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Article: Resting and restoring Gaza Strip's underground water supplies emerges as top priority says UNEP.
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- Mena Report
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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Summary: Post Conflict Report Highlights Damage from Recent Hostilities and its Contribution to Already Declining Environmental Health
The underground water supplies, upon which 1.5 million Palestinians depend for agricultural and drinking water, are in danger of collapse as a result of years of over-use and contamination that have been exacerbated by the recent conflict.
A report released today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on the environmental condition of the Gaza Strip following the hostilities, calls for the aquifer to be "rested" and alternative water sources found.
"Unless the trend is reversed now, damage could take centuries ...