Resource
-
LanguageEnglish
-
Resource TypePDF
-
Uploaded By
-
Date Added2015-12-14
-
Corporate AuthorshipUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) through a contract with Associates in Rural Development Inc. (ARD)
-
Collections
-
Related Resources
- Accelerating Water Sector Transformation in Jordan - Mckinsey Report
- Jordan Response Plan 2015 Appeal to the Syrian Crisis - MOPIC
- Hydroponic Green Forage - Summary - 2004
- Regional Assessment - Water Users’ Associations in the SWIM-SM Partner Countries - 2012 - EU
- 11TH SESSION HIGHLAND WATER ACTION PLAN "FINALIZATION AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE AZRAQ GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN" - Highland Water Forum - 2013
Curtailment of Water use for Irrigated Agriculture - Fitch
Agriculture & Environment Review;Groundwater from the Amman Zarqa Basin (AZB) is an important and valuable natural
resource. Water from the Basin is being seriously over-abstracted. Consequently, the water
table is dropping and water quality is declining. This threatens the durability of one of the
principal sources of M&I supply for the Amman area, and is thus of strategic importance to
Jordan. Irrigation, which is generally thought to be a relatively low-value use, accounts for
about half of current abstraction.