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6th International Conference J O R D A N R I V E R B A S I N L e b a n o n European Water Resources Association Lake Huleh 10 Sep7t e(cid:0)mber 2005 Golan Heights a The Jordan River Basin: e A Chronicle of Plans from the 1900s to Date S S Tiberias y Lake r Eng. Adla Khalaf, Technical Support, Ministry of Planning, Ramallah. n Y a r m o uk River i a DDrr.. SDhavaiddd Ja.dH A. Ptthiliil,l iNpesg, oAtdiaatmio nS mSuitphp Ionrstt iUtuntiet,, R3 aAmlbaellrat hE.mbankment, London SE3 7SP I s r a e l a e The Jordan River basin is an international watercourse covering parts n of four States and one territory (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan and a Palestine). The River and its tributaries constitute an important source r of water to all of these entities, in part because of the generally arid r nature of the region as a whole. The five co-riparians of the basin all J e o suffer from serious water deficiencies. t r d Many development plans have been produced over the last century i a Wadi Kafrinje for the Jordan River valley region. These extend from the efforts of d Northeastern n Aquifer r Abraham Bourcart in the late 1890s, through work by Franghia in 1913, e e and by Mavromatis and Henriques of Britain in the 1920s; to the M v Ionides Plan (1939), the Lowdermilk proposals (1944); and the work by i Wadi Z e r k a James Hays in the late 1940s. All of these authors investigated aspects W e s t B a n k R of the use of the regional water resources for irrigation in particular, as the production of crops was then considered to constitute the primary n need for water in the region. Western Aquifer a A particularly intensive effort occurred in the early to mid-1950s to Coastal d develop a consensus for the use of the water resources of the Jordan Aquifer Eastern Aquifer Amman r River basin. A review is presented of the main features of the plans o produced for the basin as a whole, focusing mainly on the period J between 1953 and 1956. The best-known of the proposals (the Johnston Plan of 30 September 1955) is outlined in some detail. Jerusalem Legend a Jordan River Basin e S Groundwater Divide d Groundwater Flow a e Green Line (Armistice Line 1949) D International Borders Jordan River 1935 Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Planning Geographic Center and Technical Support Negotiations Affairs Department/ Negotiations Support Unit Scale 1:850,000 Kilometers 0 10 20 Jordan River 1997 Map 1: Dams and Canals Map 2: Israel National Water Carrier nean Sea Lebanon Hasbani River a Lebanon Tr Leheseob uaJroncroedn a,in nS tRyhrieiva er,e rJ gBoioardnsai.n nF ,ii svI setrh aceeo mlu anontsrdite iPsm asplheoasrtrtaienn eitt. ss ucorfnatcreib uwtaiotenr: Mediterra Litani River Dan RivBearnias River Se Golan Iotf hthaes afi vteo tcaol -arripeaar ioafn 1s8 i7s5 104 k0m0 2M aCnMd/ athvee rtaogtael fylor.w contribution Heights Golan Lake Basin Countries and Percentage Territory of Total Basin (km2) Heights Huleh n Lake Huleh Israel JYiasrc oBuabnat a TLaibkeerias S y r i a Le7b2a6non Israel st BankIsrael W)edsets oGphoorrP (Ma linanaC TLaibkeeriEaast Ghor Msain WCanal AdaasYdiyaDariWm aD mMoiavZuaedkqres aiRiro irinnKv kDeaaafrmrinje J o Sr ydr ai an editerrane Irsael National WateWr Carreierst BJearunsalkemn adRroiJver J o r d a n ContrSi63by87ur9%tiia4on of the Five C4o%-RiparianJso74 r7t11od907% a%3t5hn1e Total FPloaw1l9e6 %s(7Mt6inCeM/yr) e W reviR nad M aedD Sea Jo5r3d0an Le1b92a%0non roJ aza 38% G Palestinian National Authority aedD Sea Wadi Walah NegotiatGioenos gAraffpahirisc M DCienepinsatterrytrm aoenf ndPt /lT aNenecnghinongticiaatli oSnusp Spuoprtport Unit Palestinian National Authority S34y13r%5ia Wadi Mujib Negev GeographicM Cineinstteryr oafn Pd laTnenchinngical Support Palestine Israel Negotiations Affairs Department/ Negotiations Support Unit 155 160 11% 11% Kilometers Kilometers 0 10 20 0 10 20