Following on the heels of an announcement by Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz that the government was considering freezing the "drought tax," which will substantially increase the fees for water use for Israelis, several Knesset members said they would introduce legislation to more closely regulate water prices and use. MK Miri Regev (Likud) said she would introduce a bill to reign in the Water Authority, which she said was acting as an independent group without proper supervision. "that in recent months has decided to singlehandedly raise water rates"

Similarly, MK Dalia Itzik said she would introduce a measure today to cancel the drought tax altogether. The tax constitutes "an edict the public cannot tolerate or afford," she said. Similarly, MK Ronit Tirosh (Kadima) said that if public opinion continues to oppose the tax, the government will drop it.