The Test of the Israeli Water Sector
Last week, an algae bloom that came from Egypt caused the shutdown of five out of six desalination plants in Israel. Although the domestic supply was not interrupted, the event revealed how vulnerable the water…
Assessment
An algal bloom from Egypt recently forced five of Israel's six desalination plants offline. Domestic supply held, but the event exposed how fragile the system really is. If algae can shut down nearly the entire desalination fleet, what happens when the threat is a cyberattack or a power grid failure? The real test will be whether this incident pushes Israel to build redundancy not just in water infrastructure but across the energy and digital systems it depends on.