The Water Authority confirmed that work is still ongoing to provide the necessary quantities of fuel to operate the effective water and sanitation facilities in the northern Gaza Valley, to secure the needs of residents and displaced persons with clean water first, and to work on pumping stagnant water into rainwater collection ponds and sewage in parallel.

The Water Authority added in a press statement today, Saturday, that its crews worked today in cooperation with UNICEF to provide quantities of fuel estimated at 35 thousand liters, which were distributed to 41 water wells and sewage pumping stations, noting that these quantities were distributed to 18 water wells in Gaza City, 3 water wells in Beit Hanoun, as well as 11 water wells in Beit Lahia, in addition to 9 water wells in Jabalia.

She explained that, as part of its emergency interventions, it is working to exploit all operable wells by providing them with the necessary fuel, noting in this regard that the production capacity of these wells is limited, and comes within the urgent solutions to provide the minimum quantities of water for the displaced who returned from the south of the Strip to its north.

The Water Authority stressed that the process of providing fuel is not going smoothly, as the occupation has not allowed the supply of any amount of fuel allocated for water and sewage facilities in Gaza City for about a month, and for more than three months for water and sewage facilities in northern Gaza, which has constituted, and continues to constitute, a major obstacle to the continued provision of water services and their supply to citizens, in addition to obstructing the process of disposing of wastewater, which causes the spread of diseases.