Tag: National Water Carrier of Israel
Kinneret Up One Meter Since Winter’s Start
More than half that volume of water came from just the past 5 days of rain.
Watch: Drought Caused ‘Kinneret Island’ to Merge with Shore
The streams running from the north no longer provide water to the Kinneret, which loses one centimeter (0.4 inch) of water a day to evaporation.
Israel Weighing Moving Desalinated Water to Drought-Plagued Kinneret
Israeli farmers upriver from the Kinneret have been refused an increase of 11 billion gallons annually, precisely the amount Jordan continues to siphon from the lake for its own agriculture.
Island Reappears in Drying Lake Kinneret While Jordan Keeps Siphoning
Jordan, which hasn't made an investment in water preservation, will continue to receive more than a billion and a half cubic feet of water every year.