THE EU and UNICEF have launched a construction project to build a ?10m (US$13.8m) desalination plant in Gaza to provide safe drinking water to 75,000 Palestinians. UNICEF will coordinate the scheme, wit! the grant to build it provided by the EU. The plant will be constructed on land near Deir al-Balah and will provide 6,000 m~3/d of water to the residents of Khan Yunis anc Rafah in the south of Gaza. It is expected tc begin operations next year.
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