Informing
Policy
for Progress

Sustainable developmentent of the Water Sector and the Fate of Agriculture

Israel used all that was worth pumping in the 1970’s already. Over- pumping today exceeds 500 million cubic meters a years and it will keep growing at an average rate of over 40 million cubic meters a year. Even over a decade ago the water system suffered severe shortage. Since then consumption grew on the […]

Beneath the Red Line (or the Parable of Water) – On the Water Crisis in Israel

At the beginning of the Likud Government’s term of office in 1996, Minister of Agriculture, Raphael Eitan, approached me and requested that I help him prepare a data brochure about the situation of the water system. He expressed, in advance, his concern that the situation of the water system might lead to the liquidation of […]

Water Policy for Israel (Hebrew with English summary)

The report summarizes a five-year project, conducted at the Neaman Institute by a team of researchers and practitioners in the water sector, for creating and implementing a methodology for generating a water policy for Israel. The report presents the methodology for identifying objectives, goals and indicators of achievement and for multi-objective evaluation of alternative policies. […]

Water uses in chosen industries – challenges for the water industry

This document is the final report for the project “Global Challenges for the Israeli’s water industry”. The report describes the methodology of the project, summarizes the findings of work in the various sectors and presents the main challenges in sectors surveyed. The report also presents the list of companies that have been mapped so far […]

Global challenges for the water industry in the Micro Electronics industry

This report reviews the water challenges in the Metal industry with emphasis on iron & steel making and metal finishing. It reviews the role of water in the production as well as water treatment needed in regarding to water use, saving .o the environment/ recyclingving water, he water treatment need water, reuse, recycle and regulated […]

Global challenges for the water industry in the Food and Beverage industry

This report reviews the Food and Beverage industry with emphasis on Dairy factories and Soft Drink production factories. All of those in order to identify the role of water in the production as well as  water treatment needed in regarding to water use, saving water, reuse, recycle and regulated emission to the environment. This is […]

Global challenges for the water industry in the mineral mining industry

This report reviews the mining and ore processing industry, in order to identify the role of water in the production as well as  water treatment needed in regarding to water use, saving .o the environment/ recyclingving water, he water treatment need water, reuse, recycle and regulated emission to the environment. This is the second report […]