Water in israel

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

Ahead of the national water company's 90th anniversary, Shira Singer explains why the tech revolution is a matter of life-saving stability and human empowerment.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH MEKOROT
Michal Livshits VP, Financial Planning & Business Analysis, Check Point & Shira Singer, Head of Digital Customer Experience, Mekorot
Shira Singer, Head of Digital Customer Experience in the Technology Division at Mekorot

Shira Singer pushes Israel’s water sector into a new technological era

Ahead of the Women Leaders' Summit 2026, Mekorot’s Head of Digital Customer Experience reflects on AI, digital transformation, and the challenge of modernizing a traditional industry

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH MEKOROT
An aerial view of the Kinneret. To the casual observer, the lake, also known as the Sea of Galilee, appears to be a rare environmental success story in an era of climate uncertainty.

Israel launches historic project to send desalinated water into Sea of Galilee

New Reverse Carrier system will send up to 5,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per hour into the lake by early summer, as officials cite climate pressures and wartime conditions.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(R to L) Daniel Soffer Mekorot Acting CEO, Eli Cohen Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Eli Lankri Mayor of Eilat, Andre Uzan Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mekorot to invest NIS 800 million in doubling water supply to Eilat

"This is enormous news that will drive growth across the entire region and surrounding communities," says Infrastructure and Energy Minister Eli Cohen

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

BGU researchers' new invention tracks water pollution in real time

The sensor tracks nitrate levels in crops, thereby notifying authorities quickly to potential groundwater nitrate pollution, to help prevent poisoning of groundwater.

JANUARY 14, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Sensor for measurements of nitrate in the soil

Israeli, Dutch officials inaugurate Mitzpeh Ramon Water Project

The Project was dedicated to the King of Holland.

MARCH 13, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Officials at the inauguration ceremony of the Mitzpeh Ramon Water Project.

Water in the desert of Israel?

Israel is 60% desert, but it is not devoid of water.

FEBRUARY 24, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Waterfalls in Israel.

Water NGO head: Crisis isn’t all the authority’s fault

‘Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater,’ says Raanan Adin in response to the State Comptroller’s Report.

OCTOBER 28, 2018ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN
PEOPLE ON paddle boards float on Lake Kinneret in 2016. It is Israel’s major surface fresh-water source, now endangered.

Tackling Israel’s water challenges

The Jewish National Fund continues to lead the way.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018ByMARC KELMAN
Kineret

Health Ministry Dir.-Gen.: Leptospirosis is easily treated

Health Ministry CEO Moshe Bar Siman Tov released a statement Sunday afternoon on the current status of the Leptospirosis ('ahberet') infection.

AUGUST 19, 2018ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Snir Stream

4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in Israel

'Water sensitive cities deliver water security in both water-poor and water abundant futures.'

JULY 18, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Dr. Yaron Zinger, Director for Center for Water Sensitive Cities.

Is desalination the answer?

For years, Israel’s drinking water strategy has been lauded as being the envy of the world.

JULY 12, 2018ByDAVID BRUMMER
A view of the Melbourne Docklands and the city skyline from Waterfront City, looking across Victoria Harbour

WATCH: Israel at 70 - Israel's solutions to the water crisis

Can Israel solve the world's water shortage problems?

APRIL 18, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Israel 70+: Israel and the future of water technology

Realignment in the Middle East

APRIL 13, 2018ByNEVILLE TELLER
The Jerusalem Post