Comments on: Controversial Red-Dead Sea Canal on Hold – But why?

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By: JESUS M. DIAZ, ENG.

JESUS M. DIAZ, ENG. — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:27:26 +0000

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By: Maskil

Maskil — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:38:34 +0000

Perhaps now all the alternatives will be evaluated, including my own hobby-horse, an aqueduct between the Mediterranean and Lake Kinneret.

Instead of a canal or conduit between the Mediterranean or Red Sea and the Dead Sea, the Med-Kinneret Aqueduct proposal envisages a conduit from the Mediterranean (in the vicinity of Haifa) to Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee). The “potential difference” in height between the Med and Kinneret would be converted to energy by means of a hydro-electric station. This energy would in turn be utilized to desalinate the seawater at a suitable stage between the intake (Med) and outlet (Kinneret).

The proposal would address all the problems and threats currently faced by the Jordan River ecosystem; the dangerously low level of the Kinneret, the woeful state of the lower reaches of the Jordan itself, and the drying up of the Dead Sea. It would help to rehabilitate the entire length of the Jordan River below Kinneret.

I’ve outlined the concept on my blog here:

Altneuland: Building the wrong canal: An alternative to the Red-Dead Canal
http://blog.altneuland.info/2008/05/building-wrong-canal-alternative-to-red.html