An artesian well with the highest concentration of potassium salts in the world has been discovered in Israel in the course of oil prospecting, the Ministry of Development announced today.
Within a few months, tests are expected to establish the quantity of water available and whether it has possibilities of commercial exploitation. The well, in the Mt. Sodom area, contains 430 grams of salt per litre (almost a quart) of water, about five times the concentration of water in the Dead Sea.
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