News about Palestine
UK pledges £88 million for water, sanitation and healthcare in Gaza
The package was announced at the UN General Assembly. It will pay for emergency water trucking, waste collection and medical care for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
EU, France, Germany and Palestine join forces to tackle wastewater challenges in Jenin West
A major wastewater treatment and agricultural reuse initiative has been formally launched in the West Bank following the signing of two financing agreements in Ramallah.
Gaza power cut impacts safe water access for hundreds of thousands
Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.
EU announces €42 million investment for Palestine’s Northeast Ramallah Wastewater Treatment Plant
The EC Director General for the Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Mr Gert Jan Koopman the Vice President of the European Investment Bank Gelsomina Vigliotti, with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr Mohammad Mustafa launched the 6th meeting of the European Union – Palestine Investment Platform.
UNICEF estimates children in the southern Gaza Strip are accessing only 1.5 to 2 litres each day
Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns
Health crisis looms in Gaza due to inadequate water and sanitation
Lack of access to water is one of the biggest challenges in the humanitarian emergency in Gaza right now, and children face the greatest health risks.
The World Bank approves $73 million for water security projects in Palestine
The World Bank announced a US$25 million grant for the Water Security and Resilience Project and a US$15 million grant for the Resilient Municipal Services Project in the Palestinian territories.
KfW supports water infrastructure in the Palestinian Territories and Jordan
Water is a scarce resource in the Middle East.
Sparks of a water revolution in the West Bank
Nineteen-year-old Yaffa Jaradat’s project, SmartDrop, combines monitoring technology with a water valve regulating device, offering a creative solution to the water distribution inequality in the West Bank and circumventing at the same time a decades-old restriction.
World Bank provides $10 million grant to sustain Palestinian wastewater treatment services
The World Bank approved a US$10 million grant to finance the operation and maintenance of the North Gaza wastewater treatment plant for four years and build the conditions for sustainable wastewater treatment services.
Atmospheric water generator technology provides drinking water in Gaza
Access to safe drinking water is quite limited in Gaza.
World Bank and partners invest US$117 million in water for Palestinians in Gaza
Against the extremely limited access to safe drinking water in Gaza, the World Bank has announced a US$15 million grant to the Water Security Development – Gaza Central Desalination Program — Associated Works Phase I Project.
Birmingham desalination technology starts field tests in Palestine
A new ‘low energy’ desalination technology, developed at Aston University and the University of Birmingham, and patented by University of Birmingham Enterprise, will soon begin field tests in Palestine, where it is expected to help mitigate the effects of water shortages and improve the efficiency of crop production.
The link between water and energy services in Palestine
The Nexus Nord project, financed by € 10M by AFD and € 7.5M by the EU will, thanks to wind turbines – the first in Palestine – and to the solar panels, reduce the energy costs for water operators in the city of Tubas and villages in western Jenin.
EU, France and the Palestinian Authority launch the Nexus North Project
The European Union, France and the Palestinian Government launched a new innovative project linking renewable energies and water infrastructures in the North of Palestine.
Towards a more sustainable sanitation sector in Gaza
To help Palestine improve the efficiency of its sanitation sector, SIWI’s Water Governance Team recently was invited by UNICEF to moderate a multi-stakeholder process on the Gaza strip.