SciDevNet: The Red-Dead canal could take a small step forward in light of projected environmental impacts and other constraints, says Batir Wardam.
After a delay of more than six months, the World Bank has finally released the final drafts of the feasibility and environmental assessment studies for the controversial Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, designed to channel some 1.2 billion cubic metres of water 180 kilometres from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. [1]
The plan is to pump sea water from...