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need. This is a closed economy, which has to be supervised by the

country".

But this closed economy was opened over twenty years ago. Mey Eden

was the first company to fill bottles with water and sell them to

consumers. Mey Eden and the other water companies were classified as

an "Industrial Factory", even though they claim themselves that the water

is sold natural, as is, without any processing or treatment.

"Unlike other factories and what is required by law, the water companies

don't use the water for industrial needs, but take the precious resource and

sell it, as is, to the public", the petition says.

According to the petitioners' estimations, Israel's water companies make

about a billion Shekels a year, and the mineral water is being sold for a
price which is up to a thousand times higher than what the mineral water

companies pay for it.

Comments
The water companies are seemingly keeping their comments for court. In

the meantime, they are studying the petition and preparing. Uri Shor, the

water authority's spokesperson, said that "the companies meet the

required definitions for industrial allocations, much like all of the soft

drinks companies do".

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