Water From The Sea: Israel’s Huge Bet On Desalination

The technology that turns the sea into fresh, potable drinking water isn’t new, but now it’s changing the game for Israel, where a severe water crisis threatens the country’s very existence.

The country’s population of 7.8 million people is growing at a rate of 1.8 percent a year. Meanwhile, severe drought has plagued this largely desert nation over the past decade — it’s been so severe that Tenne, chairman of Israel’s Water Desalination Administration, compares it to biblical misfortunes: “If you remember the story of our ancient fathers who had seven good years and seven bad years in the time of Moses, in Egypt, we had the same seven years. Only it was in the last seven years.”

Although in 2012 the country experienced a cold and wet winter that caused water levels to increase once again, there’s no expectation the water shortage will end anytime soon.

That’s because Israel’s aquifers have been drying up, and the Sea of Galilee, known here as “Lake Kinneret,” which supplies the country with 35 percent of its freshwater needs, has fallen to extremely low levels, creating a large gap between supply and consumer demand. Officials believe it is only going to get worse unless something drastic is done.

Source: International Business Times (By Meredith Mandell) Abbrev.

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