Israel is expecting to complete the construction of a 31-kilometer long pipeline by the end of the year that will provide the Sea of Galilee with desalinated water from the Mediterranean, keeping it healthily full on a constant basis.
Despite its name, the Sea of Galilee, aka Lake Kinneret, is in fact Israel’s largest freshwater lake.
This will be the world’s first attempt to refill a freshwater lake with treated sea water, and no doubt global water experts will be keeping a close eye on the project to see if they can do the same in their own countries.
It will carry 120 million cubic meters of water annually but will replenish only what is necessary, depending on what Mother Nature decides to bestow during the winter.