(AFP) The Israeli government on Sunday approved the construction of a massive new water desalination plant at Sorek, south of Tel Aviv. Sorek will cost $530 million and will supply 150 million cubic meters annually, about a quarter of the current shortfall of water in Israel. Media reports said the plant's capacity would eventually be increased to 300 million cubic meters, making it one of the biggest in the world. Israel already has three smaller desalination plants that produce a combined total of 292 million cubic meters of drinking water a year.
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