The illegal settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank continues to dump its wastewater into Palestinian lands west of Salfit causing large-scale air water and soil pollution according to local sources.
Local residents complained of foul odors nowadays due to the large amount of sewage coming from Ariel settlement especially with the current heat wave hitting the area.
The flow of Ariel’s waste has already damaged the flora and fauna in Wadi al-Matawi area between Salfit and Ariel.
Many Palestinian farmers have suffered from agricultural losses after the resulting pollution caused widespread damage to their cultivated plots of land.
This issue has been going on for many years now as the settlement persistently keeps pumping sewage water into Wadi al-Matawi with no regard to the environment or the local residents.
