Water pollution.

34. Working Experience
• 2013: Advisor for Tulkarem Municipality.
 Performed some water and environmental
consultation issues, such as: EIA for the Western
Tulkarem WWTP. And Re-design of the main
trunk line.
• 2012-2013: Lecturer in the CED/ Environmental
Engineering 2 and Water Drainage.
• 2010-2013: I was appointed by the PWA as the
Palestinian Young Water Ambassador in the
Basin Countries of the Mediterranean.

35. Working Experience
• 2010-2013: Researcher Engineer in WESI.
 Palestinian-Dutch Cooperation.
 Entitled: “Impact of Untreated Wastewater
on Natural Water bodies: Integrated Risk
Assessment”.
 Basic Responsibilities:
 Surface water and groundwater sampling and
analysis.
 Streamflow quantification using tracer-based
methodology.

37. Projects Conducted During My
Master Study
• Design of water treatment plant for Jenin City.
• Design of wastewater treatment plant for Anabta Town.
• Water Quality Modeling for Wadi Al-Zeimar.
• Rainfall-Runoff Modeling for Wadi Al-Qilt Catchment.
• EIA study for a regional WWTP in Tulkarem
Governorate.
• Design of Sanitary Landfill and Developing solid waste
management strategy in Tulkarem Governorate.
• Public health and sanitation project with risk assessment
study in the Faria Catchment.
• Groundwater Flow Modeling.

38. Training Courses, Conferences, and
Workshops
• 24 - 26/2/2015: Participated in the Annual Conference of the
Palestinian-Dutch Academic Cooperation Program on Water
(PADUCO). Held at Birzeit University, Birzeit-Palestine.
• 23 - 24/11/2014: Participated in the Czech-Palestinian
Workshop on "Groundwater exploitation and management".
Held at An-Najah National University, Nablus-Palestine.
• 9 - 10/10/2013: Participated in the Third International
Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection in
Sustainable Development (ICEEP 3). Held at the Palestinian
Polytechnic University, Hebron-Palestine.
• 12 - 17/3/2012: The head of the Palestinian delegation in the
Sixth World Water Forum. Held in Marseille/France.

41. Training Courses, Conferences, and
Workshops
• 14/2/2012: Organized the workshop entitled: Plastic Bags in
Palestine: Problems and Solutions. Held at An-Najah
National University.
• 4/5/2011: Participated in the International Graduate
Conference on Science, Humanities and Engineering. Held
at An-Najah National University, Nablus-Palestine.
• 2009/ Training Course in AutoCAD: Korean-Palestinian
Information Technology Institute of Excellence, An-Najah
National University, Nablus-Palestine.
• 2009/ Training Course in Project Management Essentials:
Korean-Palestinian Information Technology Institute of
Excellence, An-Najah National University, Nablus-Palestine.

43. Publications
• 2014/2015: Journal Scientific Paper has been
published in the Environmental Earth Sciences
Journal (IF = 1.77) via Springer. It is entitled:
“A preliminary Investigation of Wadi-Aquifer
Interaction in the Semi-Arid Watershed of
Faria, Palestine Using Tracer-Based
Methodology”.

45. Publications
• 2015: A Conference Proceeding was
published in the First Annual Conference of
the Palestinian-Dutch Academic
Cooperation Program on Water/PADUCO/
Palestine. It is entitled: “Development of
Agricultural Best Management Practices to
Preserve Groundwater Quality in Faria
Catchment, Palestine”.

47. Publications
• 2014: A Conference Proceeding was
published in the Third International
Conference on Energy and Environmental
Protection in Sustainable
Development/ICEEP 3. It is entitled:
“Developing Quantitative and Qualitative
Relationships of Wadi-Aquifer Interaction
in the Semi-Arid Watershed of Faria,
Palestine”.

49. Publications
• 2011: A Conference Proceeding was
published in the International Graduate
Conference on Science, Humanities and
Engineering. It is entitled: “Overview of
Quantity and Quality of Water Resources in
the Faria Catchment, Palestine”.

51. Planned Publications
• 2015: Two Conference Proceedings are
planned to be submitted to the Second Annual
Conference of the Palestinian-Dutch
Academic Cooperation Program on
Water/PADUCO/ The Netherlands. They are
entitled:
 “Micro-Scale Best Management Practices
to Protect Vulnerable Groundwater Bodies
Based on DRASTIC Classifications in an
Agricultural Semi-Arid Catchment: Faria
Catchment, Palestine ”.

53. Planned
Publications
 “Developing a GIS-
Based Agro-land
Suitability Map for the
Faria Agricultural
Catchment, Palestine”.