The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection informed Hai Pa News Corporation:
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection report abnormal results in water sampling carried out to examine the state of pollution in certain streams in the north of the country and therefore inform travelers and local authorities that entering these streams may be dangerous.
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection are informing the traveling public and the regional and local councils of unusual results in water sampling carried out to examine the state of pollution in the streams in the north. In tests for bacteria in the samples taken on September 16, 2024, results exceeding the Ministry of Health's recommendations (400 faecal coli in 100 ml) were found in several streams in the north and a high concentration of bacteria was found.
The results obtained:
- Jordan - Gesher Yosef: 1,120; The Bashan Flame Bridge: 1,200; Bridge of Five: 860; Hori Bridge: 1,200; Jordan Mitsad Ataret: 1,600; Bridge of the Aunts: 750; Eric Bridge: 700.
- Zaki: 1,650.
- Yehudia - Yehudia waterfall: 500.
- From Jersey: 630.
- The hexagon pool: 1,560.
- Zoitan hexagonal pools: 700.
- Jilbon - Mefal Deborah: 3,400.
- Zalmon - flour mill: 2,200; Carob pool: 1,800.
- Gaathon - Ashhar parking lot: 2,100; The ruin parking lot: 2,400.
In view of these results, entering these streams may be dangerous until the obtained sampling results are normal and stable:
- Jordan - from Gesher Yosef to the estuary of the Sea of Galilee.
- Zaki
- Jewish.
- crusher.
- Hex pool.
- There are hexagonal pools.
- Jilbon - Deborah waterfall.
- Zalmon - a flour mill and carob pond.
- Gaathon - Ashhar parking lot and the Horva parking lot.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection found no known source of pollution in the streams
Normally, sampling is done from a sample once every two weeks through Nature and Parks Authority inspectors, at fixed sampling points in the northern streams (in the Upper Galilee, the Golan, and the Western Galilee). The dots represent a waterfall, a pond or a section of a stream. The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection continue sampling and monitoring and will update as necessary.
In view of the security situation currently prevailing in the north of the country, the sampling program in the northern streams has been reduced compared to the 2023 plan, and it does not include sampling in the streams or stream sections adjacent to the conflict line settlements in the Metula area, the Upper Galilee and the Western Galilee.