26 September 2007
Civil society in the Middle East demands that the Bank give full consideration to viable alternatives to the costly project.
The proposed project entails the construction of a 110 mile canal and tunnel system to transfer water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, which has faced sharply declining levels over the past 40 years.
Preliminary estimates place the project at $20 billion.
Read more about the controversy surrounding the study on BIC's new Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conduit problem project page.