Mekorot, Israel's water company, has been working this week to increase rainfall over the Kinneret Sea, Israel's largest reservoir. The cloud-seeding, which increases rainfall by some 10-15%, was scheduled to continue today as well, in accordance with weather conditions.
Rains continue to fall throughout the country, and the level of the Kinneret has climbed another centimeter, to 214.37 centimeters below sea level. This is 1.37 meters below the government-mandated "red line" level, and some 5.5 meters - 935 million cubic meters of water - below optimum level. Water experts in Israel agree that desalination of ocean water is the chief solution to the country's water problems.
Rains continue to fall throughout the country, and the level of the Kinneret has climbed another centimeter, to 214.37 centimeters below sea level. This is 1.37 meters below the government-mandated "red line" level, and some 5.5 meters - 935 million cubic meters of water - below optimum level. Water experts in Israel agree that desalination of ocean water is the chief solution to the country's water problems.