Long-Term Master Plan for the National Water Sector, August 2012. Country/Territory Israel Document type Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleLong-Term Master Plan for the National Water Sector, Part A - Policy Document (Version 4) August 2012. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural development Irrigation Drainage/land reclamation Sustainable development Sustainable use Basin/catchment/watershed Bed Climate change Coastal zone management Data collection/reporting Disasters Water shortage/drought Early warning system/emergency intervention system Ecosystem preservation Effluent waste water/discharge Environmental planning Erosion Flood Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Governance Groundwater Subsidy/incentive Business/industry/corporations Inland waters Integrated management Potable water Protected area Protection of environment Public health Rainwater Risk assessment/management Saltwater intrusion/siltation Sewerage Surface water Water abstraction Water desalination Water quality standards Freshwater resources management Water supply Waterworks Wetlands Pollution control Geographical area Asia, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia Abstract The Policy Document (Version 4) of the Long-Term Master Plan (LTN-MP) for the National Water Sector is an update of the initial phase of the Policy Document Version 3, which was approved by the Water Authority Council in July 2011. The document defines the vision, goals and objectives of the national water sector, and the policy of the sector on the major issues. The paper includes the state of the water-reservoirs, an analysis of conditions of uncertainty, and initial recommendations for implementation. It also includes an estimate for the required development plan framework, mapping of managerial, budgetary, and professional obstacles, and recommendations for how to remove them. Comprehensively addressing several issues, such as: the structure of the national water sector, regulation and others will be carried out later. The main topics that were added to this version include: production limitations and setting operating lines for the main reservoirs, goals for developing the water sector in the current decade, and emphases on topics such as the water potential, greywater, etc. Full text English Website www.gov.il