Water in israel

Joint Iran-Hezbollah strike could paralyze Israel’s energy lifelines, Alma Center warns

Israel’s reliance on a small number of offshore rigs, desalination plants and ports leaves vital services vulnerable to a coordinated multi-domain assault,

Israeli natural gas field in the Mediterranean
Eshkol Reservoir

Mekorot launches tender for solar and energy storage facilities at water reservoirs

Mekorot inaugurates new Shluhot Reservoir named after former Deputy Prime Minister David Levy

Mekorot inaugurates new Shluhot Reservoir as part of NIS 600M water infrastructure project

Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.

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


Eco Wave Power: The Israeli firm using water waves for renewable energy

Today, Eco Wave is an eco-company with projects in several countries, including a joint partnership with the Israeli government and French National Energy supplier EDF at Jaffa Port

 Floaters off the breakwater at Jaffa Port.

Israel's Arad Group company helps combat global water scarcity

The Israeli company, with approximately 600 employees worldwide, uses its water monitoring technology in some of the largest cities in the world.

 The Arad Group’s ultrasonic water meter.

Managing Mekorot: A conversation with the man in charge of Israel’s national water company

Yitzhak Aharonovich talks to the Jerusalem Post about his new role the chairman of Mekorot who helped turn a water sector in crisis into an enterprise that produces a surplus of water.

  Yitzhak Aharonovich, chairman of the Mekorot National Water Company

My Word: Untroubling waters

Most of the country’s tap water now comes from desalination plants rather than the Kinneret, but the Sea of Galilee still has an important role as an emergency reservoir.

 Water flowing from the carrier to Nahal Zalmon, on its way to fill Lake Kinneret

Mekorot will lead special session on water at COP27 in Egypt

Mekorot is attending the conference as part of the official delegation of the Government of Israel and the Export Institute.

 MEKOROT STAFF attend the COP27 climate-change conference in Sharm e-Sheikh

Mekorot completes fifth water transmission system for Jerusalem

After six years of work and an investment of approximately NIS 2.5 billion: Mekorot inaugurated the new water transmission system for Jerusalem

 From right to left. Energy and Water Minister Karin Elharrar, Mekorot Chairman Yitzhak Aharonovich, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Mekorot CEO Amit Lang, and project head Miki Elisha

Israeli agrotech company acquires the Chilean company ‘Hidrotop’ for $3.5 million

Hidtrotop aims to optimize water usage, implement irrigation in rainfed areas and implement high-end technologies in rural areas in South America.

 Water Ways CEO Ohad Haber

Mekorot records increase in revenue and net profit for first half of 2022

Second quarter profits were NIS 65 million, an increase of 23% compared with a net profit of NIS 53 million in the second quarter of 2021. 

Construction work carried out by EMS Mekorot

‘Israel has built an exceptional, resilient water economy’

Mekorot is responsible for the Israeli water sector, using advanced technologies that attract the attention of water corporations and organizations from around the world.

 DUDI BALSAR, head of Mekorot’s Innovation Unit.

‘In just a few years, we will impact the global environment’

Watergen’s technology enables the production of high-quality drinking water enriched with minerals from the air for home and commercial purposes.

 DR. MICHAEL MIRILASHVILI, Watergen CEO, enjoys some refreshing H20 with MK Ayelet Shaked