The Water Authority has approved a large, 25 million cubic meter, increase in the water quota for agriculture in 2013, from 455 million cubic meters to 480 million cubic meters. The Water Authority said that the increase was possible because Israel was emerging from its water crisis of the past decade.
"Efficient management of the water sector, on the basis of the large increase in the amounts of desalinated water, continuing conservation by the public, and the extraordinary amounts of treated water recycled for agriculture, has enabled the Water Authority Council to make these decisions, which indicate the improvement and gradual emergence of the water sector from the crisis it has been in for the past decade," said the Water Authority in a press release.
The Water Authority Council also approved another large increase, of tens of percent, in water allocated for nature to 25 million cubic meters in 2013.
The Water Authority added, "Continued efficient conduct and conservation by everyone, in every sector, will enable the further rehabilitation of the water sector, which still faces large shortages and is still around the red lines."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 24, 2012
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