# Gaza's wastewater infrastructure
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/entity/gazas-wastewater-infrastructure--9b676b34
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Kind: **asset**

Also written as: Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure · the wastewater infrastructure · local wastewater infrastructure · wastewater treatment plants · the territory’s wastewater infrastructure

## Involved in

- [The crisis was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage.](https://truthscore.com/claim/741f99e4)
- [The wastewater contains nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which feed microalgae and cyanobacteria and may intensify their blooms.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ce667aec)
- [All five of Gaza’s wastewater treatment plants were out of service, leaving an estimated 45,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage to flow into the Mediterranean…](https://truthscore.com/claim/e7357ec6)
- [Israeli bombardment has destroyed 90% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure since 7 October 2023, according to a report by Médecins Sans Frontières.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f6d8a5ec)