Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
Water Data Banks Project
Entry from Directory of Selected Israeli Water-related Projects
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| TITLE: | Master plan of Israel’s Water Economy |
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| PROBLEM: | The growing demand for water under limited supply of the available sources of fresh water, and the continuous degradation of the water quality in the latter, call for an updated master plan of Israel’s water economy for the period of the coming decades. |
| OBJECTIVES: | Review the anticipated gap between the demand and supply of water, and propose a plan of water resources development and operation aimed at closing the gap at minimum cost under prescribed constraints on reliability of supply and quality of the water sources. |
| APPROACH: | Integrate all possible sources and means of supply within the framework of the National Water System which comprises Lake Kinneret and the major aquifers; expand the use of reclaimed wastewater as an additional source of water wherever feasible, leaving most of the fresh water for domestic use; expand desalination of sea water wherever economically justified; consider options of artificial recharge of the major aquifers combined with improved technologies of upgrading the quality of supplied water as means for achieving both conservation of freshwater sources and regulation of interseasonal and interannual supply. |
| BEGINNING DATE: | September 1995 |
| ENDING DATE: | December 1996 |
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| CURRENT PROGRESS OR INTERIM RESULTS: | A progress report on a first draft plan has been submitted for review by the Water Commission |
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NAME: | Joshua Schwarz |
| ADDRESS: | Tahal-Consulting Engineers ltd, 54 Ibn Gevirol Str., Tel Aviv 61111 |
| TELEPHONE: | 972-3-6924515 |
| TELEFAX: | 972-6969969 |
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