CATHODIC PROTECTION IN ISRAEL: PART 1—ON THE LAND

Israel, located in the sub‐tropical zone, is a very small country, measuring about 300 miles in length and averaging about 35 miles in width. Its rainy season only lasts for about three and a half months, with hardly any rainfall in the southern area. Irrigation, consequently, is almost entirely dependent on extensive water works. At present, the main source of water is from deep wells, of which there are some 4,000. Until recently, regional water works also drew their supply exclusively from such wells. In July of 1955, however, a water project, utilising as its source the Yarkon River, was inaugurated as the first link in a national water works. Steel so far employed in water works and irrigation networks amounts to approximately 500,000 tons, with an ever‐increasing rate of expansion.