Jordan looks to the Red Sea amid water shortage

Jordan plans to tackle its water shortage by pumping supplies from the Red Sea to the diminished Dead Sea, it has been revealed.

The country, one of the driest in the world, currently relies on the King Abdullah Canal, which transports water from tributaries of the river Jordan into the rovers valley, providing supplies for agricultural irrigation and drinking water in the capital, Amman, reports AFP.

However, due to lower rainfall levels believed to be caused by climate change, this supply is dwindling and the country plans to tackle the problem by pumping water from the Red Sea through a pipeline to the Dead Sea, with a desalination plant making the water fit to drink.

Jordan is one of a number of countries seeking to tackle significant declines in water supplies.

In Indonesia, the West Java Water Resources Management Agency is planning to construct 12 dams in the Bandung Basin area, in order to capture water in the rainy season to supply 6.5 million people, the Jakarta Post reports.

The dams will help prevent flooding in the wet season and provide clean water during the dry season.