Wednesday 13 June 2018

Top Up!


The 'sea' of Galilee is really a lake. It is, however, notable that Israel is reportedly having to add large quantities of desalinated seawater to it in an attempt to counteract its shrinking dimensions (and to counter increasing salinity), after 15 years of reduced rainfall (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/12/israel-to-top-up-sea-of-galiliee-after-years-of-drought). This 'top-up' is apparently necessary to maintain the lake's biodiversity but it can simultaneously act as a reservoir.

No comments:

A New Type of Money Laundering?

Thames Water is the UK's biggest privatised (thank you, Mrs Thatcher!) water company, with around 15 million customers. All such water...