Nahal Hevron

Stream flowing wastewater from cities and industries, and wastewater from sawmills and quarries originating from Palestinian cities, residential areas, and quarries built along it. In the Be'er Sheva Valley, sewage is a significant environmental hazard because thousands of people live close to the river bed.

The main source of pollution is the sewage of Hebron and Kiryat Arba, estimated at 15,000 cubic meters per day, which also pollutes the Besor Nature Reserve, which changes the nature of the stream from a failed stream that flows high-quality floodwater into a stream with a permanent flow of polluted sewage. Sewage flows throughout the year, polluting the stream and groundwater in the stream, and there are additions of urban and industrial effluents.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), and the Shikma-Besor Drainage Authority operate an educational program in the Hebron Stream called "Longing for the River". The three-year plan is aimed at people living in the vicinity of the Hebron River to develop awareness and responsibility for the river and its surroundings. The program relates to how the knowledge base, connection, and belonging between different population groups and the stream can be created with the participation of the formal and informal education system.

• Nahal Eshtemoa
• Judean Mountains
• Shephelah

31°21′44.5″N 34°57′57.5″E / 31.362361°N 34.965972°E / 31.362361; 34.965972