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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Gaza water experts see no change in poor conditions

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An estimated 90% of water in the Gaza Strip is undrinkable and unfit for human consumption, director general of the coastal water service Munthir Shublaq said on Wednesday.

Shublaq blamed the December and January Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip for exacerbating the water problem in the Strip. Part of the Israeli war on Gaza involved bulldozing sewage reservoirs and tearing up water networks, he said, which resulted in sewage leaking into ground water and pouring into streets.

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