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July 08, 2008
Israel Takes Steps to Deal with Water Crisis
Water Authority head Uri Shani declared this morning, in a press conference in Tel Aviv, "This is the worst crisis since records started being kept said,80 years ago." "Like most countries, Israel is dependent on rainfall and the amount of rainfall is decreasing. There is a drop of 100 million cubic meters per year."
Shani said, The Coastal Aquifer "has dropped below its black line," which means that it will suffer rapid damage, possibly irreversible damage." Shani predicted that Lake Kinneret would reach its black line by December 2008.
The measures to be taken in this water crises include the Water Authority pumping water from tributaries that feed into the Kinneret, water which was supposed to reach the Kinneret by 2010. In addition to the main effort, Shani said polluted wells would be purified and desalination plants would increase their output.
The authority has also undertaken a series of measures that will go into effect this week, measures that would limit the use of water for gardening and double the price of water for that purpose.
The government is investing in infrastructure, desalination and sewage treatment for agriculture in the next five years, as reported by The Jerusalem Post, and published by the Charleston Jewish Federation.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at July 8, 2008 09:18 PM
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