Sea of Galilee water levels rise nearly a meter in two months

I agree with #1, that it would be helpful to have some more perspective regarding the recent levels and the needs of the country. Regarding the comment about selling the water: In the U.S., there are individual municipalities and states that sell water collected from storage investments made years ago. Colorado Springs, Colorado, for example, long ago established a tunnel to collect water from the western facing slopes in Colorado and sending it east. It sold that water to other jurisdictions for many years. Israel probably doesn't have enough to do that, plus, there is an international issue as some of the Galil water comes from sources in Syria and Turkey. The rights to that water is one of the most sensitive issues in the Arab-Israel conflict.

We should read, 160 millions cubic meters, ist'it/ if LAK ' surface is about 160KM2, one meter surface uprise should give this result.

Hey you should come to Israel and see just how BIG the Kinnerret really is! You read about Israel, but you never come to Israel. Come and enjoy the beauty of the most awesome little, BIG hearted country in the world.

Now that the level has gone up, the responsible authorities will do nothing about dealing with the underlying problem of overuse of water resources.

Pray for more rain. We can storage the rain water in plastic containers for the future. Can we suck up rain waters or flood waters into trailer trucks like petrol trucks and then store it away. Like a huge vaccuum sucker. Then maybe sell the water as ground water to another nation. It is a rational income to Israel or another nation. I have often wondered why USA doesnt do that for their west which is drying up as well. Rankoo-Karoon

Obviously we'll need the water authority staff to strike more often if this is what happens.

article is erroneous . ( I am sure it is a misquotation) . Lake Tabaria ( sea of Gallilee is 23 KM long by 13 KM wide. It is a fairly large body of fresh water , but one standing at the edge of the lake can see shore to shore .

Winter months always has more rain than water usage. The question is whether there is enough to sustain the dry summers, and after drought years, to replenish the low-levels (is there net gains over last year). I don't know how to relate to one meter of water on a Jan 31. Even comparing to last year's drought doesn't give me a full perspective. Also, the effect of rains are only fully felt months later, as streams continue to feed the lake. I would like to know: 1. relative to an average year, has there so far been more or less (productive/capturable) rain and by how much, and 2. how much progress toward replenishing the lake (and Dead Sea) are we projected to achieve in the coming months, based on rain to date. I would love to see a website that showed where we stood that year relative to average (productive) rainfall, and whether/how much the Lake level is projected to improve or decrease based on rainfall to date.

Who wants to know that the increase equals the desalination output? The question is if it meets consumption needs and if it decreases the fall in reserves for the dry season. Avoiding these questions is an answer in itself.

Something wrong with this number. My apartment volume is bigger than this. My guess is they left off "million"

s of water . Syrians ,following the known trait of arab generosity would supply Israel with water .

Maybe 160 million cubit meter, or 160 Km2 of 1 meter high? Or something else.

"A one-meter rise in water levels at the lake, Israel's primary water resource, requires around 160 cubic meters of water" The Sea Of Galilee must be a very small lake, more like a small pond for this to be true.

is a good thing. Perhaps God's contribution to the peace process.

Has this rain raised the level of the Dead Sea? I remember that was dangerously low also.

What happened to the red and black water lines? I thought that when there are reports of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee... isn't this an Israeli newspaper?) then the amount of water is reported in terms of how close it is to the red and black water lines.