[Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Margaret Coker - Eilat is a thriving port city and resort destination on the Red Sea. Since 1982, the local desalination plant has met all the city's water needs. Eilat has no natural fresh water supply and the barest rainfall. Yet today Eilat is dotted with trees, decorated with flowerbeds and green grass, and awash in swimming pools. Yossi Shmaya, manager of Eilat's desalination facility, puts it bluntly: "Without the plant, there would be no town." Israel, with 31 plants, produces 5% of the worldwide output of desalinated water, and about 15% of Israel's usable water comes from the sea.
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