For years, Israel’s drinking water strategy has been lauded as being the envy of the world; but has the drive to desalination simply overlooked a better solution and simultaneously created problems for future generations?
desalination plants
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an ambitious $30 million desalination project near the Sea of Galilee that will address the current multi-year drought.
The plan will include the expansion of pipelines for use in agriculture, and is intended to help Israel to rehabilitate dried-up rivers.
Israel is examining the possibility of constructing artificial islands off the coast of Israel to host vital infrastructure facilities and free space for residential construction, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday.
