Six years ago, Israel was almost out of water. Today, there's plenty to go around, thanks to Israel's advances in desalination (removing the salt from seawater) and recycling of wastewater. Severe water restrictions (like limiting showers to two minutes) have been lifted.

25% of Israel's fresh water is now created through desalination. Israel has also become the world leader in recycling wastewater for agricultural use. 86% of wastewater in Israel is recycled, creating more than half the water needed for farming.

As reported in the New York Times, Israel has a multi-pronged effort to end the drought.

Good for Israel. And because Israel is happy to share what it's learned with our drought-threatened world, good for all of us. Israel’s IDE Technologies Ltd has built the US's largest desalination plant in San Diego, California using Israel-invented reserve osmosis technology.

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