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Article: Jorden : Jordan to Build Canal Connecting the Dead Sea with the Red Sea.
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- May 23, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
In a region known for its deserts, water shortages and tension among neighbours, Jordan announced plans to build an eye-popping $10 billion desalination plant that would provide fresh water for the parched Jordanian population, as well as help replenish the shrinking Dead Sea. Due to up-stream irrigation removal and drinking water consumption from the Jordan River, the Dead Sea has seen its water levels drop by about a metre a year, and at current rates the Dead Sea will have disappeared in the next 50 odd years.
Tourist losses from people not being able to float in the Dead Sea notwithstanding, the Dead Sea forms an important link with ...