re basil opinions re water on the brain in article qmdtlinnkrc early bird think com shaig think com shai guday writes in article apr thunder mcrcim mcgill edu hasan mcrcim mcgill edu writes in article apr nysernet org astein nysernet org alan stein writes i guess hasan finally revealed the source of his claim that israel diverted water from lebanon his imagination alan h stein astein israel nysernet org mr water head i never said that israel diverted lebanese rivers in fact i said that israel went into southern lebanon to make sure that no water is being used on the lebanese side so that all water would run into jordan river where there israel will use it head of course posting some hard evidence or facts is much more difficult you have not bothered to substantiate this in any way basil do you know of any evidence that would support this i agree with shai there are many references to israeli plans on the litani river but i have yet to find hard evidence i had mentioned before that there is a report commissioned by the un to study the litani river it is still in draft form the israeli gov t also commissioned a study on the river that was done by dr ben wolfe the litani starts in the bekaa valley in lebanon flows southward then west across south lebanon and discharges into the mediterranean near the city of tyre there are other rivers such as the hasbani and the wazzani that start in lebanese territory than join the jordan river the most mentioned plan was one that would divert water from the litani into these then the water would flow naturally into the lac de houle but there is no evidence of any diversion structure which would need to be at least km long the area is mountainous inaccessible and occupied by israel so i have not seen any independent reports of the existence of any diversion structure there another often mentioned diversion is through deep wells it is also rumored that israe has m wells tapping into deep aquifers and drawing water on the israeli side of the border if such wells are indeed under use they would be costly to operate high energy costs and the lebanese and israeli gov t should agree on the distribution of water from shared aquifers as part of an overall peace plan and the bilateral negociations on regional issues the fact that we have been at war all this time has led to the current state of affairs where withdrawals from such aquifers is completely unregulated basil hasan shai guday stealth bombers os software engineer thinking machines corp the winged ninjas of the skies cambridge ma
