(Live here with Nahal Saadia) - The Saadia stream is once again being polluted by sewage water that has been flowing into it since Thursday, (12/1/23), reports Eric Drobot, an environmental activist who started the fight to save the special stream in the city about two years ago and has not let go of his important fight since then, along with many people who have joined him since then . "This is irreversible damage, and it's all because of the failure to separate the drainage system from the sewage system," Drobot says today.
◄Sewage flows into Nahal Saadia and pollutes it • Watch
Haifa 2023
Rainwater is a blessing, but unfortunately, not for Nahal Saadia nor when it comes to the sea, since in the Haifa of 2023 there is still no separation between the drainage system and the sewage system, and when a serious and welcome rain system occurs, like last week, the rainwater penetrates the reservoirs of the Haifa Police Department ( sewage treatment facility), which creates a burden on the system that is unable to absorb it. For this reason, the Carmel Water Corporation applied to receive an exceptional permit to discharge the sewage into the Saadia river and the sea at Bat Galim beach in Haifa. The request was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the sewage, as To see in the videos filmed by a robot, flowing "for pleasure" in the stream.
"Separate the drainage system from the sewage system"
Drobot said this morning (Sunday):
"it's about-sewerage, that is - everything that is flushed down the toilet flows into the stream and the sea. This causes irreversible damage. It is a shame that in 2023 such a situation still exists, and the reason it exists is only because the authorities are not doing any activity to prevent it even though it is possible, by creating a separation between the drainage system and the sewage system.
► The sewage flows in Nahal Saadia • Watch
The Carmel Water Corporation responded:
"In an inspection conducted by the Carmel Water Corporation, it was found that all the water and sewage systems in the area in question are completely normal. This is a well-known, well-known and treated systemic problem, due to which, in extreme rain situations, the sewage treatment plant is unable to absorb the amounts of sewage that reach it from 11 local authorities, the sewage backs up and overflows are caused. The purification plant is currently in the process of upgrading its wastewater absorption capacity. All the authorities know and recognize the situation."
The chairman of the Association of Haifa Cities for Sewerage, Eli Cohen, said:
"Who like Carmel Water Corporation CEO Ami Ben Haim knows very well from his long tenure as CEO of the Haifa Purification Institute, that Carmel Water Corporation does not care about the separation of rainwater from the sewage system at the source. Who like Carmel Water Corporation CEO Ami Ben Haim , knows that the Association of Haifa Cities for Sewage goes above and beyond and collects twice as much sewage as usual; When
The Haifa Police Station is in the process of an unprecedented financial upgrade, estimated at approximately NIS 700 million, but in order to solve the problem, even in the future after the upgrade, it is necessary to address the separation of rainwater from the sewage system.
Treatment plants were not designed and are not planned to treat rainwater, when in the last rain event the Haifa Municipal Police received and treated twice the normal flow of about 200 thousand cubic meters, compared to 110 thousand cubic meters on a normal day, and despite this the municipal sewage collectors were still full And as a result there is a slide at the lowest point which is Nahal Saadia.
We suggest to the Carmel Water Corporation to stop trying again and again to blame its failures on another body whose dedicated employees go above and beyond 24/7 for the residents of Haifa and the region."
So will she care about natural pearls?
step by step please
What does it help that the problem is known, take money from Carmel Water and fix it, a year ago I was boating in the creek in a week without rain and the sewage went down the creek, I informed the municipality and they got back to me that it is being taken care of.
Until they receive fines it will not end.
Well done Eric! Continue the war for the benefit of all the powerful bodies that continue to put a stop and throw away all the garbage, in the end they will lose thanks to your awareness and unceasing success in the authorities, as long as you continue, in the end you will achieve a lot of success in Israel.
I already see the next song by Hanan Ben Ari:
Who is polluted of all the streams?
Saadia!!
To whom does the sewage flow?
Saadia!!
Who will be completely covered in buildings,
No one is innocent anymore, contractors polish their eyes -
Saadia, Saadia..
shocking. The time has come for Haifa Municipality to wake up. good week
Didn't you hold a meeting with Mrs. Dr. Mayor Einat Rotem Kalish regarding this matter as well? We hope that you will update us later. Have a nice week
Third World.
Haifa - the highest property tax in the country, an unnecessary water corporation, inflated salaries and drainage and sewage systems like in Africa.
shocking.
There is an urban natural gem here that the system simply pisses on.
How come in 2023 they fail to separate the sewage from the stream?
The weekend was not extreme rain but a normal winter.. The authorities only provide excuses along with zero action.
Lucky for activists like Eric.
And kudos to Ha-Fa for covering the issue.
Please do not let go until it is fixed!
There won't be any demonstrations in Horev center about it.
They are not interested in cancerous air, no streams with sewage, no soil with poisons or chemical terminals
They are only interested in overthrowing right-wing governments. This is more important than any quality of the environment or the state of the city.
Where are the green organizations of Haifa, where is the municipality, where and where?
We will remember this in the upcoming elections.
The time has come for the municipality of Haifa to wake up and look at the rare natural gem that has fallen to its lot. 8 springs of water which flow all year over 6.4 million cubic meters of fresh water (not for drinking). The stream is rich in fish including eels. rare plants. Winged owners who found a home for them. Animals, jackals, mongooses, even a pig. Water turtles crayfish …….. .. the place could have been a great place like the valley of the springs and the famous Nahal Hassi. The beginning of the stream comes from a cave that is about 140 meters long in the style of the female shipping (do not enter the cave without support and it is dangerous for landslides and is not safe) if the municipality invests a great place to attract travelers and tourists. Join the fight on Facebook (to save Nahal Saadia)
If the Ministry of Environmental Protection approved, it will finance reconstruction!
It's shocking to see what will become after the great investment that was made in the place to restore and nurture. Why didn't they flow to Kishan or to cool the electric company turbines??
Shame ??♂️
With the wastewater treatment plant it cannot contain such amounts of rain, increase it or change it, I believe there is a solution to this and you will solve this problem once and for all