by Muath Freij | JORDAN TIMES
AMMAN — The Kingdom’s water situation is improving after recent rains boosted storage in the country’s dams, Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) Secretary General Saad Abu Hammour said on Thursday.
“The total amount of water stored in the Kingdom’s 10 dams stands at 71.5 million cubic metres (mcm) following the recent rainfall,” he told The Jordan Times over the phone yesterday.
The country’s 10 major dams have a total storage capacity of 325mcm, and are now 22 per cent full.
Heavy rains across the Kingdom during the past week channelled much needed water into the country’s dams, improving water storage, the Jordan Valley Authority said Thursday (Photo by Nader Daoud)
Well, I suppose one needs to reside in Jordan to appreciate rain …