[Water, toilets, climate change] Middle East Times
>Egypt heading toward natural disaster By JOSEPH MAYTON (Middle East Times) Mar. 31 3:23 EDT CAIRO Egypt could be on the receiving end of a natural disaster of Biblical proportions, experts warn. Although numerous scenarios are being studied by scientists, two things appear certain in all of them: Alexandria, Egypts second largest city on the Mediterranean Sea coast will disappear and North Africa is in for some troublesome years ahead. >Gaza’s great lake: New crisis ahead By SUZANNE BAROUD Mar. 31 6:52 EDT GAZA The problem of sewage management in Gaza is not a new issue; it dates back to the Israeli occupation of the coastal territory in 1967. At that time, Israel built the sewage treatment facilities which are still in operation today. The plant was built to serve a population of 380,000 people. Since then the population of Gaza has grown to 1.5 million. >EDITORIAL: Middle East water woes By MIDDLE EAST TIMES Mar. 31 6:19 EDT The Middle East is facing a triple water crisis. The first problem the lack of water in many parts of the Middle East has in part been at the root of much of the Arab-Israeli dispute over the past 60 years. The Arab-Israeli conflict is not just about land; its also about water. Much as the land, there is only so much water to go around.