Red Sea saves the Dead Sea

A historic agreement has been signed to help the Dead Sea not die by a 180km pipeline system that transfers water from the Red Sea into the Dead Sea.

The deal, named Red-Dead Conduit , has been reviewed for years, eventually signed by Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli governments at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. The main facility at Hong Hai estuary in Jordan will pump desalinated water into the Red Sea with a volume of 200 million cubic meters annually.

Over the years, the Dead Sea has continuously evaporated and lacks additional sources, it has reduced its depth to 25m over the past 50 years. Scientists predict that by 2050, without rescue measures, the Dead Sea will "die" really when completely dried up. The Telegraph newspaper quoted Israel's Development Minister Silvan Shalom as saying that the idea of ​​connecting the two seas has been around for a long time, with the aim of sharing water to save the world famous tourist destination. The signing of agreements between the three countries is a strategic cooperation of diplomatic significance.

Red Sea saves the Dead Sea

The Dead Sea will die real because the water level decline is more than 1m per year. Under the plan, a desalination plant will be located at Jordan Aquaba port on the Red Sea, desalinated water will follow the pipeline to pump into the Dead Sea. Besides, Jordan will also pump water from the big Sea of ​​Galilee to sell to Palestine. The Palestinian government has long complained about Israel restricting the construction of infrastructure for new Palestinian water supplies. The World Bank has not yet disclosed the funding they will fund this project. But according to sources from the BBC, each country may spend between 250-400 million USD.

Named as the Dead Sea, it is actually a large lake with extremely high salinity so people who want to commit suicide to jump into the Dead Sea cannot die because of floating but not sink. In addition to tourism, Dead Sea also provides a kind of mud containing many minerals that help treat skin diseases that are widely popular in the world.

The Daily Mail reported that according to the agreement, Israel will also be buying 30-50 million cubic meters of water annually to serve the resort city of Eliat and the Arava region. However, there are some concerns that bringing water from outside will affect the ecosystem of the Dead Sea.