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he recent inauguration of
ter rather than sea water. A
a water desalination
string of such installations sup-
plant in the Gaza Strip
plies desalinated water to the
offers an outstanding ex-
Red Sea resort of Eilat, as well
ample of Israeli-Palestinian
as to agricultural settlements
cooperation to
in the Negev and
provide basic in-
Arava desert re-
frastructure us-
gions of Israel.
ing advanced
An adaptation of
technology. The
the reverse os-
sophisticated in-
mosis process
stallation can
should enable
supply the city of
"sweetening" of
Dir el-Balah with
both Red Sea and
60 cubic meters
Mediterranean
of water per
Sea waters in the
hour.
near future.
The desalina-
Mekorot may
tion plant was
construct more
planned and
desalination in-
built by Shaham,
stallations in
a subsidiary of
Gaza in the com-
Israel's national
ing years in coop-
water company,
eration with the
Mekorot, and Desalination plant in Gaza Strip.
Palestinian au-
funded by the Is-
tonomy adminis-
raeli Civil Administration at a
tration. Mekorot also recently
cost of $380,000. In the coming
completed a 30-kilometer water
months the installation's ca-
pipeline to Gaza, linked up to
pacity will be doubled, with an
Israel's national water grid,
additional investment of
which can supply local inhabi-
$190,000.
tants with up to 20,000 cubic
The reverse osmosis process
meters of water per day. 0
is suitable for brackish well wa-

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turkey imprinting anchors, pro-
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cantly lower young turkey chick
mortality rates, bringing about
considerable potential savings
for poultry farmers.
The turkey anchors make
use of the "imprinting phe-
nomenon" characteristic of
young turkey chicks, who are
subject to what is known as the
"following response." This caus-
es them to imprint and there-
after follow the first object they
see after they emerge from the
shell.
When thousands of baby
turkeys hatch in pens, they
have no mother or father to im-
print to, so they may imprint to

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each other or to the farmer.
"That's quite dangerous," ex-
plains Dr. Gvaryahu, "because
when 10,000 chicks follow one
person, they can step on each
other and kill each other. When
the farmer comes into the pen,
the chicks will all run towards
him, and many of them may be