ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION SOLVES SEWAGE PROBLEM IN ALFEI MENASHE-HAVLE
AREA
(Communicated by the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria Spokesman)
Monday, March 02, 2009

The flow of waste from the Alfei Menashe sewage line to area streams will
cease thanks to cooperation between the Alfei Menashe Local Council and the
council of the Palestinian village of Havle. Residents of both localities
have recently suffered from the flow of sewage in area streams and repeated
blockages in Alfei Menashe's main sewage line, which meets the needs of all
area residents.

The root of the two problems lays in the absence of a system for channeling
waste in the Havle area, which has led village waste to be emptied directly
into the Alfei Menashe sewage line, via open pits, without filtering solids.
This resulted in blockages and the flow of wastes into area streams.

Civil Administration representatives organized meetings with Alfei Menashe
and Havle officials and professional experts and approved the purchase of
NIS 17,000 solid waste filtration unit, which will resolve the problem. The
Havle Council carried out cleaning and repair work on the blockages in the
sewage line and an information campaign, and promised to enact enforcement
measures vis-a-vis the Palestinian population.

For further details, please contact Civil Administration in Judea and
Samaria Spokesman Miki Galin at 050-6234081