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Last update - 20:59 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.
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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.


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