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Source: http://www.terradaily.com/2003/030621035120.tpgcmvui.html
Jordan, Israel, Palestinians Join Forces to Save Dead Sea
(AFP/TerraDaily) Over the past three years the Dead Sea has decreased by three meters and the whole area is currently one third less than it was in the 1960s. In 50 years the Dead Sea could disappear. To contain the damage, Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian officials submitted a project to channel water through a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, at the meeting in Aqaba, Jordan, of the World Economic Forum (WEF). "Building a canal will take seven to 10 years and by that time the level of the Dead Sea will have dropped by an additional eight meters, which is catastrophic for the shorelines, the coastal areas, and the groundwater resources," said Jordanian geology professor Elias Salameh.