Israeli authorities declared victory over the water crisis three times, and it came back
Official claims that Israel's water desalination crisis is over have proven premature more than once.
Israel
Algal bloom disabled nearly all of Israel's desalination plants.
Abnormal bloom of microscopic algae in the Mediterranean has knocked out five of six major desalination plants, which supply nearly a third of Israel's drinking water.
Israel builds one of the world's largest water desalination plants
Israel prepares to build a giant desalination complex to address its future freshwater shortage.