The Gaza strip's water treatment plants have been damaged by Israeli military actions and are not operational

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The Gaza strip's water treatment plants have been damaged by Israeli military actions and are not operational

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Since Israel’s latest intensification of attacks on Gaza, which followed the 7 October assault by Hamas on Israeli communities close to the fence around the territory, even the rudimentary water provision has been obliterated. All three of Gaza’s main municipal desalination facilities are out of action, as are all the pumping stations on its water network. “All sewage treatment plants are also out of service and raw sewage is a huge threat [to the] people, aquifer and sea,” Attili said, adding that an estimated 130,000 cubic metres of wastewater was currently being siphoned straight into the eastern Mediterranean.

Monther Shoblaq, chief executive of Gaza’s water utility, said that before the current bombardment, the supplied water on average was 300,000 m3/day from all sources. “Under the current severe and spontaneous shelling and bombardment, it’s impossible to assess the damages on infrastructure,” Shoblaq said. “But many facilities were reported to have damages and some are out of service. Moreover a lot of household connections were damaged.”

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The Gaza strip has it's own water treatment facilities, which rely on power from the Gaza strip's own electricity grid

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Monther Shoblaq, chief executive of Gaza’s water utility, said that before the current bombardment, the supplied water on average was 300,000 m3/day from all sources. “Under the current severe and spontaneous shelling and bombardment, it’s impossible to assess the damages on infrastructure,” Shoblaq said. “But many facilities were reported to have damages and some are out of service. Moreover a lot of household connections were damaged.”

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Since Israel’s latest intensification of attacks on Gaza, which followed the 7 October assault by Hamas on Israeli communities close to the fence around the territory, even the rudimentary water provision has been obliterated. All three of Gaza’s main municipal desalination facilities are out of action, as are all the pumping stations on its water network. “All sewage treatment plants are also out of service and raw sewage is a huge threat [to the] people, aquifer and sea,” Attili said, adding that an estimated 130,000 cubic metres of wastewater was currently being siphoned straight into the eastern Mediterranean.

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