Israel’s Ongoing Blockade Of Gaza Could Force Palestinians To Drink Sewage

Gaza’s sewage treatment plant can’t function without reliable electricity, and Israel’s ongoing blockade on supplies like cement has hampered efforts to improve the region’s infrastructure.

Kit O'Connell
Por Kit O'Connell
A Palestinian man walks near a sewage reservoir after it has collapsed causing a flood and damaging farms in Sheikh Ejleen neighborhood of Gaza City, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. A sewage reservoir in Gaza has collapsed, flooding about 25 acres of farmland and signaling yet another warning over the need to address the exacerbating water and sewage crisis. On Wednesday, sewer trucks were still sucking wastewater pools from unpaved lanes, groves, chicken farms and beehives in Sheikh Ejleen neighborhood, south Gaza City, a day after one side of the pond collapsed.

AUSTIN, Texas --- Unreliable electricity, an ongoing blockade on building supplies, and a failing waste treatment plant have spawned a sewage crisis in Gaza that experts warn could permanently damage Palestinians’ access to clean water. The crisis is now spilling over into Israel and threatening its water supply. According to an Aug. 25 report

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New Canadian Government Green-lights Dumping 2 Billion Gallons Of Untreated Sewage Into St. Lawrence River

A citizen petition with 90,000 names opposed to the project was presented to Coderre last month. The environmental group Save the River had argued there must be a way for the city to dispose of its sewage that’s not potentially harmful to human health and wildlife.

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

MONTREAL — Canada's new environment minister on Monday approved Montreal's plan to discharge 8 billion liters (2.1 billion gallons) of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River. Liberal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said from Paris that she's asking the city to implement several measures before dumping the waste water such as

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