Thus, in an average year, Israel relies for about half of its water supply on unconventional water resources, including reclaimed water and desalination.
However, even though the country has five large desalination plants along with wastewater reclamation facilities, this strategy is being pushed to its limits with the current five-year drought hitting the country.
The River Jordan Daniel Ventura (CC BY-SA 4.0) The 1995 Interim Agreement as part of the Oslo Peace Process provided certain quantities of water to the Palestinians but prevents them from drilling any new wells in the Mountain Aquifer.
However, the surface water of the Jordan River is still in dispute with Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinians.
Jordan is the only country that has signed a water-sharing agreement with Israel to share the Jordan River’s waters.
"Israel definitely puts conservation on the back-burner.
Another consideration is the security risks the desalination plants pose.
All this and Israel has plans to refill the Sea of Galilee with desalinated water starting next year, despite the ecological damages that could result.
And the temperatures are not expected to moderate any time soon.
However, more dangerous are the fires being set by incendiary balloons and kites.