the total benefits from river rehabilitation for rivers were calculated to be billion shekels usd billion the benefits varied greatly by river from million shekel for the southern jordan to billion shekel for the yarkon as a result rehabilitation plans have been initiated and implemented by the national river administration the yarkon and kishon authorities in cooperation with drainage authorities in a sense water governance enables water stakeholders to enlarge the space of viable solutions that may result in the adoption of less costly solutions from a societywide perspective than would otherwise be the case