Minister of Water and Irrigation: 6 million cubic meters entered the dams

2020-01-10 2020-01-10T13:43:05Z
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Arab Weather - Eng. Raed Abu Al-Saud, Minister of Water and Irrigation, said that the air depression increased the dams of the main kingdom by about (6) million additional cubic meters, bringing the total storage in the dams to (117) million cubic meters, with a total storage rate that reached 35 percent of its storage capacity. (336.4 million) cubic meters, where King Talal Dam received the lion's share of storage capacity of about (3.5) million cubic meters of the quantities of water stored by dams.

He indicated during press statements today, that the amount of water stored by the Al-Wehda Dam is (500) thousand cubic meters and the Wala Dam (470) thousand cubic meters, and the obligatory (350) thousand cubic meters and the infidels (220) thousand cubic meters and the Wadi Al-Arab Dam (200) thousand meters Cubic and blue water (110) thousand cubic meters.

The minister indicated that the cumulative rainfall rate since the beginning of the season in all regions of the Kingdom rose to a rate of (60 percent) of the long-term annual rate of about (1.8) billion cubic meters, which constitutes a rate of (50 percent) of the previous rainy season. The recent rains focused on the regions of the south and the Badia, in particular Ma'an Governorate (135) million cubic meters, the retail (118) million cubic meters, Aqaba (38.5 million) cubic meters, and Tafila (24.6 million) cubic meters, and the capital Amman, which had about (97) million cubic meters of the amount Precipitation in all areas during the past 24 hours.

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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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