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Article: In Water Scarcity, Unlikely Allies; Israel, Jordan Plan Controversial Projects to Find New Sources of Supply
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- The Washington Post
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- September 6, 2009
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An acute water shortage has prompted Jordan and Israel to embark
on audacious 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 pushing for action on
the long-standing idea of cutting a 110-mile path north from the Red
Sea to ...