(Sept. 4, 2025 / JNS) Israel plans to pump desalinated Mediterranean seawater into the Sea of Galilee to combat years of drought and falling water levels, in what is considered the first project of its kind in the world.

Located in northeastern Israel, between the Golan Heights and the Galilee, the lake is the country’s main freshwater reservoir, underscoring the importance of the Water Authority’s initiative.

Officials aim to reverse the decline after a series of droughts pushed the lake dangerously close to the “black line”—the level at which water extraction becomes ecologically harmful and could cause irreversible damage.