The level of the Kinneret is now 213.28 meters below sea level, or 28 centimeters below the government-mandated red line. It is a meter lower than it was last year at this time. Uri Saguy, chairman of Israel\'s Mekorot Water Company, said that despite the rains of the last few days, if the winter continues at its present dry rate, the water crisis would reach \"unprecedented proportions.\" Another Mekorot official said today that even if the Kinneret fills up, \"Israel is a land of milk and honey - not of water, and we must act that way.\" He said that desalination is an acceptable plan of action, but that barely any progress has been made in that direction. Rain is expected today and tomorrow.