�There is no guarantee that there will be adequate water supplies from faucets� a report submitted to the Knesset Finance Committee warns. The report was prepared by Prof. Dan Zaslavsky of Haifa�s Technion University, commissioned by Water Authority officials. The report also warns the irrigating crops with treated waste water also pose a health hazard.

Zaslavsky, a former water commissioner, recommends using desalinated water sources which he reports can amount to as much as 15% of available water in Israel. This includes some sources that are not used due to the contamination to the source.

The Knesset committee on Monday is expected to approve a NIS 20 per metric cube of water used exceeding the 4 metric cube allocation per person in hope of diminishing water demand.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)