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Northern local authority fined for pollution.: Merom Galil Local Authority head Aharon Meutak and Yaakov Dahan were each sentenced to 150 hours community service.
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Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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January 16, 2007
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Byline: Dalia Tal
Jan. 16--The Safed Magistrates Court has imposed a NIS 200,000 fine on the Merom Galil Local Authority for allowing sewage to enter the Hazon River almost a decade ago. The sewage flowed into the Zalmon River and thence to the Jordan River, contaminating water sources along the way.
Merom Galil Local Authority head Aharon Meutak and Yaakov Dahan, who was responsible for sewer maintenance at the time, were each sentenced to 150 hours communit...