(4 Apr 2022) JORDAN WATER
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 7.19
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Southern Shouneh – 21 January 2022
1. Jordan River
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Jordan Valley, Jordan - 14 May 2021
2. Various of King Abdullah canal
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Amman, Jordan – 28 March 2022
3. SOUNDBITE: (English), Jesus Trelles, WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene), UNICEF:
"Jordan is one of the most water scarce countries in the world. There is an estimated less than 100 cubic meters per person per year of water is available, which is far far, below the 500 cubic meters per year. That indicates extreme water scarcity. With climate change, we see that the effects are multiplied, particularly over the most vulnerable population and more particularly children. We know that due to climate change, we will have a reduction on the rainfall, a reduction on the recharge of the water sources, both surface water in terms of quantity and quality, but also the rainwater sources."
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Jordan Valley, Jordan - 14 May 2021
4. Various of agriculture water pond
5. Various of dry land
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Amman, Jordan – 27 March 2022
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic), Duraid Mahasneh, expert in water and climate:
"We have enough water resources for two million inhabitants. Now we are over 11 million inhabitants, probably because of demographic shifting that as a result of hostilities in the region, but climate change added the misery for that."
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Amman, Jordan – 26 March 2022
7. Wide of pedestrians in downtown Amman
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Zaatari camp, Jordan – 19 November 2021
8. Various of children.
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Amman, Jordan – 27 March 2022
9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic), Duraid Mahasneh, expert in water and climate:
"Little could be done because we have depleted most of our freshwater resources with the underground aquifers out of 14, we only have now two. The only limited resources we can do is by desalination and desalination in Aqaba for two purposes, one to supply people with their needs of water, and secondly to raise the level of the Dead Sea, which is decreasing by almost one meter a year."
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Aqaba, Jordan – 24 March 2022
10. Various of the Red Sea
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Dead Sea, Jordan – 21 January 2022
11. Various of the Dead sea
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Amman, Jordan – 27 March 2022
12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic), Duraid Mahasneh expert in water and climate:
"Unfortunately, we used to depend mostly on transboundary waters with Syria, Israel in particular, and with Saudi Arabia in the South. Our water resources with Saudi Arabia is limited in the Disi aquifer, and that is well organized, but unfortunately, we are not using much of, or we are not benefiting from our water resources in the Yarmouk. The dam that was built to contain 110 million cubic meters of water, shared water with Syria only contains 10 to 14 million, which is devastating. Our regulation with water resources with Israel hasn't improved. Now we are dependent more on buying water from Israel, which is not a very sound way of regulating or managing our water resources."
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Umm Qais – 17 November 2021
13. Various of Lake Tiberias as seen from the Jordanian side
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Amman, Jordan – 28 March 2022
14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic), Omar Salameh, Spokesperson, Water and Irrigation Ministry:
15. Various of water tower reservoir
16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic), Omar Salameh, Spokesperson of Water and Irrigation Ministry:
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Amman, Jordan – 28 March 2022
17. Mid of householder Salem Dabouki checking his water tank
18. Mid of bucket being filled with water from a hose
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