Will humanity, as a whole - be able to “stretch” our liters, so to speak, use the same amount of water needed to grow our food - for an ever-growing number of mouths? In this episode, we learn how agricultural R&D, alongside soilless growing methods, might be an answer (if not the answer) to make more - out of less.

In 2007, out of 6.7 billion human beings in the world, a tad more than 50% of them lived in cities.With the number of cities - and especially Megacities (urban entities with at least 10 million inhabitants) - constantly on the rise worldwide, we examine how human beings - and water - coexist in a city.

In our high-tech world it is hard to imagine that every day 800 kids under the age of five die due to ill health caused by lack of clean water and lack of sanitation.

The UN came up with a holistic view on the problem - clean water sources without the presence of proper sanitation infrastructure won’t stay clean for long; proper sanitation without understanding basic hygiene won’t fly either. In comes the notion of WASH - an acronym for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
In today’s episode we delve into the world of WASH and talk about the challenges - both practical and financial.

On November 18th 2019, in Tel Aviv, at the David Intercontinental you’ll find leading figures in the global water sector - all you have to do - is to attend!
In this special episode Ari Goldfarb - WATEC19 chairperson; and Gili Elkin - a WATEC19 board member, reveal what’s to be expected in this year’s conference.

In 2003 Nik Kowsar had to flee his country – Iran – after life there, for him, became unbearable. 3 years earlier, a cartoon he drew, had an implied remark on a Muslim cleric. He was put in jail. Although he was released 6 days after his imprisonment – he had to choose between life … Continue reading "“Yes I Can”: Persecution and Pursuit"

What makes a person - one individual - build his career on the notion of we rather than me? In the following two episodes we will meet two inspiring people who do just that. For all of us to have an abundance of safe water to consume tomorrow - they don’t wait for others. They say - Yes I Can!

In our final episode examining the triad of legislation-structure-pricing - the triad within Israeli Model - we have asked for the assistance of an uninvolved party - a researcher from the University of Oxford - about the way he views the paradigms the Model offers.



DR. Michael Gilmont is our special guest in this episode.

Today’s episode is about the most intricate components of the SPELT model - Israel’s model for water sustainability.Legislation, Structure & Pricing go hand in hand, and thus we present them together.

Today’s episode is all about the ecosystem that creates the T in SPELT (Structure, Pricing, Education, Legislation & Technology) - the Israeli model for water sustainability.

In this episode, we examine three companies that are innovators in the field of water tech: the unique methods and technologies they developed.

It’s no secret that Israelis consume twice the amount of water nature supplies it with. The main enabler for this phenomenon is a unique model that lies at the heart of the Israeli water sector. In this episode, we examine the role education plays in the model.

Design has a profound impact on the way we live, it isn’t about aesthetics but rather about developing solutions with the ultimate goal of making our lives better. How can we use design to promote widespread sustainable water usage in the private and public sphere?

The IWA was established 20 years ago to create a worldwide organization that promotes and enables “creative friction” between engineers, innovators, governance experts and water sector people across the range. We interviewed Diane D’arras – IWA’s president at the 8th World Water Forum.

Situated in a semiarid region, Israel’s natural water resources supply it with only half of what it uses annually. In this episode, Seth Siegel reveals the unique combination of implemented technology, education and smart governance that enabled to bridge the gap.

The World Water Forum convenes once every 3 years.

The World Water Council -  the convener -  put the notion of sharing water as the arranging theme for the 8th forum that assembled in Brasilia in March 2018.

This episode features interviews conducted during the forum with people from both public and private sectors, all geared towards bringing water to people.

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The Mediterranean sea is where Europe, Asia, and Africa all meet.

Throughout the ages, empires ruled over its entire coastline, and people used it to transfer goods, for recreation purposes, or to harvest its many food items.

Today along its shores there are more than 20 countries. No longer a single empire - but rather a Mosaic of People, as was described by Waterline’s guest in this episode.

Konstantina Toli, a Senior Programme Officer at Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean, points out the great challenges that are presented as our world is changing - namely climate change and the refugee's crisis.
For example, in the past 5 years, nearly 2,000,000 human beings risked their lives in search of a better life and used the treacherous Mediterranean route.
The result - the stresses on water supplies in the region which were already quite significant, are constantly on the rise.

In this second part of our tale of dams, we will hear what happens once things go horribly wrong.
Throughout history, faulty dams have created man-made disasters costing lives and the earth.
We will be hearing about one disaster in particular - The Mariana Dam Disaster - that happened in Brazil in 2015.

We will also revisit the town of Gatun, the dam that was built there and the lake that made the Panama Canal, with a somber look on the life of ordinary people there.

It took nearly four decades, the lives of some 30,000 human beings and billions of US Dollars in current values to build; it was a source for heated debates and the kiss of death to some careers; it was rooted in vision - but took ample amounts of practicality to realize. You might know it simply as The Panama Canal - in a stretch of land not wider than 70 kilometers wide, humanity saw the opportunity to connect two great oceans - the Atlantic and the Pacific - and managed to cut the route by sea from California to Europe - by half.

The keystone of the canal is a dam that was the biggest ever to be built at the time - the dam near the small town of Gatun.
You are invited to hear a tale about politics, engineering, money and tons of controversy, which, a century on is all but forgotten.

What is it about water that makes it stand out more than any other element? What is the effect water has on us humans - on a metaphysical level? How do we perceive water?

Once you meet people for whom water is their job - the water sector people - you get to see the answers to these questions in practice.

In this special episode, we examine water from chemical, religious and spiritual points of view, to mention but a few. 

The rainy season of 2017-2018 in Israel marked the 6th year of drought in a row. However – water is still available on tap 24/7. In a semi-arid land, any drop missing from the annual natural precipitation creates a deficit. Six years of diminished precipitation might spell disaster. And yet – if you look at a … Continue reading "“Desalting the Sea” – Desalination"