Arab–Israeli peace projects regional problems of acute shortage of clean fresh water in Jordan, and the rapid contraction of the Dead Sea. A new desalination plant to be built near the Jordanian tourist resort of Aqaba would convert salt water from the Red Sea into fresh water for use in southern Israel and southern Jordan; each region would get eight billion to 13 billion gallons a year. This process would produces about as much brine as a waste product; the brine would be piped more than 100 miles to help replenish the Dead Sea, already known for its high salt content. This would
Brine shrimp For example, "A. franciscana" of the Americas has been widely introduced to places outside its native range and is often able to outcompete local species, such as "A. salina" in the Mediterranean region. Among the highly localized species are "A. urmiana" from Lake Urmia in Iran. Once abundant, the species has drastically declined due to drought, leading to fears that it was almost extinct. However, a second population of this species has recently been discovered in the Koyashskoye Salt Lake at the Crimean Peninsula. "A. monica", the species commonly known as Mono Lake brine shrimp, can be found in Mono