Three internationally known water engineers declared today that the Israeli hydroelectric development at Bnot Yaacov would fit “admirably” into the so-called TVA project for the Jordan River. The engineers are H.G. Bashore, J.L. Savage and Abel Wolman. They made their survey at the request of the Israeli Government.
The engineers declared that the present projects to canalize the waters of the Jordan for transmission to Lake Tiberias “are not only not in conflict with the proposals in the report but fit into them admirably. They conflict in no way with the TVA project or any other scheme for using Lake Tiberias for a main reservoir for the distribution of irrigation water for the Jordan Valley.”
Their opinion, according to a statement today, came after a careful technical study of both the Israeli project and the TVA proposal. It refuted persistent Syrian complaints that the Israeli project negates any plan under consideration or to be considered in the future. It was on the basis of the Syrian complaint that the Security Council is now discussing Israel’s hydroelectric project.
Mr. Bashore has been associated with major irrigation and water projects in the United States since 1906 when he joined the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Mr. Savage has served as consultant to a number of foreign countries including Switzerland, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Spain and Puerto Rico. Mr. Wolman is a consultant for the TVA, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Public Health Service.
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