Water in israel

Mekorot inaugurates new Shluhot Reservoir as part of NIS 600M water infrastructure project

The reservoir, named after former deputy prime minister David Levy, is part of a project that will connect Beit She'an, Emek HaMaayanot and the Jordan Valley to Israel's National Water System.

Mekorot inaugurates new Shluhot Reservoir named after former Deputy Prime Minister David Levy
Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.

A 'stab in the back': Israel's refusal to extend Jordanian water agreement may spark crisis

Hackathon, held at Google’s offices, with joint teams from Mekorot and Google Cloud

Turning ideas into products: Mekorot and Google Cloud's innovation hackathon

Mekorot Chairman Moshe Shimoni

Mekorot raises NIS 1.75 billion after bond offering draws NIS 3 billion in demand


A multi-pronged approach to water economy innovation

“It will be a beautiful pond with biological life that will clean the water.”

The Jewish National Fund has been helping to build Israel’s reservoirs for several years. The number of such reservoirs is now more than 250

Tropical Fish and Flowers in the Desert?

The Jerusalem Post

Israel is first in wastewater reuse, but Palestinians are last

Water and wastewater management cannot and need not wait for a political settlement, and the public, must demand from our governments to act now.

Where is this pipe leading? A water pipe near Hebron last year

Should we make the desert bloom?

Is the desert ‘nothingness that needs to be conquered’ or a unique environment we should protect? The long ecological history of the Negev might hold the key to the answer.

The Negev desert

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.

Israeli farmers protest government’s agriculture policies, water prices

"The supermarket chains are greedy and the farmers and consumers are paying the price."

Farmers gather in front of the Knesset on Monday to protest government agricultural policies

JNF-USA water expedition exposes global professionals to Israeli expertise, innovation

"It’s a miracle that Israel has solved a 2,000-year-old problem."

PARTICIPANTS IN the JNF’s tour of water management solutions pose during a visit on Monday to the Sorek desalination plant near Rishon Lezion, the largest such facility in the world.

Israeli researchers estimating effects of estrogens in water supply

The effects on humans of estrogens excreted in the urine that washes into rivers and sewage systems is not certain, but environmentalists worry about harmful effects on male fish.

Water

The Dead Sea’s right to life

The power-generating canal Theodore Herzl envisioned has become imperative to avert environmental calamity.

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS take part in the Dead Sea Swim Challenge, swimming on Tuesday from the Jordanian to the Israeli shore.

Israeli solar tech could make clean water a global reality

The Jerusalem-based SunDwater, whose standalone system harnesses heat through concentrated solar power, now has two fully operational pre-production models purifying water in the Arava Desert.

The SunDwater system at Kibbutz Ketura