Rate of Decline
The Dead Sea is shrinking at a rapid rate. Its water level has fallen over twenty-five meters in less than fifty years and continues to drop at a rate of approximately one meter per year.
Consequences of Declining Water Levels
The declining water level of the Dead Sea has serious and far reaching environmental, social, and economic consequences for the Dead Sea region and beyond. Some of these consequences may soon become irreversible.
Cooperation and Commitment
On May 22, 2005 at the annual World Economic Forum - Dead Sea, the Government of Jordan, the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority (the "Beneficiary Parties") announced their agreement and commitment to study the feasibility of transferring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea as a means to arrest the rapidly declining water level of the Dead Sea and to allow its gradual refilling over time.
Tranferring Needed Water
The concept of water conveyance of the Red Sea to the Dead Sea requires an in-depth feasibility study, an environmental and social assessment study and a study of alternatives.
Preserving History
The Dead Sea is a site of exceptional historic, cultural, economic, and environmental importance for the Middle East and for the world.
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