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OIC: Gaza suffers acute shortage in drinking water
OIC: Gaza suffers acute shortage in drinking water
June 24, 20120 comments
Gaza Interior
Ministry
24/06/12
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated that the Gaza Strip is suffering an acute shortage in potable water, because of its reliance on groundwater, which is plagued by pollution and high salinity.
The OIC said in its monthly report, which monitors the humanitarian conditions in the coastal enclave, that 95% of Gaza’s water is undrinkable, stressing that this problem falls within what is classified as “a real crisis in preventive health.”
Thus, it called on donors as well as human rights and environmental organizations, to establish water desalination projects in Gaza, emphasizing the importance of modernizing and developing the Strip’s sewage network.
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