[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, CONTRACTORS: "Israel's defense industry behind pollution of natural water sources ..."

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Israel's defense industry behind pollution of natural water sources - state comptroller
14 groundwater sites were contaminated by hazardous pollutants due to the activities of Israel’s Defense Industries, and IMI (now Elbit Systems Land) in particular.

By SHIRA SILKOFF   
Jerusalem Post
OCTOBER 19, 2021 

Israel’s defense industry is responsible for contaminating more than 1.2 billion cubic meters of water with hazardous pollutants, a new document from State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman reported on Tuesday.

The report investigates the effect of fuel and industrial pollution on Israel’s groundwater sources, from which the majority of the country’s fresh natural water is drawn. It examines a total of 408 groundwater sites and the actions of the Government Water and Sewage Authority, the body responsible for their upkeep, rehabilitation and revitalization.

Israel’s groundwater sources are increasingly at risk of contamination due to industrial activity, fuels and the over-pumping of aquifers – the underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock from which groundwater is drawn. The largest cause of contamination by far, however, is caused by fuel-tank farms.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israels-defense-industry-behind-pollution-of-natural-water-sources-state-comptroller-682478

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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