Palestine: Gaza forced to pump more raw sewage into sea

JERUSALEM/GAZA, 10 March 2008 (IRIN) – As temperatures rise after the winter, more people in Israel and the Gaza Strip will head for the seaside but they should beware: Gaza is being forced to dump much more raw sewage into the Mediterranean than before, environmentalists told IRIN.

Since Israeli-imposed fuel restrictions began in 2007, limiting the Gaza power plant’s ability to produce electricity, some 60,000 cubic metres of untreated or partially treated waste water (40,000 cubic metres more than the restrictions were in place) has been pumped into the sea daily. 

Read more: IRIN, 10 Mar 2008