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Protecting Israel’s freshwater: Phosphorous outsourcing in Lake Kinneret

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Dr Moshe Gophen studies the impact of the watershed sources of phosphorous in Lake Kinneret, assessing the potential for eco-tourism and how seasonality affects phosphorous levels in the freshwater lake

Freshwater is such a scarce commodity in Israel that taking the salt out of seawater is routinely used as a way of supplying the population with drinking water. Lake Kinneret is the only natural freshwater lake in the whole country. Dr Moshe Gophen and his collaborators at MIGAL Galilee Research Institute have assessed the importance of different potential sources of […]

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