A television interview with CMWU's Director-General on the groundwater aquifer deficit and new desalination plants in Rafah, Khan Younis, and northern Gaza.
A television interview with Eng. Monther Shoblaq, CMWU's Director-General, on the reality of drinking water and desalination plants in the Gaza Strip.
In it, Eng. Monther Shoblaq spoke about the reality of groundwater and the extent of its deficit, and the importance of searching for other sustainable water sources away from the groundwater aquifers, and Shoblaq explained during the interview that more than 95% of the Gaza Strip's water is unfit for human use.
He also affirmed that many western areas in Rafah and Khan Younis will witness a qualitative shift in water, and also announced that trial pumping for the seawater desalination plant south of Deir al-Balah, which will supply those areas, would take place in September 2016.
He also announced that a desalination plant would be built in the areas north of Gaza city, noting the importance of desalination plants for the Gaza Strip.
He pointed in the interview to the necessity of curbing water theft and reducing the spread of unauthorized household water wells in the Gaza Strip, estimated at 4,000 wells, and the damage their spread causes to groundwater.
Shoblaq spoke about the existence of a program between the Palestinian Water Authority, CMWU, and the municipalities to rehabilitate, develop, and train the private water sector's workforce to keep pace with the public sector.
