Jordan suffers summer of water shortages

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Speed read Jordanians face water rationing as sources dry up Farmers are advised to only plant on half their land Dams are less than half full [AMMAN] Jordanians face the country’s worse water shortage in almost a decade due to the combined effect of weak rainfall and water overuse during COVID-19 lockdowns. [...]we wasted water by providing farmers with large additional quantities of irrigation, above their approved quota.” See PDF] Duraid Mahasneh, president of the Association for the Sustainability of Water, Environment and Renewable Energysaid the water problem in Jordan is more political than geographical. “Since 1948, the kingdom has received refugees due to the conflicts in the region, and at a time when the kingdom’s water suffices two million people, the current population requires distributing it among 10 million,” he said.