AMMAN —
Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Al-Najjar said on Sunday that the rate of
water loss in Amman is 40 percent, according to Al-Rai newspaper.
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This came during a
meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, headed by MP Mohammed Al-Saudi,
and a number of deputies to discuss the two draft laws on the 2022 general
budget for the Ministry of Water.
Saudi and committee members
asked the Water Ministry to address water challenges and find solutions that
mitigate water waste.
Najjar said during the
meeting that the ministry is working on a project funded by a US grant to replace
water networks and water meters in all governorates of the Kingdom to reduce
water losses.
Secretary-General of the
Ministry of Water Muhannad Bashar Al-Mahamid said that assaults on the water pipes
increase the percentage of water losses; adding that 58,000 attacks on main
lines were reported during 2020.
Najjar said that the cost
of the national carrier project is lower than extracting water from wells, as
water wells are deep and require special high-priced pumping equipment.
Najjar indicated that the
extraction of wells water needs to be treated from the radioactive materials it
contains, according to the samples extracted, and this is expensive and
requires electrical energy.
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