A New Desalination Plant in Gaza

Some 75,000 of Gaza's 2 million people will have access to clean drinking water via this new desalination plant - as long as there is fuel to run it and Israel doesn't bomb it:

“Water resources have long been critically scarce in the Gaza Strip, and the situation is getting beyond dire. A new UNICEF seawater desalination plant is providing safe tap water to communities that previously bought or imported their drinking water.”

UNICEF seawater desalination plant helps head off Gaza water crisis

 

Thirteen-year-old Ahmad and 12-year-old Shahd stand in the new seawater desalination plant. Their class went on a tour of the plant as part of a UNICEF-supported C4D campaign to raise awareness about the safe water. Photo credit: UNICEF State of Pal…

Thirteen-year-old Ahmad and 12-year-old Shahd stand in the new seawater desalination plant. Their class went on a tour of the plant as part of a UNICEF-supported C4D campaign to raise awareness about the safe water. Photo credit: UNICEF State of Palestine/2017/Weibel