 The entire site, including the Gihon Spring and the two Pools of Siloam, is incorporated in an archaeological park open to the public.Visitors can wade through the Siloam Tunnel, through which the waters of the ancient spring still flow, although the change in the water table in recent times mean that the once intermittent karstic spring is now artificially maintained through pumping.The City of David/Wadi Hilweh is highly controversial in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.