GAZA, (PIC)-- The water quality control authority in the Gaza Strip said that more than 90% of the Strip's potable water was contaminated, warning of a serious threat to lives of the Strip's inhabitants.
The report published on Monday said that the Palestinian citizens were increasingly using home desalination and purification systems especially with the high concentration of chlorine in the water wells.
It noted that the sewage water, agricultural chemicals, and "dangerous waste" spewed by the former Israeli settlements in the Strip were contaminating the underground water reservoir.
The report said that the people in Gaza consume 170 million cubic meters of the underground water per annum with no equal natural feeding of the water wells due to the scarcity of rain.
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