Al-Hisa: More Than 650 Water Harvesting Sites in the Kingdom with a Capacity Exceeding 150 Million Cubic Meters

Al-Taj News – Secretary-General of the Jordan Valley Authority, Hisham Al-Hisa, said on Tuesday that the Authority manages 16 main dams with a storage capacity of 365 million cubic meters, in addition to more than 650 water harvesting sites distributed across various regions of the Kingdom, with a storage capacity exceeding 150 million cubic meters.

Al-Hisa added, during the Government Communication Forum, that the total storage capacity of the main dams and water harvesting sites exceeds 500 million cubic meters, pointing out that the harvesting sites include excavation pits, desert dams, and ponds dedicated to collecting water.

He explained that more than 90% of the Kingdom’s area receives rainfall amounts below international levels for rainwater collection, pointing out that existing dams and water harvesting sites enable rainwater harvesting in more than 82% of the Kingdom’s area.