The head of the Water Authority, Mazen Ghoneim, signed with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), today, Tuesday, in the city of Ramallah, an agreement worth $7 million to treat the water sector in Gaza.

Ghoneim explained that the agreement will provide water tanks with a capacity of 5,000 liters for gatherings or shelter centers that do not have sufficient interest, in contrast to the centers that are interested in certain parties, such as UNRWA, for example, where water containers of up to 10 liters will be provided that enable the individual to obtain it, due to its proximity and lack of need. They must travel long distances to obtain them, and fuel will also be provided to operate water facilities in general, as well as providing special packages for health supplies.

Ghoneim added that another agreement will be signed with the United Nations Development Program worth two million dollars, which is a continuation of some issues not included in today’s agreement, whether in the issue of providing some special equipment that will help deliver water from tanks, as a result of the absence of networks and the departure of other networks from Work, and other equipment related to electricity generators and pumps, so that sewage water is pumped out and kept away from gatherings of citizens, to prevent any disasters in this regard.

He continued that the Water Authority has other agreements worth 25.5 million euros, which are allocated to the central desalination plant, which were collected during the donor conference.

In a joint statement published by the Central Bureau of Statistics and the former Water Authority, they reported that one citizen in the Gaza Strip can barely access between 3-15 liters of water per day in light of the Israeli aggression, as the minimum amount of water to survive is estimated at about 15 liters. per capita per day, while the normal rate of consumption in the pre-aggression period was estimated at about 84.6 liters/capita/day during the year 2022.

It is noteworthy that about 40% of the water networks were destroyed, and the main pumps broke down due to bombing, or due to running out of fuel.