Water Stress Contributes to Migration Crisis

[LoLeL]

Read these articles

-- Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis
-- Water Stress is Driving Conflict and Migration. How Should the Global Community Respond?
-- Water scarcity

Look at these maps
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...water_main.gif
Details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/n...96.stm#graphic

[KMack]

I don't see much of a solution unless natural river or rain water can be captured and treated at large facilities.

[LoLeL]

I don't see much of a solution unless natural river or rain water can be captured and treated at large facilities.

Israel has solutions for it: Water supply and sanitation in Israel

[KMack]

Israel has solutions for it: Water supply and sanitation in Israel

Not surprised. They did an excellent job modernizing the country and infrastructure.

[War Chef]

Israel has solutions for it: Water supply and sanitation in Israel

Pissrael

[LoLeL]

Not surprised. They did an excellent job modernizing the country and infrastructure.

Yeah, Las Vegas is another good example. Interesting article about its water system:

How Las Vegas Created One of the Best Water Systems in America - This desert city has figured out innovative ways to cut down on leaks

[War Chef]

Not surprised. They did an excellent job modernizing the country and infrastructure.

Yes with Billions of dollars from the United States

[LoLeL]

Pissrael

OK Muzzafir

[KMack]

Yes with Billions of dollars from the United States

Nope.

In 1937 the national water company Mekorot was created, more than a decade before the creation of the state of Israel. Among its achievements was the Shiloach Pipeline along the Burma Road to Jerusalem built during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and a first pipeline to the Negev in 1955. Between 1953 and 1955 the United States Special Representative for Water in the Middle East, Eric Johnston, had negotiated the Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan to jointly develop the water resources of the Jordan River Basin between Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The Johnston Plan was rejected by the Arab League, but Israel nevertheless abided by its water allocation under the plan. Mekorot began a Rain Enhancement program in 1961, increasing rainfall by 13–18%. A Brackish Water Pipeline to divert brackish ground water from the Sea of Galilee to the Lower Jordan was completed in 1965. The main water resources project at the time, however, was the transfer of water from the Sea of Galilee to the coast through the National Water Carrier in 1965. As a reaction to the construction of the pipeline, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan tried to divert the headwaters of the Jordan River. This was one of the events that increased tensions leading to the Six-Day War of 1967 during which Israel captured the West Bank and the Golan Heights.

[Odin]