AMMAN — The Kingdom’s 14 main dams now hold 30
percent, or 85 million cubic meters (mcm), of their current total storage
capacity of 280 mcm, the
Ministry of Water and Irrigation said on Saturday, as
reported by Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The
King Talal Dam, the Kingdom’s second largest, now holds 65.7 percent of its total capacity
of 75mcm after rain over the weekend poured an additional 0.8mcm.
Also, 72 percent,
or 5.89 billion cubic meters, of the Kingdom’s long-term rainfall average of
8.1 billion cubic meters has been realized since the start of the 2021-2022 wet
season.
Despite
historically scarce precipitation, the southern city of
Aqaba has seen its
annual average at 183.8 percent since the beginning of the season.
In its
regional breakdown of annual rainfall average performance, the ministry said
that the Irbid governorate has received 95.9 per cent of its long-term average,
followed by Salt 94.5, Amman 88.7, Ajloun 82.8, Zarqa 75.8, Ma’an 61,
Madaba 61, Karak 53.3, Mafraq 50, Jerash 48.3, Tafileh 38.3, and
Shoubak 37.
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