in particular the hasbani subbasin is threatened by several types of pollution including domestic wastewater and olive oil production residues in addition to an increase in salinity due to high evaporation rates higher salinity values are mainly a result of the presence of chloriderich saline springs close to the lake shore and on the lake floor which discharge an estimated mcmyr into the lake however the construction of the salinity diversion channel sdc in as part of israels national water carrier project allowed for the diversion of saline water from springs on the western and northwestern side of the lake to the lower jordan river