2014 Israeli oil spill

Oil spill near Be'er Ora Israel 2014 Israeli oil spill 4 December 2014 Be'er Ora,https://www.haaretz.co.il/1.2506608 קצא"א מודה: דליפת הנפט בערבה כפולה מהדיווח - דינמו ורכב - הארץ 2016-03-04 2016-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818130211/http://www.haaretz.co.il/1.2506608 dead Israel 29 40 29.28 N 35 0 25.56 E title,inline 2014 Israeli oil spill in Evrona nature reserve (2).jpg Maintenance work on the Trans-Israel pipeline Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company 3000000-5000000 L thumbnail|2014 Israeli oil spill in Evrona nature reserve In December 2014, a major oil spill occurred in the vicinity of Be'er Ora Israel,http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4600972,00.html Southern Israel oil spill four times worse than initially reported Ynetnews 8 December 2014 Frenkel Billie with an estimated 3-5 million litershttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-oil-spill-idUSKBN0JO10F20141210 Clean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years: experts Reuters 10 December 2014 of crude oil leaking from a breached pipeline, contaminating much of the Evrona nature reserve. An Environmental Protection Ministry official stated that the cleanup would likely take years, and that the spill was one of the gravest natural disasters in the country's history.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-oil-spill-600-000-gallons-lost-eilat-pipeline-breach-n261386 Israel Oil Spill: 600,000-Gallons Lost in Eilat Pipeline Breach NBC Newshttp://uk.reuters.com/article/israel-oil-spill-idUKL6N0TO20X20141204 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090334/http://uk.reuters.com/article/israel-oil-spill-idUKL6N0TO20X20141204 dead March 5, 2016 UPDATE 1-Oil spill floods into Israeli nature reserve Reuters 4 December 2014 On December 9, 2014, Ofir Akunis was appointed as the deputy environmental protection minister. Akunis replaced Amir Peretz, who resigned from his post at the helm of the ministry.http://www.sviva.gov.il/English/AboutUs/Minister/Pages/default-minister.aspx Minister sviva.gov.il 2015-01-25 2015-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114228/http://www.sviva.gov.il/English/AboutUs/Minister/Pages/default-minister.aspx live The appointment by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office came a week after the massive crude oil spill in Israel's Arava region. Akunis said that "it is the deputy minister's intention to prioritize treatment of the ecological disaster in the south and to do all that is necessary to prevent the spread of the crude oil, and to prevent a health and environmental disaster."http://www.sviva.gov.il/English/ResourcesandServices/NewsAndEvents/NewsAndMessageDover/Pages/2014/y%20December/Ophir-Akunis-Appointed-Deputy-Environmental-Protection-Minister.aspx Ofir Akunis Appointed Deputy Environmental Protection Minister sviva.gov.il 2015-01-25 2015-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115740/http://www.sviva.gov.il/English/ResourcesandServices/NewsAndEvents/NewsAndMessageDover/Pages/2014/y%20December/Ophir-Akunis-Appointed-Deputy-Environmental-Protection-Minister.aspx live Akunis ordered crews to raise the side walls of the dams that had been built in the Arava to prevent flooding. Thanks to the infrastructure that had already been built in the area, the risk that the oil would reach the Gulf of Eilat significantly dropped. Akunis instructed that the reserve remain closed as long as high values of pollutants were still registered in air quality tests. In the end of December 2014, the government approved a NIS 17 million Environmental Protection Ministry plan to rehabilitate. According to Akunis, program would serve to treat the soils contaminated by the spill, as well as help restore the wildlife populations damaged over the course of the event. As part of the plan, a special team would be appointed to evaluate the environmental impact of various Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company activities on both dry land and beaches. The approved plan also involved opening a closed Eilat beach on EAPC-owned property to the city's residents and visitors.http://kristinelmingforum.net/government-approves-nis-17-million-fund-for-arava-oil-spill-rehabilitation/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113200/http://kristinelmingforum.net/government-approves-nis-17-million-fund-for-arava-oil-spill-rehabilitation/ dead 2015-01-28 Government approves NIS 17 million fund for Arava oil spill rehabilitation « Pacific Piano Performance Posts kristinelmingforum.net In January 2015, air quality tests found that there had been a 90% reduction of pollution in Evrona. A major soil restoration project commenced in June 2026, eleven years after the oil spill.Israeli nature reserve to undergo soil restoration See also Zin Desert References Category:2014 in the environment Category:2014 in Israel Category:Oil spills in Asia Category:Environmental disasters in Asia Category:Environmental issues in Israel Category:2014 disasters in Israel