Online Free Visit to Mekorot – Israel’s National Water Company
Come and join us and find out how Mekorot has utilized water resources and assisted the country to flourish in an area subject to drought conditions and bordering the desert.
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There are two separate online tours including short videos, quizzes, interviews with Mekorot workers and explanations by one of our Visitor Center guides.
“Sapir” Site tour – the first pumping station of the National Water Carrier and situated on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
We will learn how the company was founded, aspects and history of the National Water Carrier and the importance of the Sea of Galilee. During the tour we will discover how the three enormous pumps at the site continue to work since 1964 inside an excavated mountain and pump water from the Sea of Galilee from about -210 meters below sea level to an elevation of +44 meters above sea level and then into an open channel of the National Water Carrier.
“Eshkol” Site tour – at the site which is situated along the National Water Carrier, the water from the Sea of Galilee is purified to drinking water of the highest international standards and is then transported nationwide.
We will be talking about Mekorot’s innovation and plans to deal with drought in the area, Israel’s natural water resources, desalination and wastewater treatment. During the tour we will see the processes involved at the site to purify water from the Sea of Galilee, including filtration at the Central Filtration Plant – one of the largest complex plants in the world!
Tour duration: 40 minutes(each)
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