Amman: The Ministry of Water and Irrigation/Jordan Valley Authority reported that recent precipitation concentrated in eastern and southern regions has contributed 8 million cubic meters of water to dams and desert retention basins during the past 24 hours from rainfall and wadi runoff.
According to Jordan News Agency, this influx has raised the total storage in Jordan’s 15 major dams to 95 million cubic meters, representing 33 percent of their total storage capacity of 288.128 million cubic meters.
The highest inflows were recorded at the Mujib Dam, which received 4.5 million cubic meters, bringing its total storage to 18 million cubic meters or 74 percent of capacity.
The Waleh Dam collected 2.5 million cubic meters, increasing its reserves to 4.4 million cubic meters, representing 17 percent of capacity. The Waheidi Dam in Ma’an received 750,000 cubic meters.
The remaining water volume was distributed across various desert retention basins and dams, with the exception of Zarqa Ma’in in Madaba, which received no significant inflows.