Air quality improved in Rehovot, Governmental Environmental Office Says

"Air quality improved in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, Afula, Beit Shemesh, Rehovot, Haifa and the Krayot, deteriorated in Jerusalem and Modi'in and remained the same in Beersheba and Karmiel.

The report data on "Air quality in Israel's medium-size cities" particularly says that in 2007 there were "10 high air pollution days in Rehovot, compared to 15 days in 2006."

Improvements in air quality in ... Rehovot [and other cities] are due to decreases in the number of diurnal exceedances of respirable particles (less dust storms) and significant reductions in ozone exceedances. On the other hand, air quality deterioration has occurred in Jerusalem, largely in the city center, as a result of infrastructure work related to the construction of a light rail system for Israel's capital city. Degraded air quality in Modi'in is attributed to the continuation of accelerated building in the area. No changes in air quality were recorded in Beersheba and Karmiel during 2007..."

Source: Israel's Air Quality in 2007 (Updated 02/19/2008) Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection web site [FullText]