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Date Added2017-02-16
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Corporate AuthorshipHumpal, Don El-Naser, Hazim Irani, Khaled Sitton, John Renshaw, Kevin Gleitsmann, Brett
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A review of water policies in Jordan and recommendations for strategic priorities : final report
Water policies in Jordan are managed as a delicate balance of interests whose combined demand for water
greatly exceeds both renewable and currently financed non-renewable supply. Jordan’s people, who
currently live in state of severe water scarcity index at 147 cubic meters of water available each year per
person could move to deep water poverty at only 90 m3 year-1 by 2025. At this level basic hygiene and
sanitation becomes threatened, along with crop and livestock production and associated jobs