The seawater desalination plant north of Gaza was destroyed during the war; the city lost a source that served 250,000 people and was built at a cost of 15 million dollars.
The Seawater Desalination Plant North of the Gaza Strip: Loss of a Vital Water Source Due to the War
The seawater desalination plant north of the Gaza Strip is one of the strategic facilities that contributed to improving the quality of water provided to residents, serving about 250,000 people in the western neighborhoods of Gaza City, and played an important role in easing the pressure on the groundwater aquifer, which is threatened with depletion.
However, the plant was destroyed during the Israeli war, causing it to stop operating and lose an essential source of drinking water, worsening the water crisis in the city, particularly amid the deterioration of water infrastructure and the return of residents to Gaza City and North Governorate.
The Israeli occupation's destruction of this plant resulted in worsening the humanitarian suffering of Gaza's residents, requiring urgent intervention to rehabilitate it and restore water infrastructure to ensure clean water reaches the residents of the devastated Strip.
This plant has a production capacity of 10,000 cubic meters per day, and its construction cost 15 million dollars, funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and administered by the Islamic Development Bank.
