Seeking sustainability: Israel's evolving water management strategy

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5790, 2006, Pages 1081-1084

  Tal, Alon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; RAIN; REUSABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; RAINWATER HARVESTING; WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER MANAGEMENT POLICIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; RAIN; SEA WATER;

DESALINATION; RAINWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISRAEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HARVESTING; WASTE WATERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33748082695     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126011     Document Type: Review

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