An agreement has been signed by officials from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority in an effort to save the Dead Sea from disappearing by bringing water from the Red Sea to a desalination plant in Jordan and piping the resulting brine to the Dead Sea.
The deal was signed at the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. with a projected cost of between 250 and 400 million dollars.
However, environmental advocacy groups are also concerned over the possible effects of the brine on the area's fragile ecosystem.
they said that at a regional level the greatest concern and risk lies with the possible change to the nature of the Dead Sea itself which could cause a loss of cultural and natural heritage.
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