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Health of Palestinians, water and coastal aquifer in Gaza – Authors' reply

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Sun, 2014-05-18 13:59 — Mohammad Nihad Almasri
Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Lancet. 2014 Apr 5;383(9924):1207-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60600-0
Year of Publication: 
2014
Link: 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673614606000
Authors: 
Reem Sarsak
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine
Mohammad N Almasri
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine
Current Affiliation: 
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine
Preferred Abstract (Original): 
We thank Stephen Halpern and Anna Reisman for their interest in our abstract1 on seawater intrusion into the coastal aquifer in the Gaza Strip. The main objective of our research is to investigate the effects of climate change scenarios on seawater intrusion in Gaza's coastal aquifer. Because climate change has long-term effects, the current sea intrusion in Gaza's coastal aquifer is due to other factors. A key factor behind the occurrence of the seawater intrusion in Gaza's coastal aquifer is over-pumping from the aquifer.