Pumping from Kinneret halted as water drops to critical level

DogPoundPup

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:36 AM
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Pumping from Kinneret halted as water drops to critical level

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The Water Authority said this week that there is already an unprecedented shortage in Israel's water reserves.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057384.html

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ensho

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Wed Jan-21-09 11:19 AM
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1. yes, isn't this war stuff also about who gets the water?

several countries use the river as a source

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henank

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Wed Jan-21-09 12:44 PM
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2. The Kinneret isn't a river

It's a lake - the Sea of Galilee. And only Israel uses it.

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