AMMAN —
Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Al-Najjar said the government will
buy some quantities of water from Israel to compensate for the water shortage
in Jordan, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
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In an interview
with Al-Mamlaka on Tuesday, he also said that the ministry will not expropriate
land that contains illegal wells.
Najjar said that
“many wells are located in remote areas, and if they had been close to the
water networks, we would have taken possession of them”, adding that water in
those wells does not conform to the specifications, “which means that there is
no water source that we can exploit except after obtaining permission from the
Ministry of Health”.
Meanwhile, Al-Rai
daily quoted former minister of water and irrigation Hazem Al-Nasser as saying
that drought and water shortages are nothing new, but the increase in demand
and the management and water supply have created a severe water crisis “whose
consequences we will witness this summer”.
He added that inefficient dams compound the water problem in
Jordan, and that water wastage requires managing dam water storage in a
cautious and rational manner. At the same time, the former minister said that
rationing programs are needed so that dams do not become empty, and citizens
and farmers are not affected.
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