Tafila dams exceed their capacity of water

Written By ديانا الحموري on 2014/05/14

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">ArabiaWeaher.com- <strong>Excavations and earthen dams</strong> in Tafila Governorate have exceeded their capacity of <strong>rain water</strong> , as the quantities of water stored in the dams of the southern governorate amounted to about 400 thousand cubic liters, while their absorptive capacity is estimated at about 350 thousand cubic meters, according to the Jordan News Agency - Petra.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">Today, Wednesday, the Director of Tafila Agriculture, Eng. Jamal Al-Oran, said that the quantities stored in excavations and earthen dams in the eastern and southern regions of Tafila Governorate amounted to 400,000 cubic meters of water, exceeding the estimated capacity of about 350,000 cubic meters of water.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">According to Al-Auran, the surplus water reserve will contribute to replenishing the groundwater reserve and providing additional quantities of water for watering livestock and irrigating rain-fed trees, natural and artificial pastures, and forest forests.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">The recent rainfall also caused damage in some agricultural areas, mainly soil erosion and the breaking of fruit and forest trees.</span></p>

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.


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