National Water Carrier By Shyam Chandra, Sara Bhaidani, Charis Lee On September 15th, 2022, our GET Israel trip visited Mekorot, Israel’s national water carrier company that supplies Israel with 90% of its drinking water. More specifically, we visited the national water carrier’s Eshkol and Sapir sites — the pumping and filtration facilities located on the
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By Iphigenie Bera, Destiny Lara, Damien Koh Tze-In Introduction: On September 16th, 2022, the Israel GET group visited the Sorek Desalination Plant, the biggest desalination facility in Israel. This trip aimed to gain further insight into Israel‘s water problem and learn about the desalination process in detail. To open the discussion on Israel’s water situation,
Water Management and Water Issues By Peter Pinder and Nikhil Sriram Masada National Park and the Dead Sea Day six was filled with adventure for the group. After spending a restful night in a hostel in Masada, the group began the day with a tour of Masada National Park, spent some time at the Dead
By Aidan Ocampo and Hector Ontiveros Morales On Monday, September 12, we left Be’er Sheva, the capital of the Negev region early in the morning as our bus headed south towards Sde Boker. This Kibbutz served as the retirement and final resting place of Israel’s first prime minister, Ben Gurion. We visited his tomb as
Drip Water Irrigation in Israel By Shyam Chandra and Damien Koh On September 11th, 2022, the Israel GET group paid a visit to an Israeli community known as Kibbutz Hatzerim. There we learned about a local-born company called Netafim and their unique drip irrigation technology. A Kibbutz is a type of Israeli shared community with
Israel’s largest Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse Facility By Molly Whalen and Kayd Bhagat For Wildcats, purple is the color for Northwestern pride. Here in central Israel at the Shafdan Wastewater Treatment Plant, purple represents the color of pipes that contain recycled wastewater. Today, the Trekkers ventured just outside of Tel Aviv to learn about
Aqueduct and ancient water supply and water management By Emilia McDougal, Alex Perry, Nikhil Sriram Today our group headed an hour north of Tel Aviv to visit Caesarea, a historic seaport and current national park bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Originally founded by Herod the Great around 20 BCE, the site has seen generations of inhabitants,
King Hezekiah water tunnel, Gihon spring, overall ancient city water supply By Destiny Lara, Charis Lee, Peter Pinder Our trip’s third day in Israel involved a tour of Jerusalem’s City of David where we immersed ourselves in the ancient beauty of the city while learning how two major factors (water and religion) impacted the human
By Vianey Guadian, Natalia Rodriguez, Hector Morales After having lunch at a traditional Hummus restaurant in the center of Haifa, our bus ascended to the top of the Baha’i Gardens, situated on Mt. Carmel. Mt. Carmel maintains historical importance as a holy site and the name translates to ‘God’s’ vineyard. We observed the entire Haifa
Water Research Lab Tour By Aidan Ocampo, Iphigenie Bera, Sara Bhaidani For most, the first destination on Northwestern’s Global Engineering Trek (GET) to Israel left students with a lasting impression of the significant role water plays on a regional and global scale. As Wildcats visited Technion, they were provided a valuable introduction to groundbreaking research