Work will begin at the earliest possible time on a regional water plan for settlements in the Beisan valley to replace waters from a tributary of the Jordan River which Jordan is diverting, officials disclosed today.
Settlements in the area, located in northern Israel near the Jordan River boundary, would be threatened with lack of water once Jordan completed its diversion of the Yarmuk if alternate water supplies were not provided. The diversion, according to Jordanian reports, is nearing completion.
A new pumping station will be set up on the Jordan River near the outlet of Lake Tiberias to provide the required water, the officials explained. This new program will be tied into the plan to divert some of the Jordan River waters for irrigation of the Negev, a plan which has evoked threats of war from the Arab states.
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