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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Israel Water Authority

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
A view of the Dead Sea Works factory on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
June 1, 2021, 11:16 pm
State allows Dead Sea Works to pump more water, even as iconic lake recedes
Water Authority greenlights extraction of 445 million cubic meters in coming year, up from 439 million cubic meters last year, to disappointment of environmentalists
By Sue Surkes
A worker at the Eshkol Water Filtration Plant in Northern Israel, operated by Israel's National Water Company Mekorot (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 17, 2020, 1:18 am
Cyber attacks again hit Israel’s water system, shutting agricultural pumps
Incident follows more serious April attack attributed to Iran that officials said could have poisoned hundreds with chlorine
By ToI Staff
Fish swim in a tanks of drinking water to monitor quality at the Eshkol water purification site in Beersheba (Screencapture/Channel 12)
June 23, 2020, 5:27 am
Alongside high-tech systems, fish guard against hacking of water supply by Iran
After reports that Tehran tried to dangerously increase chlorine levels in Israel’s civilian water system, overall control of defenses now being taken over by Cyber Directorate
By ToI Staff
The Eshkol water filtration plant in northern Israel, April 17, 2007. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
May 19, 2020, 1:55 pm
6 facilities said hit in Iran’s cyberattack on Israel’s water system in April
A pump went into continuous operation at one site and data was changed at another, report says; but no significant damage or interruption in supplies
By ToI Staff
A worker at the Eshkol water filtration plant in northern Israel, operated by Israel's national water company, Mekorot (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 7, 2020, 4:53 pm
Iran attempted cyber attack on Israeli water and sewage facilities — report
Fox News says hackers used American servers in last month’s attack; Israeli water and cyber officials say attempted breach did not disrupt water supply
By ToI Staff
Israelis carry umbrellas on a rainy day in Tel Aviv. May 05, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 5, 2020, 7:27 pm
828 lightning strikes: Israel battered by unseasonal thunderstorms, hail, floods
Rain drenches whole country, with record-breaking number of lightning strikes; Water Authority says it’s first time in over 30 years that back-to-back winters have been so rainy
By ToI Staff
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