Thread by @YoungDiplomat__

Israel's:From Water Scarcity to Water Surplus
How ?
Most of the land of Israel that we see today is green and agriculturally rich, a couple of decades ago these lands are barren and born dry.
How does this revolution happen?
#Israel #Watershortages
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Revolution in Water Sector
Israel built water desalination plants in the coastal areas to convert seawater into drinking water. This is an endless source of drinking water. 5 Desalination plants in the Mediterranean Sea and 1 at red Sea
#DesalinationPlants #Israel
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Today, 70% of Israel's domestic water demand is provided by desalination,a process by which salt and other impurities are removed from seawater to produce potable water. country is producing around 600 million cubic meters of desalinated water to meet its population's needs.
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Recycling of Water
Israel's use of desalination is well known,it is not as well known that the country has also revolutionized its water recycling system. Today, nearly 90 per cent of Israeli wastewater is recycled and Israel ranked No 1 in the world for the reuse of Water
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Reuse for Agriculture
Waste water is recycled in any one of 67 large treatment facilities around the country. Most of the recycled water is used for irrigating agriculture, but some are also used to artificially recharge groundwater resources.
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Water as a Diplomacy
Israel neighbourhood states also face the problem of water scarcity so now according to the Israel water ministry, Israel is ready to help its neighbours. Israel uses this technology for two purposes an investment purpose as well as a diplomacy tool.
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Israel,a middle eastern state without being blessed by “liquid gold”, has found a way to diplomatize water to cool down a volatile political surrounding and simultaneously has allowed itself to project its diplomatic prowess far and beyond the Middle East, through the water.
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Sources
1-Israel's Ministery of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy
2-Israel Water ministry
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