Since Israel and Jordan still have a peace treaty, I imagine there is no problem with them working together on something like this.
Israel and Jordan Sign Pact to Build $1B Pilot Red-Dead Canal
03/27/2015
By Neal Sandler
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Israel and Jordan have signed a final agreement to build a scaled-back version of the Red-to-Dead Sea canal project that would include a desalination plant.
The nearly $1-billion project approved by the two countries at the end of February, and to be sponsored by the World Bank, will serve as a pilot for the ten-times larger planned pipeline that will be used to pump seawater and brine into the shrinking Dead Sea.
“The desalination plant and pipeline are likely to be operational in 2020 or 2021,” predicts Avraham Tenne, desalination director at Israel’s Water Authority. The two countries decided to establish a joint administration of the project.
Jordan and Israel hope to select a consulting firm to draw up the documents for the planned build-operate-transfer desalination plant and pipeline, and issue a tender early next year, Saad Abu Hammour, secretary-general of the Jordan Valley Authority within the country's Water and Irrigation Ministry, told the Jerusalem Post. Project tenders are set to be issued by year-end.
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Israel and Jordan Sign Pact to Build 1B Pilot Red-Dead Canal ENR?
Israel and Jordan Sign Pact to Build $1B Pilot Red-Dead Canal
03/27/2015
By Neal Sandler
Text size: A A
Israel and Jordan have signed a final agreement to build a scaled-back version of the Red-to-Dead Sea canal project that would include a desalination plant.
The nearly $1-billion project approved by the two countries at the end of February, and to be sponsored by the World Bank, will serve as a pilot for the ten-times larger planned pipeline that will be used to pump seawater and brine into the shrinking Dead Sea.
“The desalination plant and pipeline are likely to be operational in 2020 or 2021,” predicts Avraham Tenne, desalination director at Israel’s Water Authority. The two countries decided to establish a joint administration of the project.
Jordan and Israel hope to select a consulting firm to draw up the documents for the planned build-operate-transfer desalination plant and pipeline, and issue a tender early next year, Saad Abu Hammour, secretary-general of the Jordan Valley Authority within the country's Water and Irrigation Ministry, told the Jerusalem Post. Project tenders are set to be issued by year-end.
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Israel and Jordan Sign Pact to Build 1B Pilot Red-Dead Canal ENR?
