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Israel is a world leader in turning salt water into fresh. But a new study suggests capacity must expand to keep up with population
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Fast Forward Israeli Irrigation Giant Sold To Mexican Company For $1.5 Billion
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Mexican industrial group will acquire control of Israel’s iconic company Netafim, the world’s largest drip irrigation firm. Mexichem has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Netafim in a deal valuing the company at $1.895 billion. It will pay some $1.5 billion, acquiring a 61 percent stake owned…
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Fast Forward Greenblatt Trumpets New Israel Water Deal With Palestinians — No Progress On Peace
President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy announced an Israeli-Palestinian water agreement on Thursday but dodged questions on whether he was making headway on reviving peace talks. At his first news conference in Jerusalem since launching a series of visits in March, Jason Greenblatt declined to say if he was any closer to a return to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Water-From-Air Company Launches Florida Pilot Program
(JTA) — Large parts of Florida are suffering from severe drought, and hurricane season threatens to make things worse. Enter Water-Gen, an Israeli company whose technology captures humidity to extract drinking water from the air. On Monday, the South Florida city of Miami Gardens announced it was launching a pilot program with the company to address its water problems —…
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Fast Forward Teaneck School To Implement Israeli Rainwater Harvest System
Through collaboration with the Teaneck Creek Conservancy and Amir Yechieli, founder of Israel-based “Yevul Mayim,” the Jack Flamholz Water Sustainability Project has successfully introduced water conservation curriculum and rainwater harvesting to Hawthorne Elementary School in Teaneck. This is the first project of its kind in New Jersey and will allow students to explore ideas on…
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Fast Forward Israeli Firm Provides Drinking Water For India And Vietnam — From Air
TEL AVIV (JTA) — An Israeli company has signed deals to produce drinking water — by extracting it from the air — in India and Vietnam, two countries that have long faced shortages. Water Gen inked an agreement last week with India’s second largest solar company to produce purified water for remote villages in the country. Earlier,…
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