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Video: Can a Desert Nation Solve the World's Water Shortage?
(Prager University) Seth Siegel - The U.S. government predicts that by 2025, 60% of the world's landmass and 40 of our 50 U.S. states will experience water shortages. But there is cause for optimism. Compelled by necessity and powered by remarkable technological innovations, Israel has become the world's water superpower. By reusing waste water, by making desalination affordable, by rethinking irrigation, and by developing an array of sophisticated water conservation techniques, Israel not only has a sufficiency of water, but an abundance of it.