Jordan is one of the driest places on Earth. But under the Wadi Rum lies an enourmus fossile water reservoir, where water dating back 20,000 years is stored in sandstone aquifers below shallower surface rock and river resources are found.. While the local nomads struggle to meet basic needs, private large-scale farms, visionary development projects and growing urban populations are extracting the precious resource with the help of modern technology. Bedouins, farmers and city dwellers: they all expect to have a fair share, but digging for "blue gold" unleashes an environmental timebomb. LIVING WATER tells the story of power, exploitation and changing ecological circumstances in one of the most water-poor countries in the world.
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The conflicts for water in Jordan’s deserts already happening today gives a pretaste of future disputes.
Jordan is one of the driest places on Earth. But under the Wadi Rum lies an enourmus fossile water reservoir, where water dating back 20,000 years is stored in sandstone aquifers below shallower surface rock and river resources are found..
While the local nomads struggle to meet basic needs, private large-scale farms, visionary development projects and growing urban populations are extracting the precious resource with the help of modern technology. Bedouins, farmers and city dwellers: they all expect to have a fair share, but digging for "blue gold" unleashes an environmental timebomb.
LIVING WATER tells the story of power, exploitation and changing ecological circumstances in one of the most water-poor countries in the world.