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- Israel's Ministry of Energy shut down five desalination plants on August 27 after a massive algal bloom.
- The Authority reactivated previously closed boreholes, some previously contaminated, without disclosing which wells were used.
- Water Authority Director-General Yehezkel Lifshitz and Energy Minister Eli Cohen have not released data on algal-treatment experiments.
- Minister Cohen said membrane damage could cost several million shekels, about 11% of operating expenses.
