Until January, the level of the Sea of Galilee was too low for the pumps of Israel’s National water company to work, and so an artificial dam had to be built. Thanks to recent rains this dam has been removed and the level of Israel’s natural reservoir is now well above the lower red line. With the new desalination plants soon coming on line, the hope is that the dam will never be needed again.
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