Water authority israel

Lake Kinneret reaches dangerously low water levels as Israeli authorities decide to pump in water

The lake’s water level was measured at 213.19 meters below sea level.

Israelis enjoy at the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, during the Sukkot holiday, on October 13, 2025.
 The Ginosar shore.

Driest winter on record: Lake Kinneret sees rare February drop in water level

 An illustrative image of rainfall as seen from the window of a vehicle.

Current winter is one of the most arid in recent years, data shows

 MK Ze'ev Elkin attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 18, 2024.

Elkin: 80,000 Jerusalem residents have worse water supply than Gaza


Comptroller blasts short-sighted management of national water supply

"The Water Authority has implemented a short-sighted series of operations in the water sector," State Comptroller Joseph Shapira said.

Pools of waste water are seen at a sewage treatment plant in town of Safed in northern Israel

Five-year drought brings Israeli water bodies to historically low levels

Today, the water level in the Kineret is -214.20m, dropping 1 cm a day

A piece of land is seen in the Sea of Galilee

US politicians, European technicians stream toward Israeli-run water technology

“We are bringing together the heartland of America with the Holy Land, we are bringing both the Mideast and the Midwest together."

Watec conference in Tel Aviv

Israel opens 13 km. pipeline to alleviate West Bank water shortage

The Water Authority and setters have also charged that Palestinian theft of water has depleted supplies.

SAMARIA REGIONAL COUNCIL head Yossi Dagan (left), Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz (center) and Civil Administration officer Benny Elbaz inaugurate a 13-km. water pipeline in Samaria on Monday.

Palestinians, Israeli settlers running out of water in West Bank

“Today we are working in order to expand the capability of supplying water in all Judea and Samaria.”

WATER TRUCKS are needed in the settlement of Shavei Shomron, west of Nablus.

Trump takes credit for 'vital' Israeli-Palestinian water deal

The deal will release 33 million cubic meters of water to the PA, relieving a serious shortage in the Palestinian territories.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while delivering an address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 23, 2017.

Cross-border water pollution threatens Israeli security, watchdog says

EcoPeace: The state comptroller’s report presents “a scathing assessment of failure for more than two decades of Israeli government action and inaction.”

A Palestinian walks through a water pipe underneath the controversial Israeli barrier in al-Ram, on the edge of Jerusalem [File]

The rain that pays for itself

Jerusalem has approximately 896,112 sq.m. of roof space on public buildings, which could yield a water saving of 384,253 cu.m. annually.

Years until the Savings Equals the Investment

Israel gives Pal. Authority limited water autonomy in West Bank

97 suspended projects for Palestinians can now move forward.

MAJ.-GEN. YOAV (POLY) MORDECHAI (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh after agreeing to renew activities of the Joint Water Committee.

UN official: Israeli-Palestinian water talks important for two-state solution

Palestinians and Israelis agreed Sunday to Joint Water Committee activities after a six-year freeze, hoping to update the area's aging infrastructure.

MAJ.-GEN. YOAV (POLY) MORDECHAI (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh after agreeing to renew activities of the Joint Water Committee.