A Last Ditch Effort to Save the Jordan River

Arguably one of the most endangered rivers on the planet, the river Jordan has been shrinking since one of the oldest continuously inhabited human cities, Jericho, was established on its West Bank. In biblical stories, the Israelites crossed the Jordan “against Jericho,” suggesting that the River was so wide, it reached Jericho. The exact geographical accuracy of this story cannot be defined, but today Jericho stands 10 kilometres away from the River’s West Bank.

Contact information	Mr. Rami Abdelrahman, Programme officer and Dr. Anders Jägerskog, Director, Knowledge services, SIWi (email: rami.abdelrahman@siwi.org) Phone: +46 8 121 360 33
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-last-ditch-effort-to-save-the-jordan-river/
Source of information	SIWI - Stockholm Water Front Magazine
Subject(s)	HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER QUALITY
Relation	http://www.siwi.org/Resources/Water_Front_Articles/WF-1-2013_Cover%20_story_Jordan.pdf
Geographical coverage	Jordan,Palestine,Israel,
News date	17/04/2013
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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