After a major fire in the Sano Plastic Factory in Hod Hasharon, the effluent from their chemical operations and the residue from fighting the fire was discharged into the Yarkon River after causing the local sewage treatment factory to break down from the quantity and concentration of chemicals.

Spotted on July 28, 2008 along the Yarkon River from Tel Aviv's port by Zalul's Deputy Director, Sagit Rogenstein: Israeli policemen dumping what they described as "sand" into the River.

Recently the Tel Aviv Marina has made some visual and sanitation upgrades and continues to fulfill all the requirements during 2008 in order to receive the "Blue Flag" label and to become a green Marina.

Zalul gathered people to sign a petition for the Hadera River.

On Friday, November 11, Zalul Environmental Association, the Jaffa Port Authority, the "Clean Beach" program of the Ministry of the Environment and the Nature Reserves and Parks Authority, Jaffa Sea Scouts, Kayak for All, and the diving club "Jerusalem Divers" held an underwater clean up at the Jaffa Port.

The most recent report that the Shafdan submitted to the Permit Committee on 10.7.06 shows that the incinerator will not be completed until 2010

Zalul, the nation’s leading environmental advocacy organization for seas and rivers, =notified 12 leading international corporations interested in building Israel’s first large-scale incinerator, that it would carefully monitor how they safeguarded the environment and to expect considerable legal and public protests if they move forward with the project.

As sea lovers, you probably already got used to seeing warnings from the Health Ministry such as “the sea is closed due to pollution”. These warnings have become part of our day-to-day life.

Members of environmental organizations and surfers came out to demonstrate in front of the Committee for Building and Planning, where the Shafdan wascheduled to present its plan for the construction of a thermal plant.

The Regional Committee of Building and Planning rejected the Shafdan's plan for a thermal plant to dispose of the sludge it creates.

In the beginning of December, Zalul reopened its large-scale campaign against the Shafdan (central Israel’s sewage treatment facility) as a result of its cancellation of the agreement to eliminate the sludge flow from the sea by 2006.

What should be done with the sewage sludge? The permit to discharge sewage to the sea that was issued to Dan Cities Association for Sewage at the end of 2002, stipulates specific instructions regarding discharging sewage sludge to the sea. The Dan Cities Association is required, under these stipulations, to establish “disposition to collect heavy metals (especially from small plants) within the locality of the municipalities that contribute sewage to the Dan Cities Association

Zalul requested that those who commit a crime must do the time. When the sewage pipeline burst, on the 28th of January, Zalul replaced the Dan association management, and enforced the slogan "the polluter must pay."

January 28th 2003 marked the biggest ecological disaster in the history of Yaffo and Tel Aviv beach. The sewage pipeline of the Dan Regional Association burst in Yaffo, flooding Aza Street with raw sewage. The association activated the emergency outfalls in north Tel Aviv and by the Dolfinarium beach, discharging 200,000 cubic meters (52,800,000 gallons) of raw sewage a day into the sea for two weeks straight. As a result of this neglect, 3.4 million cubic meters (897,600,000 gallons) of sewage sludge was discharged into the sea each day.