Turkey-Israel water transfer still in the pipeline

At best, the concept of pumping fresh water from Turkey to Israel sounds like a pipe dream. The reality will depend on how the costs stack up against desalination.

Israel and Turkey have agreed on a full-scale feasibility study for a proposed infrastructure corridor between the two countries. The plan calls for a series of undersea pipelines that would carry water, natural gas, crude oil, and electricity from Ceyhan on Turkey’s south-eastern Mediterranean coast to Haifa in northern Israel.

The feasibility study, with a projected cost of $30 ...

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