When it comes to clean water solutions, look no further than Israel.
A dire shortage of clean natural water in Israel has forced the country to look for alternatives, creating a large and dynamic new water industry along the way.
With the country's usual flair for high-tech and innovation, Israeli entrepreneurs have set up a range of water-related companies offering anything from drip irrigation and desalination to wastewater reclamation or technologies that identify and fix leaking pipes.
Today Israel has built up an impressive reputation for water technologies worldwide and is now exporting it's know-how around the globe.
In honor of World Water Day on March 22, we take a look at some of the Israeli water technologies that could help transform the world's water supplies.
Israel's top ten water technology companies
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.
Israel’s water tech hits the Valley
Mekorot, Israel's national water carrier and water tech company that spurred last year's $1.4 billion in water exports, is about to enter the drier regions of California.
A drone that hones in on leaky pipes at home
An economical, airborne solution from an Israeli company could save up to a fifth of the urban water lost through leaky pipes.
Creating fuel with every flush
Israel's Applied CleanTech recognizes sewage as both a vital resource and energy source and is saving it from going down the drain.
Launching little pigs to fix leaky pipes
An Israeli company may save up to 30 percent of the 88 billion liters of water lost to pinhole leaks in pipes all over the world, every day.
Even the CEO was initially skeptical about BioPetroClean's simple and effective solution for cleaning up industrial wastewater, but it works; and now Dow Chemicals is onboard.
Dipping into Israel's water technologies
Innovation born of a near-desperate situation has transformed Israel into a leader in water technology. Now countries across the globe can access Israel's water solutions via NEWtech.
In an Israeli desert, water is his way of life
Planted in Israel's Negev Desert is an academic oasis of scientists and their students. They are studying a natural resource that may be more valuable than oil in the not-so-distant future. That resource is water.
EWA squeezes drinking water from thin air
For some countries, fresh water is an expensive commodity. EWA may have the solution. For Dr. Etan Bar, CEO of EWA, it was a question of priorities. His company, which focuses both on solar energy and clean water extraction from the air, had already developed a new solar energy air conditioner that was sparking interest in the industry, but Bar realized that clean water was a far more pressing need
An electrifying solution for wastewater treatment
An Israeli company aims to revolutionize wastewater disposal by harnessing a bacteria found in nature that decomposes organic matter and creates electricity at the same time.
Israel's Nirosoft puts the sweet back into drinking water [VIDEO]
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