Jordan: 17 firms bid for mammoth Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project. First phase of plan is to build a $900 million conduit to transfer 300 million cubic meters every year. To learn more about this controversial project, please read the publication given below. The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance (RSDSC) Project: A Solution for Some Problems or A Cause for Many Problems? By Hilmi S. Salem The World Bank's Read Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project (approximately 200 km long, with a potential cost of 15 billion USD) is a controversial project. This comprehensive study discusses, in detail, several issues and related impacts (negatively and positively) of this mega project, with respect to the environment, eco-system, climate change, seismology (earthquakes), water supply/water demand, water management, water as a human right, surface water and groundwater aquifer systems, catchment areas, energy, socio-economics, archeology, tourism, geopolitics, sustainable development, policy- and strategy-making, and many others. This investigate study (66 pages, based on data, arguments, analysis, supportive documents and literature, related to natural sciences, engineering, socioeconomics, geopolitics, policy-making, etc.), reflecting a part of the Middle East conflict, is worth reading. PLEASE SEE: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299563326_The_Red_Sea-Dead_Sea_Conveyance_RSDSC_Project_A_Solution_for_Some_Problems_or_A_Cause_for_Many_ProblemsAND/OR:https://www.academia.edu/4085287/The_Red_Sea-Dead_Sea_Conveyance_RSDS_Project_A_Solution_for_Some_Problems_or_a_Cause_for_Many_Problems_Published_by_Palestine_Academy_Press_with_Sponsorship_of_the_United_Nations_Development_Programme_UNDP_and_the_Programme_of_Assistance_to_the_Palestinian_People_PAPP_ ;