The South seawater desalination plant (EU-funded, 20,000 cubic meters per day) is the largest in Gaza and has been a lifesaver for over 800,000 people since the start of the war.
The South seawater desalination plant, managed and operated by CMWU's technical and engineering teams, in cooperation with UNICEF and in coordination with the Palestinian Water Authority, is the largest of its kind ever in the Gaza Strip, funded by the European Union, with a maximum production capacity of 20,000 cubic meters per day.
Since the start of the fierce war on Gaza, this plant has been one of the most important life-saving facilities, in terms of securing safe, healthy drinking water for residents, displaced persons, and shelter centers wherever they are present in the central and southern governorates, whether through the water distribution network system or transport via water distribution tankers.
Continuing to secure the operation of this vital, sensitive facility around the clock, and increasing daily production to reach 18,500 cubic meters daily, to cover the necessary and urgent water needs of more than 800,000 residents and displaced persons present in most of the western areas of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, despite the challenges and difficulties imposed by wartime conditions on all aspects of life, the plant has recently marked a turning point, reflecting the extent of combined efforts among all active local and international parties to secure the minimum level of safe, healthy water for residents and displaced persons, and ease the catastrophic reality and its health and environmental repercussions.
