Articles by 0 November, 2022

The Water Authority Board announced today (Thursday) that it is putting to a public hearing the increase in water rates for domestic consumption by approximately 3.5% starting in January 2023, among other things following a sharp increase in electricity prices and a 2% increase in the price index. This is alongside the increase in investments in the water sector in Israel. A final decision will be made in December. According to the proposal, the rate for a known quantity (the low rate) will be NIS 7.874 per cubic meter from January (instead of NIS 7.608 per cubic meter) and the rate for...

The Ministry of Health estimated that the next wave of the Corona is expected to be in October or November, right after the Tishrei holidays. This, following the increase recorded in the infection coefficient which stood at 1.05 - indicates an epidemic spreading. "We don't know if this is the beginning of a wave or a hump," said the corona projector, Professor Salman Zarqa. "I hope that at the end of this winter we will be able to treat Corona like the seasonal flu if a new variant does not arrive

State President Yitzhak Herzog said on Monday in his speech at the 27th Climate Conference that "the Middle East is on the brink of disaster." At the conference, held this year in Sinai, Egypt, Herzog said that "Here in Sharm el-Sheikh, I would like to repeat the firm commitment of the State of Israel to zero carbon and to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2050. But Israel is ready to take on a much heavier responsibility. Israel is right to lead the effort for Regional climatic resilience. I intend to lead the development of what I call a 'renewable Middle East', a...

At the end of three months of discussions, the National Planning and Construction Council announced that it had decided to immediately freeze dozens of urban renewal projects around the metro stations in the Gush Dan area, which include hundreds of apartments, and set restrictions on future projects at a distance of about 100 meters from the stations, which include a potential of tens of thousands New apartments. This, as part of the approval of the outline for the promotion of TMA 38 projects in the area of ​​TMA 70 - the national outline plan for the area of ​​the metro system in the Tel...

IDE Technologies won the tender for the construction of the seventh desalination plant in Israel, which will be located in the Western Galilee near Nahariya. IDE will build the plant and operate it for 25 years. The state will pay NIS 1.75 per cubic meter, a significantly lower price compared to previous tenders. The facility is expected to discharge approximately 100 million cubic meters of water per year, so the IDE Group's revenues from the facility are expected to reach nearly NIS 180 million per year. Another achievement in the tender is the installation of a pipeline several...