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Feature-As Gaza heads for water crisis, desalination seen key

  • Gaza faces water crisis as aquifer rots and shrinks

  • Some families spending a third of income on water

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA, June 26 (Reuters) - A tiny wedge of land jammed between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean sea, the Gaza Strip is heading inexorably into a water crisis that the United Nations says could make the Palestinian enclave unliveable in just a few years.

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