The Ministerial Committee on Legislation endorsed, Sunday, a bill submitted by Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau to give his ministry and the Water Authority what he called "the toolsfor proper management ofIsrael's water resourcesand the water resourceswhich are importantto us all."
In welcoming the endorsement, Dr. Landau said, "Especiallytoday,whenweare in a stage of coming out of the severewatercrisisthat had befallen us, it is importantto providestabilityto the economy, and to facilitate itsdevelopmentandlong-termplanning." He said the bill incorporates part of the recommendations of the 2010 Bein Committee report which recommended overhaul of the 1959 water law.