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Israeli agriculture at risk ahead of High Holy Days as desalination systems remain nonfunctional

The Water Authority and the Energy and Infrastructure Ministry said Tuesday morning that after the facilities operated overnight, most were shut down again after seawater turbidity rose.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2026|ByMOSHE COHEN

Infrastructure works along the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee as the Water Authority and the national water company Mekorot prepare to increase the flow of desalinated water pumped from desalination plants in Ashkelon and Rishon Lezion into the lake, northern Israel, February 27, 2026.

Water restrictions continue into second day as most Israeli desalination plants shut down again

In areas experiencing localized supply problems, the scope of water use will be reduced as needed, while the Water Authority's operations center addresses individual disruptions.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, HODAYA RAN

Water restrictions imposed throughout Israel amid nationwide supply disruption

The warning came amid an unusual disruption to Israel’s national water network, after five of the country’s six desalination facilities shut down.

AUGUST 31, 2026|ByHODAYA RAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

General view of the Israeli largest desalination plant on the Mediterranean Sea, in Ashdod on . The facility is located in Ashkelon, not far from the northern border of the Gaza Strip. In the first phase of operation, it is meant to supply 100 million cubic meters of water a year.

Gov't approves plan to boost desalinated water production using private companies

The overarching goal of the new plan is to enable the State of Israel to produce 2.3 billion cubic meters of desalinated water per year by 2050, and 2,75 billion cubic meters per year by 2075.

JUNE 8, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

הַתְפָּלַת מַיִם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל

Water desalination in Israel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF

Is the regional water crisis a bigger problem than Islamic State?

Daniel Pipes to ‘Post’: Only Israel, with its cutting-edge scientific prowess, can offer assistance to the region.

MAY 11, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON, SHARON UDASIN

Palestinian children in Gaza fetch water from a container

Tiberias wastewater heads to new treatment plant, curbing raw sewage flow in Jordan River

Conveyance of the sewage by means of the new pipeline was part of a NIS 40m. scheme.

MARCH 1, 2015BySHARON UDASIN

People rafting in a river (illustrated photo)

Israel, Jordan sign historic plan to save Dead Sea

The agreement, worth some $800 million, is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed among Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian officials on December 9, 2013, in Washington.

FEBRUARY 27, 2015BySHARON UDASIN

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, Energy, and Water Minister Silvan Shalom (left) and his Jordanian counterpart, Water and Irrigation Minister Hazim el-Naser, display the agreement yesterday after signing on the eastern side of the Dead Sea

Water prices to drop 10% in January

Infrastructure Minister Silvan Shalom vows to work for further reductions, but prices will still be double what they were in 2009.

DECEMBER 11, 2014ByNIV ELIS

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