More than 1.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip lack
access to basic humanitarian supplies such as shortage of
water resources.
access to basic humanitarian supplies such as shortage of
water resources.
Many Palestinians are forced to purchase bottled water for their
daily needs, as water coming from their taps has run dry, a Press
TV correspondent reported on Thursday.
The Gaza aquifer is the only source of water for residents of Gaza.
Reports show that 90 percent of its water is not suitable for human
consumption due to high levels of nitrate and salinity.
In an interview with Press TV, public health coordinator Tracey Wise
said, "Because of such limited amounts of water in Gaza that's
acceptable for human consumption, mostly this is the shallow,
coastal aquifer, and this aquifer is being over-pumped, so much
water is being taken out to supply the needs of Gazans, that you
have much more intrusion of sea water."
"And then also you have upwelling of this very, very old
water that has high salinity and high concentrations of
other pollutants," she added.
Meanwhile, Israel has installed huge pumping stations all
along the shared border, diverting water before it reaches
the aquifer of Gaza.
Israel has imposed a blockade on the region since June 2007,
preventing the entry of hundreds of items, including essential
industrial materials needed to repair the water infrastructure.
During the Gaza war, bombs completely destroyed three
water wells and much of the water system infrastructure
in Gaza.
The Coastal Municipal Water Utility (CMWU) has reported
Israel's daily water consumption per capita at around 320 liters
while the consumption of Palestinians in Gaza is less than 90 liters.
"We need to start to think about unconventional water sources,
[such as] the sea, along with other solutions,"
said CMWU Director Munzer Shuplaq.
According to recent statistics conducted by CMWU,
residents of the coastal enclave will not find healthy
water to drink by the year 2015.
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