How Dry I am Israel is in the midst of a multi-year drought.
Water supplies are at record low levels.
Allocations to farmers and urban consumers have been cut back. The government is threatening to fine water wasters. The country faces severe ecological damage. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres stipulated that the price of water from Turkey should not exceed the cost of desalinating Mediterranean water. Price is the mechanism that allocates scarce resources in any economic system.