Water in israel

Is the desert ‘nothingness that needs to be conquered’ or a unique environment we should protect? The long ecological history of the Negev might hold the key to the answer.

Palestinians and Israelis agreed Sunday to Joint Water Committee activities after a six-year freeze, hoping to update the area's aging infrastructure.

"The supermarket chains are greedy and the farmers and consumers are paying the price."

"It’s a miracle that Israel has solved a 2,000-year-old problem."

The effects on humans of estrogens excreted in the urine that washes into rivers and sewage systems is not certain, but environmentalists worry about harmful effects on male fish.

The power-generating canal Theodore Herzl envisioned has become imperative to avert environmental calamity.

The Jerusalem-based SunDwater, whose standalone system harnesses heat through concentrated solar power, now has two fully operational pre-production models purifying water in the Arava Desert.

Some 300 million people around the world get their potable water from 17,000 desalination plants in 150 countries, including Israel.

The emphasis on water – and the talk about making the desert bloom – accelerated after independence in May 1948.

While apologizing for any inconvenience, the city emphasized its efforts over the past week to keep residents updated through fliers, social media and municipal patrol cars.