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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.

OCTOBER 18, 2025|ByELI ASHKENAZI

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

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

“Right now, this year is shaping up to be particularly dry. There hasn't been a year this severe since measurements began,” Dr. Eyal Zigel said.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025|ByELI ASHKENAZI

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

In the South, only 30% of the regular average was recorded so far this period.

JANUARY 22, 2025|ByELI ASHKENAZI

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

Kafr ‘Aqab is the northernmost Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem and was annexed and added to Jerusalem’s municipal jurisdiction in 1967.

AUGUST 12, 2024|ByEVE YOUNG

Bennett announces Water City for Israeli technologies in Shougang, China

Economy Ministry trade attaches in China have been working with Chinese authorities to incorporate Israeli technologies into the country’s expansive water network.

NOVEMBER 24, 2014BySHARON UDASIN

Scientists identify bacterial culture to treat polluted Kishon sediment

Scientists involved in project, which is part of the Kishon River rehabilitation program, had been facing difficulties cultivating a fitting bacterial culture due to high salinity of the waterway.

NOVEMBER 23, 2014BySHARON UDASIN

Water corporations to be forbidden from disconnecting in-debt customers

"Beginning in 2015, there will be no water disconnections in the State of Israel."

NOVEMBER 17, 2014BySHARON UDASIN

Water Authority investing NIS 385m. in sewage infrastructure, to enable housing construction

New sewage infrastructure will particularly serve housing units in the periphery.

OCTOBER 20, 2014BySHARON UDASIN

Energy efficiency improvements have brought higher education NIS 1.7m. in savings

Projects included replacing air conditioners, upgrading lighting systems and installing cold accumulation systems.

JULY 2, 2014BySHARON UDASIN

Solar Energy Development Center at Rotem Industrial Park 311

Fluoridation to remain local option

Health Minister's decision against mandatory fluoridation was her first announced policy when she took office over a year ago.

JUNE 25, 2014ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Water Authority to invest NIS 100m. to revamp water infrastructure in Arava

For the first time Arava and Kikar Sdom residents will have a quality water supply equivalent to the rest of the country.

JUNE 17, 2014BySHARON UDASIN

Responsibility for unstable water supply in east Jerusalem still unclear

Authorities have yet to clarify who will be responsible for restoring resource in the neighborhoods of Ras Hamis, Ras Shahada, Dahyat a-Salam and the Shuafat refugee camp.

JUNE 11, 2014BySHARON UDASIN, DANIEL K. EISENBUD