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Desalinated seawater for a freshwater lake: How Israel is filling Lake Kinneret
The Center for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring SNCO presents how Israel is filling Lake Kinneret.
“Israel has created a unique project in the world by filling its main freshwater lake with completely desalinated water obtained from seawater. The water from the Mediterranean Sea is desalinated using advanced technology, then transported north through a pipeline hundreds of kilometers long and enters the Kinneret through the bed of one of the lake’s natural tributaries.
This method allows the lake to replenish its water reserves and preserve its ecosystem, especially in years when rainfall is low, and the lake approaches dangerous levels. The Reverse Water Carrier project, through which desalinated seawater began to be transported to Lake Kinneret, officially began in 2018.
Construction work on the project began in 2018. Investments and construction phases are expected to be completed in 2022. The massive pumping of water into the lake began in 2025, when the lake level approached the “red line.”
The project has made Israel one of the countries that not only desalinate seawater, but also replenish its main freshwater reservoir.
