Physical scarcity to financial scarcity
- From: Vol 6, Issue 3 (March 2005)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country:
Israel’s water commissioner Shimon Tal outlines the challenges facing Israel’s water sector as the large-scale desalination plan moves into action.
Israel is the first non-OPEC nation to pursue a policy of large-scale desalination to meet day-to-day municipal water needs. It is a significant financial challenge for a country with an already overburdened budget.
The man in charge of it all is Shimon Tal, now in his third two-year term as water commissioner, during which time he has seen a number ...
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