With the beginning of the year 2010, more than 20,000 citizens in the different areas of the West Bank are still suffering from the unavailability of electricity to lighten their houses and roads, or even meet their daily needs (See [...]
At present, rural Palestinian areas dispose waste water using cesspits. Most of the cesspits are left without a cement basement or lining so that sewage infiltrates into the earth layers. The owners avoid using the expensive services of the vacuum [...]
Cesspits are mainly used by Palestinians in areas where sewage networks are unavailable, especially in rural areas, and are contributing to the pollution of ground water aquifers. These cesspits also put a big burden on the Palestinian families’ income, costing [...]
