Palestine

€36 million from the EU, France, and the World Bank to build the Hebron Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant – Palestine

Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Ishtayyeh, the Consul General of France, the EU Representative, and the AFD Country Director together with the Head of the Palestinian Water Authority, Hebron Governor and representatives of the local community laid the corner stone for the Hebron Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant in Hebron.

At completion, the plant will serve around 400,000 people living in Hebron City and along Wadi As-Samen in Hebron Governorate and will pave the way to treated water reuse for agricultural purpose.

Sewage from the Hebron Governorate runs untreated […]

€36 million from the EU, France, and the World Bank to build the Hebron Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant – PalestineHIWI042021-04-18T17:51:08+02:00

Solar technology assists Gaza’s contaminated-water emergency – Jaweb – Gaza

Large-scale desalination plants, funded by international donors and private businesses struggling to mitigate the crisis, are in full swing in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

But a new high-tech effort is coming from an unlikely source: a company based in Israel.

Israel’s crippling 14-year blockade has worsened the water disaster facing Gaza residents, with key materials and equipment needed to produce potable water withheld from the coastal enclave.

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Solar technology assists Gaza’s contaminated-water emergency – Jaweb – GazaHIWI042021-01-30T15:14:39+01:00

Average Palestinian consumes 87 litres of water per day – Palestine

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and the Palestinian Meteorological Department have disclosed that the average Palestinian consumes 87.3 litres of water per day.

This rate has reached 90.5 litres per day in the West Bank, according to joint statistics issued by the three institutions, while recording an improvement in recent years following the completion of water projects that have been able to boost the water resources and reduce waste.

Currently in Gaza, the per capita share has […]

Average Palestinian consumes 87 litres of water per day – PalestineHIWI042020-03-21T15:29:18+01:00

World Bank to invest $117 million in water for the Gaza Strip – Palestine

The World Bank announced on Monday that it will grant US$15 million for a water desalination program for the Gaza Strip.

The new project was founded with the aim of improving the quality and quantity of water in Gaza, and will have additional funds of US$42 million from other donors.

Another US$60 million will be handed over by the Kuwait fund for Arab Economic development.

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World Bank to invest $117 million in water for the Gaza Strip – PalestineHIWI042020-02-12T18:52:56+01:00

Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – The Palestinians and Jordan Need their Share – Israel

Two areas farmed by Israelis for more than 50 years have recently been returned to neighbouring Jordan. The first, al Ghamr (known in Israel as Zofar), is located south of the Dead Sea in the Naqab/Negev desert.

The second, al Baqura (Naharayim) is found at the fertile point where a major tributary joins the Jordan River.

The association with water bodies is no coincidence: neither land would have been occupied in the first place were it not for the water that the […]

Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – The Palestinians and Jordan Need their Share – IsraelHIWI042019-12-21T15:51:02+01:00

New desalination technology to help Palestinian farmers – Palestine

Desalination technology developed by the University of Birmingham in cooperation with academics and students in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority is going to help Palestinian farmers to fight water shortages, the UK institution announced in a statement on Thursday.

According to the statement, the equipment is going to be especially convenient to use because it is built from off-the-shelf parts and can be deployed easily and cheaply.

The prototype has been trialed in Israel and the UK and the […]

New desalination technology to help Palestinian farmers – PalestineHIWI042019-11-02T18:37:43+01:00

UK pledges $12m to build water plant in Gaza Strip, Palestine – Gaza

The UK Government has pledged $11.8m in support for the construction of a water desalination plant in Gaza, Palestine, which isone of three projects that make up the ‚Desalination Facility for the Gaza Strip‘ scheme.

According to Palestinian News Agency, Wafa, Mazen Ghneim, head of Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), made the announcement during the opening of an international conference on the water desalination in the Gaza Strip.

He said PWA had completed a “large part of the plan” for the scheme, which consists of three […]

UK pledges $12m to build water plant in Gaza Strip, Palestine – GazaHIWI042019-05-03T10:48:28+02:00

Gaza’s energy pioneer keeps Palestinian lights on with affordable solar – Gaza

Having no extra money to take a taxi or ride a bus has never stopped Samar from getting her child to the hospital – it was a matter of keeping her son alive.

Walking under Gaza’s blaring sun or having to contend with stormy weather was just what she had to do. 

Because of a lung condition, Samar’s son, aged nine, had to undergo daily oxygen treatments. Doing them at home was risky, as the electricity was too unreliable to trust it with a […]

Gaza’s energy pioneer keeps Palestinian lights on with affordable solar – GazaHIWI042019-04-23T00:43:24+02:00

Searching for clean water in Gaza – Gaza

There is no simple narrative about water and sanitation in the State of Palestine. It’s one about Gaza, the West Bank, and multiple contexts within each. But for a child – or a family — it’s access to safe water and sanitation that ultimately matters.

That’s why, after three years working in the State of Palestine, I wanted to reflect on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) story and what UNICEF and partners are doing within the complex challenges.

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Searching for clean water in Gaza – GazaHIWI042019-01-11T05:08:21+01:00

EU builds photovoltaic energy field to power Southern Gaza Desalination Plant.-Gaza

The EU has completed the construction of the biggest photovoltaic energy field in Gaza, Palestine, which will fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant.

The Southern Gaza Desalination Plant was funded by the EU and currently provides safe, clean drinking water for 75,000 inhabitants of Gaza.

Now powered by the new photovoltaic energy field, and the external investments it is expected to generate, the plant could provide water for more than 250,000 people in Gaza by 2020.

 

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EU builds photovoltaic energy field to power Southern Gaza Desalination Plant.-GazaHIWI042018-08-03T11:15:52+02:00