Palestinian farmers in Salfit villages and towns have complained that Israeli settlements especially Ariel settlement keep polluting their olive groves with wastewater.
Farmers told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Ariel the second largest settlement in the occupied West Bank was pouring sewage into the valleys of Salfit city and the towns of Hares Kifl Hares Bruqin and Kafr ad-Dik as well as the tourist areas of Wad al-Mutawi and Wad al-Fawwar.
The sewage coming from this settlement in particular is polluting the soil in those areas especially through getting mixed with either rainwater or spring water in Wad al-Mutawi.
The settlement of Ariel has been pumping its sewage directly into nearby Palestinian areas for years creating a dangerous and unhealthy situation for local residents and contaminating groundwater and crops.
