Article: Mineral water cutbacks on tap for government ministries. Cabinet secretary calls for belt-tightening in water, recycled paper, electricity use

HERB KEINON
Jerusalem Post
06-23-2008
Headline: Mineral water cutbacks on tap for government ministries. Cabinet secretary calls for belt-tightening in water, recycled paper, electricity use
Byline: HERB KEINON
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01

Monday, June 23, 2008 -- Let them drink tap water.

That, at least, was the directive Cabinet Secretary Ovad Yehezkel has sent to all the government ministries.

Yehezkel told Sunday's cabinet meeting that a cubic meter of mineral water cost 1,000 times more than regular water, and that he is asking the ministries to do away with the mineral water in their offices and instead install water purifiers. He said this to ministers who, for the first time ...

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