[Ha'aretz] Tzafrir Rinat - An environmental group, Friends of the Earth - Middle East, warns of a dramatic drop in the quantity and quality of the water in the southern section of the Jordan River, following the completion of a joint Jordanian-Syrian dam. The river could dry up completely over the next summer, the group also warns. 92 percent of the Jordan's waters are already being used for human consumption. The new dam would reduce the water flow by a further 25 percent.
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