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Israelis and Palestinians are heavily reliant on the already fully exploited Mountain Aquifer. The natural replenishment of all the sub-basins has been fully allocated in the Oslo B accords, and the current interim agreement does not leave any excess capacity as a reserve for crisis situations. Therefore, both Israeli and Palestinian professionals realize this aquifer has to be judiciously managed. Otherwise its already exploited operational storage capacity would be reduced, to the detriment of both parties, possibly leading to tensions between them. Moreover, as seen in previous chapters, both sides realize that neither can manage the aquifer independently — hence the need to cooperate in managing this shared resource. |
