Jordanian PM: Sell future desalinated water to Israel, purchase more Kinneret water

Published on August 28, 2013 04:46 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government

The Kingdom of Jordan intends to sell Israel water produced by a future Jordanian desalination plant, in return for the ability to purchase an increased amount of fresh water from Israel's Kinneret reservoir, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour declared.

Ensour made the announcement at a press conference regarding the launch of the first phase of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conduit project, which would consist of a desalination plant that is at least 100 million cu.m. in capacity. As part of an agreement with Israel, Jordan would sell its neighbor the desalinated water at 1 Dinar (NIS 5) per cubic meter and would purchase the Kinneret water at 0.3 Dinar (NIS 1.5) per cubic meter, Ensour explained.Such a move would be ideal for Jordan because transferring the brunt of the water from the desalination plant near Aqaba to the country's water starved north would be much more expensive than embarking upon this plan, the prime minister stressed.

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