Abstract
The water management policies adopted to address Israel's chronic scarcity have not been without environmental consequences. Yet, through a trial-and-error process, a combined strategy of water transport, rainwater harvesting, and wastewater reuse and desalination, along with a variety of water conservation measures, have put the country on a more sustainable path for the future.
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Rainwater harvestingDesalinationSustainabilityWater scarcityReuseEnvironmental planningVariety (cybernetics)BusinessScarcityWater conservationNatural resource economicsWastewater reuseProcess (computing)Water resourcesWater resource managementWastewaterEnvironmental resource managementEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental engineeringEngineeringEconomicsWaste managementComputer scienceEcology
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- 313
- Issue
- 5790
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- 1081-1084
- Citations
- 210
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Alon Tal
(2006).
Seeking Sustainability: Israel's Evolving Water Management Strategy.
Science
, 313
(5790)
, 1081-1084.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1126011
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.1126011