WASHINGTON November 08. 2023 (Saba) A report on the website of the American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” revealed that the Zionist siege leaves Gaza without clean water and causes diseases... stressing that “Gaza residents receive an average of three liters of water per person per day, after water production collapsed in The sector rose to about five percent of pre-war levels.
According to the United Nations, residents and health care workers, the lack of available water helps spread diseases and epidemics among the population, and the situation is particularly tragic in northern Gaza, which is the focus of the ground Zionist military aggression, where potable water is no longer available, and where the siege by Zionist forces prevent further entry.
The United Nations confirms that many people drink any water they can find, often from wells contaminated with salt water, chemicals and other pollutants.
Before the war, Gaza had three main sources of water: desalination plants, three pipelines from the Zionist entity, and a large number of wells, all of which were cut off by the Zionist entity.
The report stressed that "the little humanitarian aid that enters Gaza from the south, including bottled water, does not reach the north."
He explained that "more than 2,000 cubic meters of drinking water, in addition to chlorine tablets used to purify water, entered Gaza through the border with Egypt on trucks carrying humanitarian aid."
He added: “Only one of the three desalination plants in Gaza - the one supported by the United Nations - is currently operating due to fuel shortages. This energy-intensive process converts seawater into drinking water, and in normal times provides about seven percent of water.” Gaza's water needs.
According to the United Nations, these conditions mean that “Gazans receive an average of three liters of water per person per day – for drinking, cleaning and other purposes.”
Under normal circumstances, average daily personal water use is about 100 liters, and even in emergency situations, the World Health Organization says people should get at least 15 liters per day.
There is also a problem with water quality, as groundwater drawn from wells is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater, and often contains residual chemicals used in agriculture.
Since most of Gaza's wastewater treatment plants are no longer operating, sewage represents another potential source of pollution.
At least seven water facilities across the Strip were directly bombed during the fighting, including two large water tanks, according to the United Nations.
Local authorities warned of an imminent danger from sewage overflow from non-operating treatment plants.
Added to the water crisis are hospitalization crises, as exhausted hospitals struggle to survive between fuel shortages, bombing, the threat of direct bombing, and the enormous pressure of the numbers of martyrs and wounded, as well as the displaced people who reside in hospitals seeking security.
Najat
resource : SABA
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