Pure Water From a Dead Sea
In other parts of the world, a glass of clean water is often a luxury. Consider, for example, the area of the Dead Sea, located in the southeastern part of Israel. It is unique among the places of the earth. Since it is 1385 feet below sea level, it distinguishes itself as the lowest place on the surface of the earth. Being the lowest, water cannot flow out of it and, thus, only evaporation allows water to escape, leaving behind all the solids dissolved in the water that flows in from the Jordan River. It is Israel’s and Jordan’s natural waste dump.
Secondly, at 8.6 times saltier than the oceans, the Dead Sea is second saltiest body of water on earth. To hold this record, it is a 33.7% salt solution. Deeper water is saltier so 300 feet down the salt precipitates to the bottom. Third, at 42 feet long, 11 miles wide, and 1240 feet deep, it is the deepest salt lake in the world.
Vast stores of potash, bromine, caustic soda, magnesium, and sodium chloride have been left by the evaporating water over the last several thousand years. It was estimated that the Dead Sea area holds at least two trillion dollars worth of fertilizer compounds (presently 1.9 billion tons of potash), awaiting extraction. What has made the Sea dead has actually brought life to the surrounding economy.
But the level of water in the Dead Sea is dropping at a present rate of three feet a year. Since 1970, the level has dropped 72 feet. What is the cause of this? First, little rain feeds it. The northern part of the Sea gets about 4 inches of rain a year, the southern part only 2 inches. Also, manufacturing in the northern part of the country, and irrigation take away 90% of the normal amount of water flowing through the Jordan River.
Some believe the salts in the Sea have therapeutic value and, for this reason, they are taken out of the Dead Sea and sold. Thus, desalination plants are located in the southern part of the Sea to extract the salts for various purposes and well as providing fresh, clean water. This has also lowered the water table in the country, affecting the ability to provide enough water for the citizens and increasing the need to take water from the Jordan.
The entire country has been affected by this drop in water level. The Dead Sea has actually changed its shape. The bottom third of the Sea has always been much shallower than the rest. Perhaps the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, whose infamy is told in the Old Testament book of Genesis, were located in this area. But, because of the lower water level, the Lisan Peninsula (Arabic for “tongue” because of its shape) now separates the Sea into two parts.
The Dead Sea has attracted tourists for centuries and a continued drop in water level may affect this. But the Dead Sea is, frankly, a healthy place to be, for it has a low level of allergens, increased air pressure, decreased ultra-violet solar radiation, and high levels of oxygen.
Presently Jordan and Israel are considering a joint project called the “Two Seas Canal”. If it happens, a 125 mile pipeline would pump salt water from the Aqaba region of the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Desalination and power plants on the Jordanian side of the Sea would produce both hydroelectricity as the pumped water falls into the Sea, and 850 million cubic meters of fresh water a year.
A glass of fresh, clean water is surely something people in the west take for granted. Other nations must go to great trouble to provide it for their people, and often must limit its use so there is enough. Though even our dependable sources of water are threatened, wise stewardship will hopefully continue to permit us to enjoy this life-giving liquid for years to come.
But if you’re in a place that does not have clean water, look into the Berkey Water Filter. The Black Berkey Filters that ship with the Royal Berkey, or any other model, are able to filter out microscopic bacteria without removing the minerals beneficial to your health. There is virtually no other water filter system that can do this.
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