Mekorot provides Israel with over 80% of its drinking water and 70% of its water supplies. Israel doesn’t have a water shortage, but a surplus.
Israel has made amazing advances in water management over recent years, particularly with regard to unconventional water resources – such as desalination and reclaimed water – which provide about half of its water supplies.
Israel’s primary natural water source originates in the Upper Jordan River, flowing south into the country’s largest freshwater lake, the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), draining into the Lower Jordan River and winding through the Jordan Valley into the Dead Sea.
Mekorot (which means “sources” in Hebrew) – the state-owned national water company – provides Israel with over 80% of its drinking water and 70% of its water supplies, operating a cross-country network called the National Water Carrier. It carries water from the Kinneret to the northern Negev desert through channels, pipes and tunnels.
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