بلدية غزة: تحديات كبيرة تواجه قطاع الصرف الصحي تفاقم الكارثة

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Gaza Municipality: Major Challenges Facing the Sewage Sector Exacerbate the Disaster

The extensive damage to infrastructure and sewage networks, combined with the shortage of materials required for their repair, as well as the necessary machinery for addressing sewage overflows and clearing blockages, has significantly worsened the health and environmental crisis in the city.

Gaza Municipality is facing a severe shortage of essential materials needed to repair the damaged networks, including pipes of various diameters, as well as manholes, cement, and other key materials for network restoration. Furthermore, most of the sewage machinery has been destroyed.

The municipality has received an increasing number of reports, which have been documented by the sewage teams, due to the extensive damage to the infrastructure. The municipality’s teams are undertaking emergency repairs to the damaged lines, based on available resources and their ability to access areas that may be hazardous due to ongoing airstrikes and threats from the occupying forces in these areas.

The damage to sewage pumping stations and their shutdown has caused water to leak into the streets and rainwater collection pools, further aggravating the disaster through the spread of foul odors, harmful insects, and an increased risk of waterborne diseases.

The municipality emphasizes the critical need for the provision of necessary resources to operate the sewage system, noting that the actions taken so far are emergency, immediate measures aimed at mitigating the public health and environmental crisis the city is currently facing.

Gaza Municipality has called on citizens to contact them and report any complaints related to municipal services at the following numbers: 115 and 05599815600.