Israel was named the world’s most efficient recycled water user in a United Nations report, issued in honour of International Water Day, March 22, 2009. The UN report also ranked Israel as one of the world’s leaders in desalinated water use. Israel purifies and reuses almost 70 percent of its waste water each year for agriculture, and much of the leftover sewage water is reused for other purposes. You can read more in Haaretz.

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