Overview of Middle East Water Resources
Introduction: Overview of Middle East Water Resources
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| Area of Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian interest. |
Water is the most precious and valuable natural
(and national) resource in the Middle East, vital
for socioeconomic growth, sustainability of the
environment, and—when considered to the
extreme—for survival.
This publication presents an overview of Middle
East water resources in areas of Israeli, Jordanian,
and Palestinian interest. Areal and site-specific
hydrologic, meteorologic, and geologic
data provided by water-resources agencies of the
region are presented to allow a broad depiction
of the overall water conditions in the region.
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| Roman-era cistern at Amman. |
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| King Abdullah Canal at outflow of pipeline bringing water from Lake Tiberias |
This publication was developed as part of the
Middle East Water Data Banks Project, which
encourages management and protection of
water resources on a regional basis. Work was
completed as a cooperative effort among the
three Core Parties and was coordinated under
the umbrella of the Water Working Group of
the Middle East Multilateral Peace Process.
The participating water-resources institutions
are the Palestinian Water Authority, Jordanian
Ministry of Water and Irrigation, and Israeli
Hydrological Service.
Water Data Banks Project,
Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources,
Middle East Peace Process
Overview of Middle East Water Resources
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