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Article: Making the desert bloom again; Reversing decline; Israel, Jordan plan to join Dead, Red seas to boost water supply.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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- September 6, 2009
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Byline: Howard Schneider; The Washington Post
AMMAN, Jordan -- An acute water shortage has prompted Jordan and Israel to embark on water-supply projects that supporters say will prevent an impending regional crisis but environmentalists have criticized as ill-advised attempts to rewire nature.
The efforts include a pipeline to Amman from the Dissi Reservoir in Jordan's southern desert and an extensive network of desalination plants Israel is building along the Mediterranean coast. The Dissi is an ancient, nonrenewable, underground pool of water that, once tapped, will run dry in an estimated 50 years.
Most controversially, the two countries are ...