Water Conserving Technology in Israel

INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, water supply is restricted and concerns about water conservation are rising as water demand rises. According to statistical data, saving water and improving efficiency are still the most cost-effective way to maintain water resources. Data is wasted on average 10% of water, due to time consuming wear and infrastructure leaks in typical urban networks, and urban and household savings 15% water loss by applying new technology It indicates that it is expected.

The country's continuous water shortage spurred innovation in water conservation technology and invented numerous agricultural modernization and drip irrigation in Israel. Israel is also at the forefront of technology for desalination and water recovery. The Sorek desalination plant is the world's largest reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination facility. By 2014, Israel's desalination program has provided about 35% of the Israeli drinking water. It is projected to supply 40% by 2015 and 70% by 2050. As of 2015, more than 50% of Israel's households, agricultural water, industrial water consumption is artificially generated. The country holds water technology and environmental control exhibition (WATEC) every year and attracts thousands of people from all over the world. In 2011, the water technology industry in Israel is worth approximately $ 2 billion annually and the annual exports of products and services has reached tens of millions of dollars.

What is that: In 2008, Israel constructed a series of seawater desalination plants (including the world's largest Sorek seawater reverse osmosis facility) with water shortages. Today, Israel's water conservation and desalination countermeasures have enabled Israel to exceed water demand and have shifted the country from excessive water to excessive water resources. Why is it so important? Desalination water produced in a desalination plant is cheap - a third of the cost in the 1990s - a path to the richness of water is opening up. In addition, according to Edo Bar-Zeev, the biofouling expert at the current Zuckerberg Water Institute in Israel, this surplus will provide opportunities for water diplomacy to neighboring countries such as Jordan. Join the discussion

Israel is the leader in dealing with world water shortages. Due to a combination of desalination and drip irrigation, water recycling and sustainable water conservation policies, Israel's water supply volume has increased from a shortage of water to a surplus. The water project includes the reverse osmosis (RO) process, which forced the seawater to clean up large salinity and other impurities through the ultrafine membranes pioneered by the Israeli scientist Sidney Loeb in the 1960s. . The filtered water is further processed to ultimately become desalinated water. This makes Israel the world leader in seawater desalination