AMMAN — Precipitation during
this year’s rainy season is higher than normal, reaching 2.823 billion cubic
meters or 34.4 percent of Jordan’s average annual precipitation of 8.1 billion cubic
meters, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation said on Tuesday.
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Rainfall during this year’s rainy
season is also heavier than last year, which witnessed only 16.1 percent of the
annual average during the same period, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
In a press statement, the ministry indicated
that
6 million cubic meters(mcm) of rainwater entered the Kingdom’s dams
between noon on Monday and noon on Tuesday — distributed between all Jordanian
dams but concentrated at Tannour Dam in Tafileh (2.7mcm), King Talal Dam in
Jerash (1.3mcm), and Mujib Dam near Karak (758,000 cubic meters)
This has raised the
total storage of
the Kingdom’s dams to about 43.5 mcm — 15.5 percent of their total capacity of
280 mcm — compared to 38 mcm (13.8 percent) by the same date last year.
The total precipitation across
Jordan between noon Monday and noon Tuesday amounted to 1.147 billion cubic
meters, concentrated in the governorates of Maan at 741 mcm, Amman at 109 mcm,
Aqaba at 87 mcm, Mafraq at 54 mcm, Tafileh at 44 mcm, and Karak at 40 mcm.
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