. To run the facility, IDE proposes to build a power plant in Arizona and lay transmission lines across the same fragile desert.Israel has adapted to water scarcity and has learned from its disastrous venture in the Hula wetlands. Today the country has athat is regularly updated and draws on water recycling and reuse, as well as a significant desalination program.
Israel also has implemented extensive water conservation, efficiency and recycling programs, as well as a broad economic review of desalination. Together, these sources now meet most of the nation's water needs, and Israel has become a leader in bothWater rights and laws in Arizona differ from those of Israel, and Arizona isn't as close to seawater. Nonetheless, in our view Israel's approach is relevant as Arizona works to close its water demand-supply gap.