California’s severe drought has led the area’s water industry to look for solutions. The media is again and again presenting Israel as an exceptional case study of a country that has successfully overcome a dry climate and scarce water resources to achieve water security. Israel NewTech, looking forward to the upcoming international WATEC event, is promoting Israel’s water technologies around the world. Here is a recent article from the San Diego Union-Tribune which quotes Oded Distel of Israeli NewTech and Yossi Yaacoby of Mekorot:
Three decades ago, Israel’s water situation looked a lot like California’s. Water reserves were dangerously low. Rainfall was practically nonexistent. Fields and the farmers who managed them were both increasingly thirsty for fresh water, and Israeli water authorities knew that if they didn’t come up with a creative solution, the region’s ongoing drought could prove catastrophic for the nation.