After Israel has left Gaza - (yikes)
Posted: September 15th, 2005, 11:45 pm
As you may know, Israeli residents and troops left the Gaza settlements last week.
Now, what will happen as Gazans utilize that strip of land?
Well, aside from establishing neighbourhoods and tourist communities, there's a small problem in the works:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625808.html
Gaza sewage could cripple desalination facility
By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent
If the Palestinians go ahead with building a sewage pipe from the Gaza Strip to the sea, this could cripple the new desalination plant near Ashekelon.
The plant, planned to desalinate 100 million cubic meters of water annually, is due to be inaugurated at the end of the month.
A Water Commission report warns that "if the Ashkelon desalination plant is crippled due to the sewage flowing from the Gaza Strip into the sea, the outcome would be intolerable for Israel's water sector. Any attempt to lay a pipeline to drain sewage into the sea must be physically stopped." The report says that in addition to the damage caused by putting the plant out of business, the sewage would pollute Israel's beaches.
(Not a pretty thought.)
Now, what will happen as Gazans utilize that strip of land?
Well, aside from establishing neighbourhoods and tourist communities, there's a small problem in the works:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625808.html
Gaza sewage could cripple desalination facility
By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent
If the Palestinians go ahead with building a sewage pipe from the Gaza Strip to the sea, this could cripple the new desalination plant near Ashekelon.
The plant, planned to desalinate 100 million cubic meters of water annually, is due to be inaugurated at the end of the month.
A Water Commission report warns that "if the Ashkelon desalination plant is crippled due to the sewage flowing from the Gaza Strip into the sea, the outcome would be intolerable for Israel's water sector. Any attempt to lay a pipeline to drain sewage into the sea must be physically stopped." The report says that in addition to the damage caused by putting the plant out of business, the sewage would pollute Israel's beaches.
(Not a pretty thought.)