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Palestinian Authority Wants Desalination Plant in Exchange for Approving Red-Dead Canal
7 May 2013 - 08:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority last week expressed reservations about the planned Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project championed by neighboring Israel and Jordan.
Israeli Officials Prepare for Drought
7 May 2013 - 10:30 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (China.org.cn) — Israel's Water Authority said Monday a severe drought is expected to inflict Israel by 2015 and is forecast as the harshest drought to impact this dry country in recent decades, said a statemen
Arab-Israeli Study Looks at Pharmaceuticals in Israel’s Water Supply
2 May 2013 - 08:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — A joint Arab-Israeli study is investigating the effects of pharmaceutical residues in Israel’s water.
Israeli Project Looks to Sewage Algae As Fuel
29 Apr 2013 - 09:54 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Israel Hayom) — The new project, headed by Dr. Marina Nisnevich from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at Ariel University and Dr.
Israel Invested $825 Million USD in Water Infrastructure in 2012
12 Apr 2013 - 08:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has invested some $825 million USD in water infrastructure in 2012, according to its Water Authority’s 2012 annual report, released this month.
Kuwait Fund Provides $28 Million for Gaza Infrastructure
11 Apr 2013 - 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
GAZA — The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) will fund $28 million USD worth of infrastructure projects in the Gaza Strip, according to KFAED officials.
Palestinian Group Claims Israeli Settlers Benefit From "Water-Apartheid"
9 Apr 2013 - 07:44 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The more than 500,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank use approximately six times more domestic water supply than the nearly 2.6 million Palestinians living there, according to a new report by Pa
Blue I Water Technologies Systems Wins Tender in China’s Guangdong Province
9 Apr 2013 - 07:40 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, GUANGZHOU — China’s Guangdong Province water company is installing 75 water analyzing and control units supplied by Israel-based Blue I Water Technologies, the Israel firm announced last week.
Israel Cuts Water Supply to 10 Villages
2 Apr 2013 - 09:37 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (PNN English) — On Monday 1st April, the Israeli authorities completely cut off the water supply to ten villages located northwest of Jerusalem, according to a local official. Yousef al-Faqeeh, head of join
Water Cooperation “Never Politically Neutral” Says New Policy Brief
29 Mar 2013 - 07:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
United Kingdom, BRIGHTON — The University of Sussex’ School of Global Studies this week released a policy briefing on water cooperation that investigates the claim from the United Nations and other international organizati
Palestinian Authorities Criticize Israeli Control of Water Resources
27 Mar 2013 - 07:16 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
GAZA — Two Palestinian agencies last week criticized Israel’s control of Palestinian water sources, saying the Israeli government had restrict Palestinian access to water, denied approval of new well deve
Israeli Cleantech Hub Describes UK Mission as "Extremely Successful"
18 Mar 2013 - 07:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — A UK Israel Tech Hub mission that took 14 Israeli water technology companies to the United Kingdom last week appears to have sparked some good trade, said the Hub’s cleantech manager, Yoni Dolgin.<
Israel’s National Water Company Could Invest in Romanian Water Network Project
15 Mar 2013 - 08:38 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
OOSKAnews Correspondent — Israel’s National Water Company, Mekorot, has shown interest in investing in a project to modernize water networks in Romania’s Botoșani County.
Israeli Firm Funds US Technology for In-Conduit Hydropower
12 Mar 2013 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, OR, PORTLAND — Portland, Oregon-based company Lucid Energy, last week received funding from an Israeli hybrid venture capital/crowd-funding platform called OurCrowd.
Israeli Forces Spray Palestinian Homes With Raw Sewage
7 Mar 2013 - 10:15 by Local Press Report
NABI SALEH (Middle East Monitor) — Israeli forces have sprayed Palestinian homes in the village of Nabi Saleh with raw sewage as a punishment for organising weekly protests against the Apartheid Wall built on occupied West Bank la
Israeli, Palestinian Scientists Investigate Water Pollution
28 Feb 2013 - 09:21 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (The Jerusalem Post) — A group of Israeli and Palestinian environmental scholars have started on a joint effort to test the area’s water supply for potentially health-altering endocrine-disrupting chemicals. At thei
NanoH20 to Supply Membranes to Israeli Desal Plant
18 Feb 2013 - 10:49 by Local Press Report
CA, EL SEGUNDO (NanoH20) — NanoH2O Inc., manufacturer of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for seawater desalination, today announced that it has been selected by Via Maris Desalination Ltd.
Israel’s Environment Ministry Rejects Red Sea-Dead Sea Conduit
14 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s Ministry of the Environment released a statement on February 12 saying it does not support the controversial Red Sea-Dead Sea conduit in the form that the World Bank has proposed.
Israel “Smart Water” Company Establishes US Subsidiary
11 Feb 2013 - 09:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TEL AVIV, Israel — The CEO of Tel Aviv-based Whitewater Group, Issey Ende, returned to Israel from the United States on February 10 after a trip aimed at expanding the company’s business and establishing a subsidiary
Israel Launches Website to Record Rainfall
5 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — Israel launched a new website last week that will utilize the Israeli public and wifi to record the country’s rainfall.
