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Stephania D on 01 Dec 08Nasser argues on the topic of the environmentalists worries.
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This pollution, coupled with the diversion of much of the river's clean water by Israel, Syria and Jordan, is endangering the river
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"The Lower River is an open sewage canal, and the sad irony is that the sewage water is keeping the river flowing. Being baptized in the water below the dam - something that takes place on the Jordanian side of the river - cannot be too spiritually uplifting,"
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ordan and Syria built a series of dams and canals on the Yarmouk River, the Jordan's main tributary, further cutting the flow to the river. Yet another large Jordanian-Syrian
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If it were up to environmentalists, local countries would import more produce in order to save the Jordan and other water sources in the water-deprived Middle East.
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"if Christians knew that just a mile down the river a toxic mix was being dumped, they would be very upset about it."