Subscribe to Print Edition | Sat., May 30, 2009 Sivan 7, 5769 | | Israel Time: 14:00 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
Haaretz Toolbar
Diplomacy
Defense Jewish World Opinion National
Print Edition
Car Rental
Books Haaretz Magazine Business Real Estate Focus U.S.A. Travel Week's End Anglo File
Lake Kinneret (Yaron Kaminiski)
Last update - 00:00 02/10/2008
Lake Kinneret drops to lowest ever recorded water level
By Eli Ashkenazi
Tags: Israel News, Lake Kinneret 

The past year has seen the sharpest drop in the water level of the Kinneret since measurements were first recorded, according to data the Water Authority published on Thursday.

Having fallen two meters over the past year, today the level of the Kinneret stands at 214.06 meters below sea level, more than a meter from the lowest red line.

The Water Authority revealed that the level is advancing at a disturbing speed towards the black line, emphasizing that the Kinneret is 5.26 meters from the highest red line.
Advertisement

Since Spring, 2004, the level of the Kinneret has dropped more than five meters which is about 850 million cubic meters of water, more than the amount of water consumed annually by Israel.

Aside from the serious water shortage, researchers at the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory in the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institution have become concerned that extreme changes in Kinneret water levels will cause a shock to the system.

"Kinneret monitoring and research laboratories have revealed that the range of change in water levels from year to year is expanding. Researchers in the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory are starting to learn how the ecological system is reacting to the changes in the water levels," said Dr. Tamar Zohary, the laboratory Director.


Related articles:
  • New dam planned as Kinneret water level drops
  • Water Authority: Lake Kinneret water level down two meters
  • Water Authority chief: Kinneret level will drop below 'black line' by the end of the year
    • Bookmark to del.icio.us  
     
    'Racist, fascist bills'
    Israeli Arabs irate over spate of recent legislation proposals by rightist MKs
    Two men and a baby
    Israel's gay community is experiencing a baby boom
      1.   Yam Kineret water level not a record 20:47  |  Paqid Yirmeyahu 02/10/08
      2.   And OPlmert plans to cede the southern tip of Kineret to pals 21:19  |  Absolute Sweden 02/10/08
      3.   Kineret 22:31  |  Barrie Goldsmith 02/10/08
      4.   KINERET AND ARAL SEA 00:06  |  AMIHAI 03/10/08
      5.   Here we go again: crisis, and no action 01:17  |  Joe Sittizen 03/10/08
      6.   Israel`s own fault 01:19  |  potobac 03/10/08
      7.   save water 02:13  |  wh 03/10/08
      8.   Solution... Retake South Lebanon??? 02:17  |  Ya Ghareeb 03/10/08
      9.   ANOTHER WAR with lebanon on the way 04:44  |  VIPER 03/10/08
      10.   #4, JOE CITIZEN, good point 04:48  |  VIPER 03/10/08
    Special Offers
    Advertisement
    hotel Jerusalem
    David Citadel Hotel, come stay at the finest of Jerusalem hotels.
    ISRAEL ARMY SURPLUS STORE
    IDF insignia,Uniforms, Paladium Boots Watches, Israel Army T-shirts & Collectibles
    Dead Sea Skin Care
    Quality cosmetics from the Dead Sea. Coupon code HAARETZ for 12% off!
    Eldan Rent a Car
    Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on online reservations
    Junkyard
    Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt
     Haaretz Hot Topics
    The Pope in the Holy Land
    Durban II conference
    Iran: Nuclear and regional ambitions
    Israel vs. Hamas
    Air strike in Sudan
    More Headlines
    13:03 Germany joins calls for Israel to end settlement construction
    12:28 Lebanon on 'full alert' ahead of Home Front Command drill
    10:51 Gates calls for tough sanctions on North Korea, Iran
    13:26 Nasrallah: Iran arming Hezbollah unconditionally
    13:03 U.S. man evades jail time in 'mysterious' case of spying for Israel
    23:00 Everything you wanted to know about missile strikes but were afraid to ask
    20:58 WATCH: Daily news round-up from Israel
    13:16 Settlers, leftists clash near West Bank village of Safa
    13:51 26-year-old dies at Netanya beach after sand cliff collapse
    22:43 'Palestinians expect Obama peace push will unseat Netanyahu'
    Home | TV | Print Edition | Diplomacy | Opinion | Arts & Leisure | Sports | Jewish World | Site rules |
    | Israel 2009 election results | Makom: Engaging on Israel
    | Search engine marketing
    Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.
    © Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved