Israel’s high-tech desalination plants are switched to low output, and the Sea of Galilee’s dam already opened amid optimistic predictions of healthy winter rainfall.
Earlier this year, following a winter of good rainfall, Israel’s Water Authority declared that the crippling seven-year drought had come to an end. Nevertheless, officials continued to caution water conservation. Now, it would appear Israel might have too much water.

After Drought, Israel Faces Water Surplus
With another winter of predicted average-to-good rainfall ahead, Water Authority officials believe the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) could overfill.
So concerned are they by this possibility that two weeks ago the Water Authority tested the Degania Dam that sends water from the Kinneret into the Jordan River. Continue Reading »
















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