30 dec 2013
Israeli settlers from the Illegal Israeli settlement of Meirav Monday pumped waste water coming out of the settlement into the nearby Palestinian village of Jalboun, east of Jenin, according to local sources. Director General of Marj Ibn Amer municipality, Helal Nassar, told WAFA that the municipality filed an official complaint against the Israeli side and Meirav’s settlers who deliberately pumped waste water into the village.
Locals expressed concern that their houses would be flooded by wastewater which causes serious health and environmental problems and destroys agricultural crops.
The municipal council called upon human rights organizations to put an end to these practices.
Locals expressed concern that their houses would be flooded by wastewater which causes serious health and environmental problems and destroys agricultural crops.
The municipal council called upon human rights organizations to put an end to these practices.
22 dec 2013
The Gaza Strip’s sewage treatment plants reportedly suffering frequent blackouts due to the Israeli illegal siege imposed on the coastal enclave since 2007. Shortages of fuel and spare parts have crippled Palestinian sewage treatment facilities, already strained by the fast-growing population, forcing officials to divert constant streams of raw and semi-treated sewage into the Mediterranean Sea.
Repeated failures of sewage treatment plants in the Gaza Strip has caused significant beach pollution in and around Ashkelon and endangered water quality in the Mediterranean Sea, recent testing by Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry has found.
Water quality tests conducted in late April by the World Health Organization at 13 points along Gaza’s coast found that four sites — three in Gaza City and one in Rafah, in the south – are contaminated with dangerous levels of bacteria associated with feces.
The findings, to be published in an upcoming report warning of health risks in Gaza and Israel, revealed high concentrations of fecal coliforms and fecal streptococci, which indicate the possible presence of disease-causing bacteria and viruses.
Palestinian health officials have recommended that beaches near the contaminated water be closed for a season and have urged fishermen not to fish close to the coastline.
Millions of gallons of partially treated and untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip have been flowing daily into the Mediterranean Sea, according to Palestinian water authority officials and a report issued by the U.N. humanitarian office in Gaza.
Repeated failures of sewage treatment plants in the Gaza Strip has caused significant beach pollution in and around Ashkelon and endangered water quality in the Mediterranean Sea, recent testing by Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry has found.
Water quality tests conducted in late April by the World Health Organization at 13 points along Gaza’s coast found that four sites — three in Gaza City and one in Rafah, in the south – are contaminated with dangerous levels of bacteria associated with feces.
The findings, to be published in an upcoming report warning of health risks in Gaza and Israel, revealed high concentrations of fecal coliforms and fecal streptococci, which indicate the possible presence of disease-causing bacteria and viruses.
Palestinian health officials have recommended that beaches near the contaminated water be closed for a season and have urged fishermen not to fish close to the coastline.
Millions of gallons of partially treated and untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip have been flowing daily into the Mediterranean Sea, according to Palestinian water authority officials and a report issued by the U.N. humanitarian office in Gaza.