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Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/palestine/gaza-power-cuts-wreak-havoc-on-environment-1.2021507
Gaza Power Cuts Affect Sewage Treatment
(Gulf News-Dubai) Nasouh Nazzal - In April, the Palestinian Authority stopped paying Gaza's electricity bill. This means sewage treatment plants are receiving 3-4 hours of electricity a day, not enough to process Gaza's sewage. Gaza municipalities are now dumping 70,000 cubic meters of untreated sewage into the Mediterranean daily and the pollution has started reaching Egypt and Israel.