AMMAN — The overall water storage in the Kingdom’s
dams has so far reached 85. 660 million cubic meters (mcm), filling 30,51 percent of the total capacity of 280.760 mcm, the Ministry of Water said in a
statement on Wednesday.
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According to the ministry’s statement, this water storage is
similar to last year’s in relation to dams used for irrigation purposes.
The ministry noted the water quantities stored in King Talal Dam
amounted to about 44mcm, with a storage capacity of 65.5percent, while Wadi
Al-Arab Dam storage amounted to 8mcm at 48percent.
Sharhabil bin Hasna Dam (Zaqlab) - Jordan Valley)’s storage is now
at 1.7mcm at 43.4percent, whereas Kufranja Dam’s reserve is 3.2mcm at 41.4percent.
In addition, Shuaib Dam’s capacity reached 1.25mcm at 100percent and Al Kafrin
Dam is 6.5mcm at 76.7percent, the statement added.
The ministry noted to the low storage in dams used for drinking
and irrigation purposes, namely Al-Wehda Dam, which has so far reached a
storage capacity of 15.2percent and Mujib Dam’s reserve hit 3.3percent, while
storage in Wala Dam reached 13.6percent.
As
for the southern dams used for irrigation and industrial uses, the storage
capacity is still “very low, “ which reached less than 1percent in Tannour Dam,
while Karak and Lajjun dams have stored about 12percent each.
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