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Water & Oil

Water Dams & Irrigation systems Turkey damming the Euphrates River National Water Carrier Project in Israel Modern drip Irrigation used in Israel

Drip Irrigation

Desalinization Removal of salt from ocean water Expensive, not enough water

Waste Water Also used to irrigate

Fossil Water Water from underground aquifers 25 to 30 years of water remains

Petroleum 50% of petroleum in region Formed when animals and plants died

in Ancient Sea Remains mixed with sand and mud Over time Pressure and heat

transformed materials to hydrocarbons

Exploration Iran was first found to have oil Saudi Arabia in 1938

Moving Oil Petroleum that has not been processed

is called crude oil Crude oil is transformed in a refinery Pipelines take the oil to the Persian

Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea

Oil Pipelines in Iraq