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elleng

(130,834 posts) Tue Feb 12, 2013, 05:17 PM Feb 2013

Source: nyt/ap

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A NASA study found that an amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of a 2007 drought.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/02/12/world/middleeast/ap-ml-middle-east-vanishing-water.html?hp

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NASA: Alarming Water Loss in Middle East. [View all] elleng Feb 2013 OP

It's been said that the true reason for Israel taking no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 #1

Damn. Keeps getting worse. elleng Feb 2013 #2

And in the meantime? n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #26

I read an article a long time ago Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #5

part of it RILib Feb 2013 #11

You'll have noticed dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #14

And the best solution add electrical generation to the area happyslug Feb 2013 #15

Water is one reason, but I do NOT think the Main Reason happyslug Feb 2013 #18

No, most water used for that purpose is salt water from the Sea happyslug Feb 2013 #16

I get it. 4bucksagallon Feb 2013 #6

They'll have to raid Dubai's gold shops for a while... Amonester Feb 2013 #25

Rubio is drinking it all up! tomm2thumbs Feb 2013 #7

nothing like a live TV speech to see the real man :) Sunlei Feb 2013 #21

Water has always been the key. DeSwiss Feb 2013 #8

And we should have been and be aware of it. elleng Feb 2013 #9

Yemen is on the cusp of being the first JCMach1 Feb 2013 #10

they chew largely to stave JCMach1 Feb 2013 #22

jesus must not care about the "holy" land very much snooper2 Feb 2013 #17

Water is the next oil; wars will be fought over it NickB79 Feb 2013 #24