Microalgae in the Mediterranean has been blamed for temporarily shutting five of Israel’s six coastal desalination plants, threatening its main source of drinking water.

The shutdown has cut about 80 percent of Israel's desalinated water supply, as experts examine whether algae linked to sewage from Gaza and the Nile Delta contributed to the…

Experts blast complacency, urge reviving wells, natural buffers, and conservation to lower the 80% of drinking water that comes from coastal facilities