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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11503

3 March 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 24
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) palestine
Significant progress on Gaza desalination project

Brussels, 02/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - Following a final agreement on financing the project for a desalination plant on the Gaza Strip, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has affirmed that “significant progress” has been made.

The UfM says on its website that this broad-scale desalination plant is aimed at responding to the water crisis on the Gaza Strip, where 95% of the water is not for drinking due to excessive pumping of the Gaza coastal water table.

This progress was recorded...

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