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to be one of the largest facilities in the world) and Palmachim (that operates using the same method). Last but not least, the participants visited the Shafdan Plant, that carries out complete recycling and purification of all the sewage of cities in the Tel Aviv metropolis. The participants also visited the National Cyber Headquarters in Be'er Sheva, which consolidates the government's activities in the cyber field, thanks to fruitful cooperation between the government, academia, industry, and the military. The National Cyber Headquarters is where the Israeli Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT IL) operates as well, which also

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A broad variety of advanced water technologies

includes a control center for environmental protection. Furthermore, the participants were shown a wide variety of advanced water technologies, such as monitoring water quality using AI; an acoustic method for detecting leaks; and cyber protection of water systems and water corporations. In conclusion, technological solutions for efficiency, utilization, recycling, desalination, and the loss of water, along with cyber protection of infrastructure facilities, are needed today more than ever to cope with growing challenges in the water sector. Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in the fields of water and cyber, and it currently offers its accumulated knowledge and experience to many countries in the world, as part of the global effort to deal with humanity's most urgent challenges, including the lack of water.

These advanced technological solutions and many others were recently presented to buyers from 30 countries from four continents at an important international conference. This first of its kind event, held recently in Tel Aviv by the Israel Export Institute together with the Foreign Trade Administration at the Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Israel Water Authority and in cooperation with the Manufacturers’ Association of Israel. The event was titled "WATER RESILIENCE & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS", reflecting Israel's desire to offer the world water technologies and water systems that face the many challenges in the water sector, as well as technologies that are immune to the climate crisis and cyber-attacks. The participants in the conference included heads of organizations and executives in a wide range of positions: managers of companies and water corporations, integrators, consultants and managers of consulting companies, distributors, and managers of project management companies. In addition to lectures, round tables and professional discussions, the guests of the conference visited plants owned by water corporations, such as the water corporation of the city of Modi'in, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa; the large desalination facilities of Sorek (the largest desalination facility in Israel, operated by using the reverse osmosis [SWRO] method and supplying water of drinking quality to the national water system in Israel and considered

Reverse osmosis at the "Sorek" desalination plant

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Isra-Tech Israeli Technologies Magazine August 2023