Today after lunch, we visited the Mecorot water treatment plant. This plant purifies and desalinates water for use in Eilat. It was very interesting to learn what the plant does. We were told that water is drawn from well systems and from the ocean. On a scale rating the waters cleanliness, the water from the well got a 23 000ppm rating and the water from the ocean got a 60 000ppm. In the plant, they purify the water down to a rating of 1000ppm or less for drinking. They do this by first pumping the water through sand filters and then through a very thick filter to get rid of any harmful particles. It was very interesting to learn how desalination works and seeing it put to use to help Israel with the problem of fresh water.