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Groundwater in the parking lot of the residential Assuta Tower on Jabotinsky Street in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2024. (Yakov Livshitz)
February 23, 2026, 12:06 pm
Rising Mediterranean pushes groundwater up into Tel Aviv basements
Water Authority’s head of hydrology urges planners, developers to prepare for a rarely discussed climate change threat to urban infrastructure
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of laboratory testing. (vadimguzhva; iStock by Getty Images.
November 27, 2025, 11:39 am
National laboratory stops testing drinking water due to funding shortfall
Environmental advocacy organization Adam Teva V’Din threatens legal action, demands immediate response from Health Ministry and Water Authority
By Sue Surkes
Israelis at the Sea of Galilee on October 25, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 11, 2025, 3:53 pm
In world first, Israel begins pumping desalinated water into depleted Sea of Galilee
Groundbreaking project channeling in enough water to raise dangerously low lake level by 0.5 centimeters per month; Water Authority will double flow if needed
By Sue Surkes
People walk along the Sea of Galilee shore, where water used to be, past infrastructure once submerged, at Kibbutz Ginosar, northern Israel, October 4, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 8, 2025, 1:58 pm
Facing drought, Israel to direct desalinated water to Sea of Galilee, in world first
With northern lake level below minimum for pumping, authorities will release just 10% of normal quantity into national water carrier, among other moves
By Sue Surkes
Lightning illuminates the sky near Rehovot, December 30, 2024.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 2, 2025, 5:13 pm
Water Authority says Israel experiencing driest winter in a century
Just 55 percent of the annual average for this time of year has fallen so far, but authority says desalination and management ensure there will be no near-term supply shortage
By Sue Surkes
Magen David Adom ambulance workers stand at the scene where a tractor hit three people, lightly wounding them, in south Tel Aviv, January 2, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
January 2, 2025, 9:08 pm
Tractor driver rams into 3 in Tel Aviv, reportedly after father stabbed in brawl
Water Authority worker lightly wounds 2 colleagues and a paramedic after work-related clash in which a 62-year-old sustained moderate injuries; no suspicion of terrorism
By ToI Staff
Inside the Sorek A Desalination Plant, November 2015. (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)
September 19, 2024, 3:16 pm
Study shows magnesium deficiency in desalinated water could lead to diseases
Researchers urge government to add mineral to water to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes and ischemic stroke, and drastically cut national healthcare costs
By Diana Bletter
This undated photo shows Palestinian Water Authority workers repairing the Gazan side of a pipeline leading water from Israel during the country's war with Hamas. (Courtesy)
June 5, 2024, 6:09 pm
How Israel worked to renew Gaza’s water supply amid the war, with help from locals
Despite ministers’ early bravado and international accusations, Jerusalem went to great lengths to fix enclave’s ‘screwed-up’ infrastructure after October 7 damage, say officials
By Aviv Lavie
Screen capture from video of desalinated water being released from production plants to flow into the Sea of Galilee, December 28, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 28, 2022, 11:36 am
Pioneering plan inaugurated to top up Sea of Galilee with desalinated water
In world first, water produced from the sea will be pumped into Israel’s largest freshwater lake to maintain levels even in parched years
By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes
A view of the Dead Sea Works on December 26, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
August 16, 2022, 8:59 pm
After Israel canceled Dead Sea Works’ water bill, NGO threatens appeal to High Court
Environmental advocacy organization Adam Teva V’Din demands Justice Ministry reverse state’s decision to exempt billionaire-owned mineral extraction firm from NIS 65M payment
By Sue Surkes
In this Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 photo, an aerial view shows the Jordan River estuary of the Sea of Galilee near the community settlement of Karkom, northern Israel. .(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
July 26, 2022, 8:27 am
Government inks plan to clean part of Jordan River, make it fit for swimming again
Greenlit by Water Authority last year, program will end pollution, channel more freshwater into stretch of iconic river south of Sea of Galilee
By Sue Surkes
An Environment Ministry worker aboard the Bat Galim ship on February 2, 2022. (Ram Greenwald/Environment Ministry)
February 2, 2022, 6:13 pm
Stains off Israeli coast are not oil spill after all, says Environment Ministry
Minister Tamar Zandberg praises quick work of professionals and vows to ‘continue to be vigilant’ while awaiting final lab results of seawater
By ToI Staff
The R/V Bat-Galim deep sea research ship prepares to tackle an oil spill detected off the coast of Israel, February 2, 2022. (Environment Ministry)
February 2, 2022, 10:15 am
Suspected oil spill at sea could be a major regional pollution event, ministry warns
Environment Minister Zandberg says emergency plans to be readied as officials scramble to assess threat from ‘suspicious patches’ 20-40 kilometers from shore
By ToI Staff
A portrait of the late Sammy Ofer with his son, Idan Ofer. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 18, 2021, 12:38 am
TV: State wipes out NIS 65 million debt owed by billionaire for Dead Sea water
Justice Ministry reportedly backtracks from demand that the Idan Ofer-controlled Dead Sea Works factory pay for saltwater pumped from the receding lake
By ToI Staff
View of the Eshkol water filtration plant in northern Israel, on April 17, 2007. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
July 21, 2021, 7:22 pm
After alleged Iranian cyberattack, Israel’s Water Authority beefs up defenses
SIGA OT Solutions signs deal to protect water infrastructure; agreement comes as Military Intelligence chief warns Israel under regular assault
By Judah Ari Gross
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