What infrastructure project, inaugurated in 1964, was built to transport freshwater from Lake Kinneret to the densely populated coastal center and the arid Negev?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The National Water Carrier (HaMovil HaArtzi)
- Step 1: The National Water Carrier (HaMovil HaArtzi) is a national water grid network comprising pipelines, canals, and pumping stations.
- Step 2: Completed in 1964 by Mekorot, it originally pumped water from the Sea of Galilee across the Eshkol filtration plant to central and southern agricultural communities.
Answer
The National Water Carrier (HaMovil HaArtzi).
Why not the others: The Red Sea-Dead Sea project was a proposed infrastructure concept, never built; Trans-Israel Pipeline is an oil transit corridor; Sorek is a modern seawater reverse osmosis facility.
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