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TitleWater quality in the Gaza Strip
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsEmergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene group, EWASH
Secondary TitleEWASH advocacy task force fact sheet
Volume3
Pagination4 p.; 2 photographs; 3 boxes
Date Published2011-02-01
PublisherEmergency Water and Sanitation-Hygiene Group, EWASH
Place PublishedS.l.
Keywordsemergency operations, palestine gaza, water quality
Abstract

For decades the Gaza Strip has been plagued by extremely poor water quality. The sole source of fresh water for the Gaza Strip is the Coastal Aquifer, a water resource shared with Israel. This water source is contaminated and deteriorating. With more water being pumped from the aquifer annually than it recharges
naturally, seawater and surrounding saline aquifers intrude into this fresh water source, causing salination (increase in levels of salt/chloride). [authors abstract]

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