Water

General Information

• Water: An Introduction
• Watering a Thirsty Planet
• Overview of Middle East Water Resources
• Development of Limited Water Resources

Water in Israel

• Israel's Chronic Water Problem
• Israeli Perspective on the Water Conflict [pdf]
• Groundwater in Israel
• Israeli Agro-Technology
• River Water Quality in Israel
• Israel Water Rights
• Emergency Plan to Increase Production of Desalinated Water (2011)
  • Desalination of Water in Israel (2011)

Israeli-Palestinian Water Issues

• The Water Issue in the West Bank and Gaza
• Israel Turns Over Gaza Water Processing Facility to Palestinians
• Arab Summit Decides to Divert Jordan River
• Israeli Response To Arab League Plan To Divert Jordan
• Joint Israel-Palestinian Call to Protect Water Supply

International Coordination

• Israel, Jordan Agree to Protect Gulf
• Israel and Turkey Sign Landmark Water Accord (8/6/02)
  • Israel Signs Water Deal With Turkey (3/4/04)
  • Turkey & Israel Sign Water Deal (1/00)
  Oil-Spill Cooperation
• Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources Muscat, Oman (April 17-19, 1994)
• Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources, Greece (November 9, 1994)
• Multilateral Working Groups on Water Resources and the Environment Amman, Jordan (June 22, 1995)
• Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources, Hammamet, Tunisia (May 16, 1996)
• The Water Resources Working Group

Water Projects

• Israel To Build Second Water Desalination Plant
• Arab Higher Committee for Palestine Rejects Johnston Plan
• The Johnston Mission
• Rehabilitation of Israel's Rivers
• Seawater Desalination Projects: The Challenge and the Options to Meet the Water Shortage
• Sister Lakes Project

Maps & Historical Initiatives

• Israel Water Source [map]
• Israel's Water Supply [map]
• Agriculture & Water Use — 1997
• United Nations Security Council Resolution S/3128 (Israel suspends work on River Jordan Project)
• Water Map of Israel and the Territories