Key points
What to understand first
- Drip irrigation lets farmers grow more with far less water.
- Desalination supplies much of Israel’s drinking water.
- Israel reuses most of its treated wastewater, a world-leading share.
- Israeli field hospitals and aid groups respond to disasters abroad.
Water from scarcity
Large coastal desalination plants and nationwide wastewater reuse have made Israel’s water supply secure despite its climate. 94
Feeding more with less
Drip irrigation, commercialised in Israel in the 1960s, is now used by farmers on every continent. 94
Help in disaster
Israel’s military field hospital received the WHO’s highest emergency medical team classification, and Israeli aid groups such as IsraAID have deployed to earthquakes, floods and refugee crises worldwide. 95
Evidence
Sources for this article
- S94Israel’s water sector and reuse of treated wastewater
Israel Water Authority / OECD. Desalination and reuse of most treated wastewater for agriculture.
- S95IsraAID and Israeli emergency field hospitals
World Health Organization Emergency Medical Teams. WHO classification of Israel’s IDF field hospital as an emergency medical team.