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Israel Approves New Water Quality Standards Israel, JERUSALEM — The Israeli Knesset‘s Internal Affairs and Environmental Protection committee has approved new regulations on the sanitary quality of Israel‘s drinking water, putting the country on par with leading standards worldwide. The new regulations update the previous Public Health Regulations on the quality of drinking water, which were established back in 1974. Key changes to the regulations include the addition of 40 substances to the list of chemical compounds monitored, tightening of the microbial standard, a requirement to filter all drinking water from surface water sources such as Lake Tiberias, and real-time reporting and transparency. Israel‘s Ministry of Health insisted that fluoride be added to Israel‘s water supply in order to fight tooth decay. This was opposed by environmentalists and water experts, who argued that fluoride could cause a series of potentially serious ailments. However, the Health Ministry was granted a one-year permit to trial the addition of fluoride to drinking water, which will be reviewed when the permit expires. The Health Ministry also argued for restoring magnesium to desalinated water; the mineral is lost in the process of desalination. Israeli governmental departments have been mulling the addition of magnesium to desalinated water for more than three years. The cost of the exercise has been the main prohibitive factor. The Health Ministry has estimated the cost at about $5 million USD a year, whereas Israel‘s Water Authority has estimated it could be $25 million USD or more, according to local press reports. The cost would be passed directly to consumers. In a compromise, an experimental facility at one of Israel‘s desalination plants will test the addition of magnesium to desalinated water, and the committee will review the decision in three years. ―Israel Approves New Water Quality Standards‖, 31/07/<strong>2012</strong>, online at: http://www.ooskanews.com/daily-waterbriefing/israel-approves-new-water-quality-standards_23635 BACK TO TOP Page 15
Attili: Israeli settlers draining Palestinian water supply RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israel allocates 70 times more water to each settler than to the average Palestinian in the West Bank, the head of the Palestinian Water Authority said Sunday. At a press conference in Ramallah, Shaddad Attili said Palestinians received 105 million cubic meters of water, less than the amount allocated in the 1995 Oslo Accords and around a quarter of the 400 million cubic meters needed according to international standards. Israel controls most of the water resources in the West Bank and refuses to increase the amount of water it allocates to Palestinians, Attili said, forcing Palestinians to buy water from Israel. Water is a final status issue in negotiations with Israel and postponing the issue to final talks has created a water crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, the official said. The Palestinian Water Authority has had to buy water and is billions of shekels in debt, Attili said. The Palestinian Authority, in the midst of its own fiscal crisis, has not helped with the debt, he added. Meanwhile in Gaza, 95 percent of the water is not fit for human consumption, and sea water -- contaminated with sewage -- is leaking into the over-extracted coastal basin, threatening long-term problems of kidney disease. Within two years there may be no drinking water left in Gaza, Attili said. ―Attili: Israeli settlers draining Palestinian water supply‖, 29/07/<strong>2012</strong>, online at: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=508418 BACK TO TOP Page 16
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