National Infrastructures Minister Avigdor Lieberman has announced that despite Israel\'s water troubles, Israel will still send Jordan the yearly quota of 50 million cubic meters stipulated in the treaty between the two countries. This, reports Arutz-7\'s Shira Gal, despite the fact that the treaty\'s water clauses expired in 1999. Israel is currently short some 400 million cubic meters of water for this year. Infrastructures Ministry spokesman Sagiv Rotenberg said, \"It\'s very simple. We can\'t dry up the whole area around us just because we have a problem with water.\" He noted that three desalination plants are in various stages of planning and construction; at least one of them is scheduled to be up and running within 18 months.
The authorities hope to save water on several other fronts: cutting back on the irrigation of parks and public and private lawns; paying farmers not to use all their fresh-water quotas; cutbacks in water subsidies in cities such as Savyon and Kfar Shmaryahu; and more.
The authorities hope to save water on several other fronts: cutting back on the irrigation of parks and public and private lawns; paying farmers not to use all their fresh-water quotas; cutbacks in water subsidies in cities such as Savyon and Kfar Shmaryahu; and more.