Gaza Strip, Palestine (Richard, Benjamin, Audrey, Joanna)
most crowded and populated place
military attacks from Israel since 2008
sanitation and electrical systems were damaged
fuel shortage makes recycling impossible in Gaza
people in Gaza don't recycle
drought
didn't rain for 15 of the past 20 years
polluted water with salt and sewage
made it difficult to rebuild the water systems
crammed into a piece of land only 8 km wide and 24 km long
rising demand for water
sewage factories don't function well
getting water from the wrong place
water-borne diseases
main cause of death in children
nitrate in the water
women are giving birth to blue babies
25% of all sicknesses in Gaza
People in Gaza spend one-third of their monthly income to buy expensive water from private desalination companies
sewage that could fill 43 Olympic-size swimming pools is being dumped into the sea every day
affecting the Ashkelon desalination plant and at times forcing it to close
96 percent of groundwater polluted with sewage and sea water