Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants

A person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down. A person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down. Israel Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis

Prefer the Guardian on Google Israel is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed much of Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage.