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
Salt industry in Syracuse, New York of . The brine was pumped to the surface with hand pumps, which could produce about 40 gallons per minute. Beginning in 1838, the State authorized the drilling of deep wells at several locations around the lake to locate the source of the brine; however, none of the wells that were drilled were able to pinpoint the source. By 1878, the wells were to deep. When the "cemented earth" was pierced by a drill, the salt-water rose to within of the surface and was raised the remainder of the way by small pumps driven by steam. That year, it was