Israel’s IDE to Provide Desal Equipment for Chilean Power Plant
23 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, KADIMA — Israeli company IDE Technologies on January 22 announced that it would provide two more mechanical vapor compression desalination units for the AES Norgener power station in Tocopilla, Chile.
Israeli Military Destroys House, Water Well
21 Jan 2013 - 08:55 by Local Press Report
HEBRON (Palestinian News & Info Agency) — The Israeli military government demolished Monday a two-story home and a water well east of the West Bank town of Yatta, south of Hebron, according to a local activist. Ratib Jbour, from the
World Bank Says Red-Dead Project Is Feasible
16 Jan 2013 - 03:26 by Local Press Report
TEL AVIV (Ha'aretz (Israel)) — After almost a decade of arguments over the feasibility of a proposed canal between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, the World Bank released a series of reports over the weekend that declare the pro
Rains, Snow Increase Israeli Storage Waters
11 Jan 2013 - 10:17 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (ynetnews.com) — Lake Kinneret enjoyed a robust six-day period resulting in a massive rise of nearly a meter, the Water Authority said. The weather system which brought a week-long rain storm to Isreal&nb
Israel's IDE Technologies to Help Build San Diego Desal Plant
7 Jan 2013 - 09:53 by Local Press Report
SAN DIEGO (Haaretz) — Israel's IDE Technologies will help construct and run a nearly $1 billion desalination plant along the coast of southern California to help alleviate the region's water shortage. The facilit
Israeli Manufacturers Oppose Hike in Industrial Water Rates
20 Dec 2012 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — Israel’s Manufacturers’ Association is calling on the Israel Water Authority to halt a 17.5 percent hike in industrial water rates set to kick in on January 1, 2013.
Polish Officials Condemn Israeli Destruction of Cisterns
13 Dec 2012 - 10:37 by Local Press Report
WARSAW (JTA) — Poland’s foreign ministry has condemned the “destruction of water supply equipment” by Israel in the West Bank but denied a report that Israel’s ambassador was snubbed because of it. “We wis
Jordan Halts Red-Dead Sea Project Over Financial Troubles
10 Dec 2012 - 09:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
AMMAN, Jordan — The Jordanian government announced last week that it was putting the expensive and controversial Red-Dead Sea Canal Project on hold due to financial problems.
Israel, Canada to Work Together on Wastewater Reuse
10 Dec 2012 - 11:02 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Jerusalem Post (Israel)) — Canada and Israel have agreed to work together going forward to promote a United Nations resolution that would double the percentage of wastewater reused across the world, the Energy and Water Mi
Israel’s Mekorot to Modernize Water Supply Systems in Azerbaijan
5 Dec 2012 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Israel's national water company, Mekorot, has signed an agreement with the Azerbaijan government to develop and modernize that country’s water sector.
Israel Continues to Fund Water Export Program
3 Dec 2012 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has annonced it will fund Israel’s program to export the country’s water technology, Israel New Tech, for a further two years.
World Bank Approves $6.4 Million Gaza Water Project
29 Nov 2012 - 10:14 by Local Press Report
GAZA (AFP) — The World Bank approved a $6.4 million grant to improve water and sewage services in the Gaza Strip in the wake of an eight-day firefight between Israel and the territory's Hamas rulers. The
38 NGOs Warn of Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
20 Nov 2012 - 08:50 by Local Press Report
GAZA (Oxfam) — As the impact of days of violent escalation worsens for civilians in Gaza and in Israel, a group of 38 aid and development agencies today urged world leaders to take swift action to enforce a cease
Israel, Peru Cooperate on Desert Water Management
14 Nov 2012 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — Israeli water experts have arrived in Peru’s southern Ica region to train local technicians as part of a cooperation agreement signed between the two countries back in March.
Israeli Water Minister Threatens Gaza Ground War
12 Nov 2012 - 09:36 by Local Press Report
GAZA (Israel National News) — Minister of Water and Infrastructure, Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beytenu), said Sunday that the IDF needs to prepare a ground assault into Gaza, and to begin targeting the heads of Hamas. "We must
New Smartphone App Identifies Water Pollution in Israel
6 Nov 2012 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — An Israeli smartphone application designed to advise drivers of traffic jams and police presence is now being used to create awareness of water pollution in the country.
Royal HaskoningDHV Awarded Jordan River Management Contract
6 Nov 2012 - 09:08 by Local Press Report
AMSTERDAM (Royal HaskoningDHV) — Royal HaskoningDHV is going to produce a master plan for the Lower Jordan, the historical river between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea.
Israeli Christian Church Threatens to Close Over Water Bill
5 Nov 2012 - 09:55 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Rianovosti) — The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has threatened to close its doors to pilgrims and tourists as its bank account has been frozen over an accumulated debt for water supplies. The
Israel's Infrastructure Secure
1 Nov 2012 - 09:36 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (The Jerusalem Post) — To protect water systems from both their own aging infrastructure and external “malevolent events,” countries must integrate advanced water monitoring systems into their infrastructure – an America
Industry Leading Cause for Lowest Dead Sea Levels
29 Oct 2012 - 07:40 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Concord Monitor) — The Dead Sea is shrinking at a record rate, prompting calls for Israel and Jordan to stop fertilizer makers from siphoning so much of the water whose restorative powers have attracted visitors si
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