Amman, The recent rainfall raised precipitation to 52.7 percent of Jordan’s long-term annual average of 8.1 billion cubic meters, channeling some 4 million cubic meters (mcm) into dams in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Water said in a statement on Thursday that rainfall mostly poured into northern dams, raising King Talal Dam’s storage to 85mcm, or 30.29 percent, of its total capacity of 280.7mcm. The highest precipitation of 51 millimeters (mm) was recorded in Irbid during the last 24 hours, added the statement.
Furthermore, northern dams received about 4mcm, distributed as: King Talal Dam 2.8mcm, Al-Wahda Dam 409,000 cubic meters, Wadi Arab Dam 394,000 cubic meters, Zaqlab 63,000 cubic meters, Kufranja Dam 44,000 cubic meters, Wadi Shuaib Dam 138,000 cubic meters, Al-Kafrein 45,000 cubic meters, and Zarqa Ma’in 14,000 cubic meters. As for southern dams, only 8,500 cubic meters entered Mujib Dam and Al-Karak Dam.
Amman saw the highest precipitation of 26.8mm. Moreover, Madaba witnessed 9.4mm, Zarqa 6.7mm, Jerash 21.3mm, Mafraq 6.2mm, Irbid 21.5mm, Ramtha 17.5mm, Ajloun 26.4mm, Karak 2.4mm, Tafileh 0.4mm, Maan 0.6, and Aqaba 0.1mm.
Source: Jordan News Agency