Robert Romano                                                           Approximately 200 words

10/26/16

Intd: Science Writing

Gaza is a country situated between the countries of Israel and Palestine and is greatly suffering from lack of freshwater supply. Gaza does not have a lot of freshwater because the country is forced to dump tons of sewage into the Mediterranean Sea, which then pollutes their aquifer. The aquifer is the country’s main water supply and the raw sewage is contaminating the water with many dangerous microorganisms and parasites. The water crisis is so bad that 26% of disease in Gaza is related to contaminated water. Gaza is reaching out to Israel for help, but Israel is refusing because Israel is afraid that Gaza will try to build tunnels to carry out deadly terrorist attacks.

I found this piece to be very intriguing and I was curious to why Gaza was acting so reliant on Israel. I personally think that Gaza must find new ways to get funding and electricity, instead of relying on a country that they are in conflict with. This piece is a great message to the entire world because it is telling us that if we keep disregarding our planet and destroying its natural resources, every country will eventually have limited resources just like Gaza.