(Water World) Israel is one the world leaders in wastewater recycling. Since 2000, the use of treated wastewater for irrigation by Israel's agricultural sector increased from 17% to more than 50%. 34 farming settlements recently pooled their resources to construct an effluent reuse system next to a wastewater treatment plant. 90% of the produced effluent will be piped for agricultural irrigation and the remaining 10% used for irrigation of Beersheba's municipal parks.
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