Jordan | Jordan Valley Authority: Evaporation amounts in dams amount to more than 20 million cubic meters annually

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/02/15

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Hisham Al-Haisa, Secretary-General of the Jordan Valley Authority, said on Wednesday that the amounts of evaporation at dam sites reach more than <strong>20 million cubic meters</strong> annually, indicating the significant increase in evaporation rates as a result of climate change in Jordan.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Haisa explained during his speech that:</p><blockquote style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> “High amounts of evaporation are due to climate change and rising temperatures.”</p></blockquote><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Which prompted the Jordan Valley Authority to cooperate with international organizations to apply global technologies in Jordan to reduce evaporation rates. He pointed out that <strong>there are advanced technologies</strong> used globally that are used on the surface of dam lakes with the aim of reducing evaporation, such as placing solar cells to benefit from solar energy, and placing rubber balls on the surface of the lake. These balls are made of certain materials and are placed on the surface of the water to reduce the surface area exposed to direct sunlight, which reduces the amount of evaporation and maintains the quality of the water and the flow of oxygen in it.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Read also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%... | Ministry of Water and Irrigation: The rainy season has increased to 41.4% of the long-term annual average</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%8A%... change is turning into a dangerous monster and there are fears that it will devour the world in 2024</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.almamlakatv.com/news/136150-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D9%88%...

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