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  • Israel - Hundreds of Thousands of Liters of Oil Contaminated Soil at Haifa Beach

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    Severe soil pollution and infrastructure crude oil leak discovered during development work on the beach in Haifa oil

    Work was halted pending the findings. Farms are situated in the fuel and chemicals as well as undergo a major fuel lines
    07/12/2012


    Photo: Dawn Star, nice view
    And infrastructure development works carried out on the beach in Haifa oil ceased after soil contamination discovered that instead of a serious fuel leak and a system of infrastructure and pipelines. Among other things, include a drainage pipeline works and re-paving of access road to the port of Haifa.

    The works are carried out by the company infrastructure of the municipality beautiful scenery, for the Department of Transportation.

    Yesterday (Wednesday) ordered Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav to stop work. Extent of soil contamination is estimated at hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel.

    Professionals were called to the scene, including Environmental Ministry, raised suspicion of soil and groundwater pollution may spread to other areas.

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    Yahav: "This is a ticking time bomb, threatening the groundwater and soil in the Haifa Bay.

    more...

    Zhttp://www.port2port.co.il/?CategoryID=364&ArticleID=73854
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