That site in the West Bank overlays the infiltration area of the eastern sector of the water aquifer, and is adjacent to the area where Israel has forcibly evicted the Jahhalin Bedouin (originally evicted from the Negev, inside the Green Line, in 1979-1980) to transfer their commonly held lands to the sprawling Ma'ale Adumim settler colony.

6. The second baseline data group (chemical oceanography) is a specific requirement targeted to collect the data prior to any discharge in the water, including the water overlaying the nodules.