In 2011, the residents of Shavei Zion and the Matte Asher Regional Council learned that a committee under the Ministry of Energy and Water is planning to build a desalinization plant on the agricultural lands of Shavei Zion. This plant will be abutting the partially organized open beach at Shavei Zion and which is a beautiful landscape that serves many of the residents of the area. This time with the assistance of the Regional Council’s mayor there has been a great effort, including residents of southern area of the Western Galilee, to move the desalinization plant to another area where the damage to the landscape, environment, and society will be less.
Our success in this matter is still not final or ensured.
