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2013-05-31 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel: With desalination, a once unthinkable water surplus is possible

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-05-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Now if they can drain the Med into the Dead (sea), they can have power and a whole bunch more potable water, annnnnnnddd they can raise the level of the Dead (sea) to a normal level, like it should be.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-05-31 00:16|| 2013-05-31 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 7M3/hr seems a little high if the projected annual production is only 150m3, from 2 plants at the facility.

I've thought the same thing about the Gulf of Mexico and Death Valley, AP. Three hundred feet of absolute drop can create enormous hydropower.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-05-31 09:21|| 2013-05-31 09:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow, what will those Arabs think of next (sarc buttoyn off)?

Posted by Jack Salami 2013-05-31 10:52|| 2013-05-31 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Wow, what will those Arabs think of next (sarc button off)?

Posted by Jack Salami 2013-05-31 10:52|| 2013-05-31 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Many Mota...Mota...Mota

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-05-31 12:42|| 2013-05-31 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 I've thought the same thing about the Gulf of Mexico and Death Valley, AP.

I think you mean the Gulf of California, Skid. And something like it happened in 1905, when a poorly-engineered project on the lower Colorado accidentally diverted the whole flow into the then-Salton Sink, which is today the slowly dying "Salton Sea".

Posted by Mitch H. 2013-05-31 15:16|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2013-05-31 15:16|| Front Page Top

#7 desalinization technology has improved by about a factor of 10 in the past decade in terms of efficiency

tunneling technology, which would be the basis of any Med to Dead or Red to Dead sea system has hardly improved at all during that time

Posted by lord garth 2013-05-31 16:42|| 2013-05-31 16:42|| Front Page Top

#8 1905: Sudden water over San Andreas fault
1906: 7.8 earthquake...

Anyone else think there's a Link?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-05-31 17:47|| 2013-05-31 17:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Correlation is not causation, BP - but it makes an interesting story.

Posted by Barbara 2013-05-31 18:11|| 2013-05-31 18:11|| Front Page Top

#10 tunneling technology

I believe the Paleos actually have some experience in that area. Quality Assurance is another matter.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-31 18:53|| 2013-05-31 18:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Experience, but no advancement since 600AD.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-05-31 19:16|| 2013-05-31 19:16|| Front Page Top

#12 It depends on whether you think of directional drilling as tunneling technology, I guess.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-05-31 19:51|| 2013-05-31 19:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Those all in one drill + tunnel reinforce are kinda nifty.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-05-31 20:05|| 2013-05-31 20:05|| Front Page Top

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