The (successful) politics of West Bank water
Israel and the PA have been quietly cooperating to ensure a safe, clean, and water-ful environment west of the Jordan River
View ArticleHow Israel beat the drought
This country was on the brink of water catastrophe, reduced to running relentless ad campaigns urging Israelis to conserve water even as it raised prices and cut supplies to agriculture. Now,...
View ArticleEgypt’s water war
Alleged ‘Ethiopian-Israeli plot’ to divert the waters of the Blue Nile infuriates Cairo; experts warn the new dam would destroy Egyptian agriculture
View ArticleVowing to build dam, Ethiopia ratifies new Nile water pact
Cairo loudly opposes move that replaces colonial-era deal giving lion’s share of water to Egypt and Sudan
View ArticleSaving water, with kids leading the way
JNF’s Rainwater Harvesting program teaches youngsters how to conserve the precious resource, hoping they’ll educate their parents
View ArticleRemember when water was free? It is again in Tel Aviv. For now
Woosh machines slake your thirst, save water and reduce plastic bottle wastage. Suspicious locals are trying to find the catch, but meanwhile they’re drinking
View ArticleWater filters: a key to world peace?
Far from being a ‘dry’ technical subject, filtration will ensure that life as we know it continues, says the CEO of Israeli water filtration company Amiad
View ArticleSea of Galilee rises 10 cm after weekend storm
Melting snow from Golan and Upper Galilee could raise water levels further, meteorologists say
View ArticleHarsh reaction to Knesset speech surprises EU leader
Martin Schulz, who thought he gave a pro-Israel address, tells Times of Israel there are more important issues than the legal status of settlements
View ArticleEU leader decries MK walkout during his Knesset speech
Martin Schulz says Jewish Home is a ‘hard-line’ party that reacted to him the same way it reacted to Kerry
View ArticleIsrael shows California no need to fret about water desalination
Businessweek: The West Coast has experienced years of drought, but states have been checking out Israeli technology for ways to cope
View ArticleIran’s largest lake could dry out within two years
Oroumieh, once one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, has shrunk 80 percent in a decade
View ArticlePipe dreams: How water can turn the tide towards peace
Maybe pragmatism will trump ideology and the Jews and Arabs can finally end their bitter conflict
View ArticleCity dumps drinking water due to pee
In move unthinkable in Israel, Portland, Oregon, to release 38 million gallons after teen urinates in reservoir
View ArticleEntrepreneur boasts drip system could end world hunger
NaanDanJain’s new rice watering system, says the company’s agronomist, can help farmers save water, take more crop to market
View ArticleMiddle East, Israel to be water scarce by 2040 — report
WRI study says Gaza will run out of drinking water in 5 years; climate change, population growth to make region among most ‘extremely highly stressed’ for water
View ArticleEgypt ‘clickfunding’ makes mouse jockeys into do-gooders
Frenchmen in Cairo attempt to revolutionize world of philanthropy by raising funds for microprojects through clickable social networking campaigns
View ArticleDesalitech wins international award for water technology
Israeli company’s purification system reduces wastewater by 50 to 75 percent
View ArticleJordan: 17 firms bid for mammoth Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project
First phase of plan is to build a $900 million conduit to transfer 300 million cubic meters every year
View ArticlePoisoning the water in Judea and Samaria
The real story of how politics get in the way of purifying the crap out of wastewater (and other regional solutions)
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