The goal of establishing NEW-tech program is to double the export of Israeli water technologies by 2010 to $2 billion
Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said last week during a water technology conference in Tel Aviv that Israel is the “Silicon Valley of water technology.”
The Infrastructures Minister speaking before some 2,000 participants from 80 countries who attended the water technology conference said that his office launched recently the NEW-Tech (Novel Efficient Water Technologies), a program aimed at promoting Israeli water technologies.
The Minister noted that the NEW-tech will coordinate between Israeli government agencies, private companies and academic institutions to maximize Israel’s role in the global water market. The goal of NEW-tech is to double the export of Israeli water technologies by 2010 to $2 billion.
The technologies focused upon include desalination, water purification, irrigation, sewage treatment, waste-water recycling, leakage prevention, water security, usage planning and infrastructure construction.
