Recent rainfall pours 10 million cubic metres of water into dams

AMMAN — Ministry of Water and Irrigation/Jordan Valley Authority announced on Friday that rainfall and runoff from the recent weather depression have added 10 million cubic meters to the country’s dams. 

Over the past 24 hours alone, an additional 7 million cubic meters flowed into the reservoirs, bringing the total storage in the Kingdom's 15 main dams to 80 million cubic meters, 28 per cent of their total capacity of 288.128 million cubic meters. 

This marks a decline from last year's storage level of 127 million cubic meters, which stood at 43 per cent of capacity, it said.  

According to a press statement released by the ministry on Friday, the highest recorded rainfall during the recent depression was in Ajloun’s Ibbin area, where precipitation reached 15.7 millimeters. 

The accumulated rainfall across all regions since the beginning of the season has now reached 24.7 per cent of the annual average, significantly lower than the 61 per cent recorded during the same period last year.  

The ministry added that as of Friday morning, the largest inflows were recorded at King Talal Dam, which received 3.6 million cubic meters, bringing its storage level to 38.9 million cubic meters, or 58 per cent of capacity. 

Other major inflows included Mujib Dam, which collected 1.1 million cubic meters, reaching 13.7 million cubic meters (55 per cent of capacity), and Wala Dam, which received 900,000 cubic meters, reaching a storage level of 9.5 per cent. 

The remaining inflows were distributed among other dams, except for the Tannur Dam in Tafilah, which received no significant additions.