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March 18, 2013

Middle East faces alarming water loss
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Mar 15, 2013
The Middle East, one of the most arid regions on Earth, is facing a critical water crisis because of poor management and a 2007 drought, the American Geophysical Union warns in a new report. It published a NASA study that showed in 2003-09 the Middle East lost a volume of water equivalent to the needs of up to 100 million people in the region. That amount of fresh water is almost the size of the Dead Sea shared by Israel and Jordan. The region has long grappled with several major dispute ... read more

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