The Health Ministry has lifted the swim advisory at all Haifa beaches, reopening them for swimming. The restriction was in place following abnormal water quality tests earlier this week.
The Health Ministry lifted the swim advisory at all Haifa beaches on Tuesday morning, clearing the way for swimming after a two-day restriction that began on Monday following abnormal water quality test results, as The Zioneer reported at 09:30 on Monday.
On Monday at 09:30, the desk reported that the Haifa Municipality had closed five beaches — Student, Dado, Dado Center, Zamir, and Bat Galim — due to a sewage leak caused by a drainage system malfunction that discharged sewage into the sea between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Later Monday, at 11:35, the Health Ministry issued an official swim advisory covering all Haifa beaches, based on abnormal microbial results. The advisory was lifted Tuesday morning after follow-up water quality tests returned normal results.
As The Zioneer reported on July 8 and 11, similar swim advisory lifts at Kinneret and Nahariya beaches followed routine tests returning to normal — a pattern consistent with standard Health Ministry procedure after contamination events.
What remains open is the Haifa Municipality's investigation into the drainage system malfunction that caused the original contamination; no findings on its cause or potential fixes have been reported.
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