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February 04, 2010 |
A serious lack of potable water has forced Israel to create a flourishing water technology industry. ISRAEL21c brings you the country's top 10 water companies.
It makes you think of the famous line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." - Israel is bordered by the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea; is home to the freshwater Sea of Galilee and the saltiest sea on earth, the Dead Sea. Rivers and springs run through the country.
And yet, despite all this water, Israel has been battling a severe shortage of potable water since its inception in 1948. To survive, policy and government incentives have contributed to the creation of a new and flourishing industry of water technologies.
From drip irrigation, to water recycling, reclamation, wastewater reuse and desalination, Israel has become a pioneering force worldwide, nicknamed by some as the ...
Read Full Story [Israel's top ten water technology companies that help keep the world liquid] |
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January 28, 2010 |
An alternative energy company, Israel's Coriolis is targeting the $40 billion medium-scale wind solution market, with smaller turbines that take up less room, are cheaper, and can grow with customer needs.
Read Full Story [Coriolis scales up for the wind] |
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