Israel’s blockade and inhumane practices continue to take their toll on Gaza’s sole fresh water source.

According to Gaza’s Environment Quality Authority nearly ninety percent of the tiny coastal enclave’s aquifer is polluted.

Among the various chemical pollutants in the Gaza Strip’s water are Nitrates and Chloride.
Their levels are three times higher than those recommended by the World Health Organization.

Nowadays people can only drink filtered water which they buy from private filtration stations.

Throughout the years Tel-Aviv has continued to infringe on Palestinian water rights depriving them of clean water which is a basic human right guaranteed by the international human rights law.

During their numerous aggressions on Gaza Israeli forces bombed sewage treatment plants causing raw sewage to seep into the aquifer and therefore polluting it.

This has left Palestinians with very small amounts of drinking water, meaning that they have no choice but to drink the polluted water even when they know if will be harmful to themselves and their children.

In a report released by the U.N in 2012 the lack of clean water was referred to as the greatest immediate concern in the impoverished coastal enclave.

According Palestinian officials the Israeli Water Company Mekorot has been digging wells along the eastern borders of Gaza in recent years and stealing water from the Gaza Strip’s aquifer.

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