Israel facing more water shortages
- From: Vol 2, Issue 4 (April 2001)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Israel
Israel ’s ongoing water deficit stood at 390Mm<sup>3</sup>, according to official estimates released last month. The plan to purchase water from Turkey, which was set in motion during the former Ehud Barak’s government, has assumed greater significance and a deal could be struck by the end of this month.
The deficit was announced last month by the Water Commission, based on lower than average rainfall in 2001, over pumping of underground aquifers and plummeting water levels in the Sea of Galilee.
The water level in Lake Kinneret – Israel’s main source of freshwater – is 0.5m below the approved ‘red line’, the point at which further pumping is prohibited ...
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