Journalists were afforded a rare tour inside the huge pipes that supply water to all of Israel last week.
The Mekorot (‘Sources’) National Water Company held the tour at the end of large-scale pumping and infrastructure work on one of the segments of the National Water Carrier, near Rosh HaAyin.
, the aquifer beneath Judea and Samaria, 1,040 wells, 91 reservoirs and 31 desalination plants.</P><P>Israel leads the world in recycling wastewater – reusing 75 % of it for agricultural purposes. Spain, in second place, trails the Jewish state with 12 %.</P><P>“The treated wastewater supplied by the company for agricultural use complies with strict health standards and contributes to preserving the environment by reducing ecological damage caused by untreated wastewater,” the company reports.</P><P>Israeli produce grown using reclaimed water includes oranges, carrots, potatoes, lettuce, wheat and flowers.</P><DIV class=NewsImageIn><DIV class=B><DIV class=N><IMG src=)
* The Third Line to the Negev is a series of 90-km-long pipes to supply more drinking water to the Negev as its population grows, as well as to pump treated water from the Dan Region Wastewater treatment plant to Negev farmers.
* Eilat, which is far from the National Carrier, has a number of deslination plants, which are being upgraded and improved.
Click here for an English map of the carrier
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photos, except where otherwise noted: Josh Shamsi, Arutz-7 Photojournalist)
