EU and UNICEF mark completion of first part of Gaza desalination plant
The EU and UNICEF yesterday marked the completion of the first component of
a €10 million desalination plant which will provide over 75,000 Palestinians
with drinking water in Gaza.
The construction phase of the project was launched with the laying of the first stone last March. Yesterday’s event marked the completion of an 18-km pipeline which will transfer 6,000 cubic meters of desalinated seawater from the plant to at least 35,000 Palestinians living in Khan Yunis, and 40,000 in Rafah, southern Gaza. "Nearly 95% of water in Gaza is considered unfit for human consumption," said EU Representative John Gatt-Rutter. “Enormous efforts are needed to ensure that Gazans can access fresh water.” The construction of the desalination plant and the procurement of water-treatment equipment will be completed in the coming months. The plant is expected to start operating by the end of the year.
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/westbank/documents/news/2014/20150225_eu_unicef_mark_completion_desalination_unit_gaza_en.pdf |
Source of information | ENPI Info Centre |
Keyword(s) | desalination plant |
Subject(s) | ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.unicef.org/oPt/real_lives_8831.html |
Geographical coverage | Palestine |
News date | 25/02/2015 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |