Jordan denies reports it will establish water desalination project with Israel, Palestine

A Jordanian official source on Wednesday denied claims made by the Israeli media that it is making arrangements pertaining to the establishment a project for desalination of sea water with the participation of Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel at an estimated cost of US $1 billion and at a production capacity of 80 million cubic meters of waters per year.

In news quoted by the Jordanian daily al-Dustour, the Jordanian source asserted on Wednesday that the claims stated in the Israeli media are groundless.

The source also denied any arrangements in this respect, adding that for such similar projects there is only the study of the channel of the Red and Mediterranean Sea carried out by a US company.