On the occasion of the 6th World Water Forum, Israeli engineers have proposed solutions for the management of wastewater from Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories that pollute downstream the Kidron Valley to the Dead Sea. Some require an agreement with the Palestinian authorities: create a treatment plant in Palestinian territory or send the sewage to an existing station northeast of the city by pipes passing through the territory. It was difficult to obtain an agreement with the current tensions. An alternative is to bypass the Palestinian territories and therefore this obligation agreement. But it is far more expensive, dual solutions requiring agreement to be $ 200 million (? 153m). Israeli and Palestinian engineers working together on the ground but policies seem less inclined to cooperate. Even a simple problem to manage wastewater.

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Source: EMWIS Flash 98 , March 2012