Water in israel

A 'stab in the back': Israel's refusal to extend Jordanian water agreement may spark crisis

The 1994 peace treaty signed by Amman and Jerusalem required Israel to supply Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water annually, an amount doubled in a 2021 commitment that expired in 2025.

Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.
Hackathon, held at Google’s offices, with joint teams from Mekorot and Google Cloud

Turning ideas into products: Mekorot and Google Cloud's innovation hackathon

Mekorot Chairman Moshe Shimoni

Mekorot raises NIS 1.75 billion after bond offering draws NIS 3 billion in demand

Mekorot, announced that it is acquiring the municipal wastewater treatment plants serving Ashkelon and Netivot

Mekorot acquires wastewater facilities in Ashkelon and Netivot to support southern growth


US Army disaster drill uses Israeli tech to extract water from air

The technology works on-demand by trapping humid air inside the device, then cleaning and drying the air and extracting the resultant clean water.

Water-Gen machines during US military drill

Israel - A regional water superpower

Israel is the world's leader in water reclamation with 87% of its wastewater undergoing purification and reuse for agriculture.

Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian mayors and municipal representatives participate in an event in the lower Jordan River, to call on the two governments to rehabilitate the river

Visiting Central African Republic president looks for joint ventures

Rivlin said that Israel was always ready to assist in the development of African states, but that African states should be supportive of Israel in international forums like the UN in return.

President Reuven Rivlin

L’or bleu, ultime vecteur de paix ?

Israël, nouvelle superpuissance de l’eau, détient une clé importante de l’entente avec ses voisins

Yitzhak Rabin et le roi Hussein de Jordanie au bord de lac de Tibériade

Israel Leads the Way In Water Technology Innovation

The Jerusalem Post

Without disinfectants or intensive use of energy

Israeli, US researchers develop filter membranes to make treated wastewater drinkable

Sparkling water

Israeli start-up extracting water from air, around the world

Water Gen tech works in remote locations, and where pipes are no longer safe.

Maxim Pasik, executive chairman of Water Gen

Israel’s Emefcy teams up with NY water firm to enter Chinese market

Emefcy will be collaborating with RWL Water, founded by Jewish-American businessman and philanthropist Ronald Lauder, to offer a range of packaged treatment plant solutions in China.

Eytan Levy, CEO of emefcy.

Did the Weizmann Institute team up with Paris Hilton?

Bizarre April Fool's video joke turns out to really be an ad campaign for SodaStream.

Paris Hilton

A multi-pronged approach to water economy innovation

“It will be a beautiful pond with biological life that will clean the water.”

The Jewish National Fund has been helping to build Israel’s reservoirs for several years. The number of such reservoirs is now more than 250