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Iran Was Already Running Out of Water. Then Came the 'War on ...
Drought, a legacy of overpumping, and now military strikes are driving the country's fragile water and food systems to the brink.
Deadly Israeli attacks worsen Gaza's water shortage crisis
Israeli forces in Gaza killed a water engineer and two drivers who transported water to displaced families over four days in mid-April, exacerbating severe shortages of clean water that are fuelling the spread of preventable disease.Israeli limits on the shipment of soap, washing powder and other hygiene products into Gaza have also forced prices up, adding to the challenge of keeping clean and avoiding infection in overcrowded shelters and tent encampments.Over more than two and a half years of war, Israeli attacks have destroyed most of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, including networks that provided clean water and removed and treated sewage. They have also repeatedly killed Palestinian civilians trying to maintain or restore them.‘‘Since the beginning of the war, we have lost about 19 workers from water facilities who were carrying out repair and distribution work,” said Omar Shatat, the deputy director of Gaza’s coastal municipalities water utility. “Targeting has become part of the operational reality.’’The most recent attack was a strike on al-Zein well in northern Gaza last Monday, when water engineers were working inside.The attack killed one, injured four and caused extensive structural damage to “a critical water source serving the surrounding population”, according to an incident report seen by the Guardian. The document warned that the disruption to water supplies would affect thousands of people.Four days earlier, Israeli forces shot dead two drivers working for Unicef, the UN agency for children, at the main water collection point for northern Gaza. Two others were injured in the attack, which Unicef said threatened the humanitarian networks bringing clean water to hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza.The UN has recognised access to clean water as a basic right, setting a standard of 50 to 100 litres daily per person except in emergency situations.Across Gaza, the average daily supply is only 7 litres of drinking water and 16 litres of domestic water, Unicef said, and many people do not have access to even the minimum 6 litres a day of clean drinking water.The price of soap and other cleaning supplies has doubled over the last month. Scarcity and high demand have created a “major crisis”, said Anwar al-Maghribi, who has a shop at a market in Deir al-Balah.“A 7kg pack of laundry detergent has risen from 50 shekels to 100 shekels or more, and other cleaning products have also seen similar increases,” he said.A girl fills a container with wa...
Iran war throttles global fluoride supply, impacting US waterworks
War in Iran causes global fluoride shortage, impacting water supply systems in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Supply chain disruptions and higher costs to ...
Iran war throttles global fluoride supply, impacting US waterworks
The destruction of these pumps and filtration units has led to immediate water shortages in ... crisis as clean drinking water becomes increasingly scarce.
