Early next year, Israel is set to become the first country in the world to channel desalinated water into a natural lake — the Sea of Galilee.

One of the lowest-lying bodies of water on Earth, the Sea of Galilee is Israel’s largest freshwater lake and its emergency water store.

The national water company, Mekorot, plans to complete construction of a 13-kilometer (8-mile) underground pipe by the end of this year, to be followed by weeks of tests before it goes into operation around the end of the first quarter of 2023.

The pipe will connect the lake to infrastructure that in turn links into five desalination plants on the Mediterranean coast.

The water will enter the lake via the Zalmon stream, which drains into the Sea of Galilee near Kibbutz Ginosar on the northwestern shore.

Tests carried out by scientists indicate that the project will not have any significant deleterious effect on ecosystems, and will even help them by keeping water levels stable.

Read More: Times of Israel

Related Articles:

God bless Israel this Aliyah Day (Yom HaAliyah)

Happy Aliyah Day! On Monday, 7 April 2025, Jews in Israel and around the world celebrate Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day), a national holiday recognising the Jewish people's...

Hamas uses civilians as human shields and when that fails it inflates death figures

A Gazan family was filmed this week injured by an Israeli airstrike. But instead of blaming Israel, they blamed Hamas. Why? Because they knew that if Hamas hadn’t used them as human...

When antisemites say “Zionists” they usually mean….

“Zionists” to Israel’s enemies almost always certainly mean Jews…and it also applies to Christians who believe in the Jewish people’s right to the Land of Israel. Therefore, this...

What the Gazan protests against Hamas show us

"You would think that Gazan voices calling for an end to war would resonate with those pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the West – but sadly it seems it doesn’t quite fit into their...

Who broke the ceasefire? Israel or Hamas?

When the IDF carried out airstrikes over Gaza this week, almost every mainstream news outlet reported that Israel had broken the ceasefire. Many were eager to use this misinformation to...

Subscribe to start receiving FREE TORCH magazines from CUFI UK