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Desalinated Water Enters Israel's National Water Carrier
(Jerusalem Post) Ehud Zion Waldoks - The Hadera water desalination plant began pumping water into the National Water Carrier on Wednesday, Mekorot, the national water company, announced. The Hadera plant will produce over 100 million cubic meters of water per year, joining two other desalination plants already in operation in Ashkelon and at Palmahim. Additional plants will be erected in Ashdod and Sorek. The goal is to have 600 million cubic meters of desalinated water being produced annually by 2013. Current household demand is about 750 million cubic meters per year.