AMMAN — The Secretary-General of
Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) Manar Mahasneh said that a study carried out on sediment and
silt measurements in the Kingdom’s dams showed that the highest sediment rates were
recorded in the
King Talal Dam, at 8 million cubic meters, according to Al-Ghad
News.
اضافة اعلان
According to the study, the volume of the sediment accumulating
in some of the Kingdom’s dams has measured around 3.5 million cubic meters; 5
million cubic meters in Mujib Dam, and approximately 400,000 cubic meters in Tannur
Dam.
Mahasneh said that the
Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
Valley Authority conducted an economic feasibility study on which sound
decision to take of two options; cleaning the dams, namely those with high
sediment or the construction of new dams.
The clean-up of the Shueib Dam is set to kick off at the end
of this year, and the JVA has reached an agreement with the
Jordan Armed Force to clean-up Mujib Dam, according
to Mahasneh.
The Ministry said
additional dams are expected to be completed in mid-year as the process of
assessing the volume silt and sediment in the remaining dams continues.
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