Mekorot, Israel’s water company, has discovered an underground water reservoir near the Bead Sea capable of yielding one million gallons of sweet water an hour. The discovery opens new possibilities for irrigating the Negev and for increasing the number of settlements there as well as expanding existing ones.
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