Israel restates commitment to desal and water imports
- From: Vol 3, Issue 4 (April 2002)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Israel
ISRAEL’S ECONOMIC CABINET passed two historic decisions last month. Firstly, it decided to go ahead with the import of water from Turkey despite the collapse of the original deal some months ago (see GWI, Vol. 2, Issue 12, p.7). In a second announcement, it said that national annual seawater desalination capacity should double from 200Mm<sup>3</sup> to 400Mm<sup>3</sup>.
According to the Ministry of National Infrastructures, the desalination plants at Ashkelon and Ashdod will start producing desalinated seawater at the beginning of 2004. The decision by the Economic Cabinet was prompted by Israel’s serious water shortage, exacerbated by the lack of winter rainfall which has failed to fill underground and groundwater reservoirs. Executives from Israel’s water commission ...
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