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| As Gaza Heads For Water Crisis, Desalination Seen Key | |
| 2013-07-23 | |
| [Ynet] With 90-95% of Strip's only aquifer contaminated by sewage, chemicals and seawater, public taps provide water for only about 20% of population, forcing many more residents to buy bottled water at a premium A tiny wedge of land jammed between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean sea, the Gazoo Strip is heading inexorably into a water crisis that the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... says could make the Paleostinian enclave unlivable in just a few years.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 if they can't operate a greenhouse how the hell are they going to do something much more complicated like Desalination. Plus it requires energy which requires real $. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-07-23 23:40 |
| #7 Israel should say "FU". You got it, you broke it, you drink it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-07-23 22:09 |
| #6 I can't think of a better way to contaminate shallow aquifers than keeping sewage in ponds. The whining for israel to fix their mess will start soon. Unfortunately, the Israelis probably will. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2013-07-23 19:19 |
| #5 the salinization of the gaza was one of the reasons Israel left the gaza strip ironically, Israeli advances in desalinization technology may ultimately save the gaza |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-07-23 12:41 |
| #4 Gaza has over pumped its aquifer so seawater has now displaced the freshwater aquifer. When you shoot rockets into Israel, the milk of human kindness dries up. Gaza has literally and figuratively shat in its mess kit. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-07-23 12:22 |
| #3 Take all the Gazooks and move them to southern Libya or the middle of SA, someplace they'd like and give Gaza to the Israelis. How long before it becomes a world class Mediterranean destination? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-07-23 11:26 |
| #2 If you didn't poop in the watershed, you wouldn't have pollution problems. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-07-23 05:55 |
| #1 Gaza Strip is heading inexorably into a water crisis that the United Nations says could make the Palestinian enclave unlivable in just a few years We can hope. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-07-23 05:47 |