WHATEVER THE BOOK SAYS YOUR TRADE IS WORTH MEL FARR WILL PAY FORD NEW '90 ESCORT Corner of 10 Mlle & Greenfield (Exit of 696 frwy) OAK PARK water most nights, is estimated to be losing as much as 30 percent of its water supply as a result of old, leaking pipes. In Egypt, up to two-thirds of the water supply allocated to cities and towns is being lost through inefficient use, while farmers along the fer- tile Nile delta use twice as much water as necessary be- cause of primitive irrigation techniques. Saudi Arabia uses 90 per- cent of its non-replenishable deep- well fresh water sup- plies for agricultural pro- duce that could be imported at one-tenth of the cost, while Israel uses 70 percent of its water for agriculture and some 17 percent of its energy resources simply to pump water around the country. A complicating political factor in Israel's calcula- tions, and a cause for sober consideration by those ad- vocating a return of the oc- cupied territories, is that no less than 40 percent of Israel's fresh water is de- rived from aquifers beneath the West Bank and Gaza Strip, representing 95 per- cent of the aquifers in the oc- cupied territories. The Jordan River, which is shared by Israel and the Hashemite kingdom, is now so overused that its increas- ingly saline water can ir- rigate only some of the most salt-resistant crops. Even so, the subject of water allocation from the river is a matter of constant haggling between Israeli and Jordanian officials. Ac- cording to sources in Lon- don, the flow is so meticu- lously monitored and the supplies so carefully allocated that the debate between the two sides overheated when Israel re- cently removed a large boulder in the river that slightly increased its share of the water flow. Indeed, so critical is this natural resource as a factor in Middle East politics these days that Jordan's King Hussein has reportedly told visitors that water is the only factor that would in- duce him to go to war against Israel again. Relief may come if Israel can strike a deal with Leb- anon over water from the Litani River and with Jor- dan over the untapped Yar- muk River, where Hussein had planned to build a $350 million "unity dam" which would essentially supply water to Jordan and Syria. Observers do not doubt that Israel, which claims a share of the Yarmuk, would take drastic action if it were excluded from a strictly Jor- danian-Syrian division of the water, and plans to con- struct the dam broke down over what the Jordanians consider to be excessive Israeli demands for its share of the Yarmuk waters. Israeli experts are now predicting a water shortfall of up to 30 percent by the end of the decade; Syria and Iraq are expected to suffer shortfalls of up to 60 percent, while Jordanian experts are forecasting that by the year 2010 they will require about twice as much water as they currently consume. Both Saudi Arabia and Libya have embarked on hideously expensive water- development projects, both of which bear the hallmarks of desperation rather than cool, long-term strategic planning. Riyadh has already spent at least $20 billion on a seawater desalinisation plant which provides less than 3 percent of its water supplies, while Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has em- barked on a characteristical- ly bizarre scheme, a $24 billion project which he has dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World." The Libyan plan involves the construction of massive concrete pipes to carry water to the coastal plain from non- replenishable underground lakes deep in Libya's southern desert. The lakes are expected to dry up shortly after the project is completed within Da years. A more realistic prospect for Israel is contained in a recent agreement with Turkey to purchase up to 250 million cubic meters of water a year — equivalent to almost the annual amount provided by the National Water Carrier — at a cost of up to 35 cents per cubic meter. It is envisaged that the Turkish water will be shipped to Israel in huge plastic barges, and in- frastructure work alone, in- cluding the construction of special terminals and addi- tional pipelines, is expected to cost around $200 million. 96713700 TOYOTA Ita FARR ,;9a MORE NEW '90 TAURUS s 5 890 #7.$11 450 NEW '90 CAMRY NEW '90 CELICA 1951 S. TELEGRAPH A MI. North of Square Lake BLOOMFIELD HILLS 935 „30$11 393 333•3300 .6541 '90 CONTINENTAL "EXECUTIVE SERIES" LINCOLN MERCURY M EL w FARR js .' • 5 wl 24 AVAILABLE 4178 HIGHLAND RD M-59 Near Pontiac Lake Rd.) 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