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Jordan Meets Water Supply Challenges
Author(s) -
Pruitt L. Lynn,
Thoem Robert L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1984.tb05353.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , elevation (ballistics) , water supply , environmental science , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , environmental engineering , geology , engineering , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , structural engineering
A new water system for the Amman, Jordan, metropolitan area will be completed in early 1985. The surface water supply is taken from a canal at an elevation of 230 m below sea level and pumped in a series of steps to a treatment plant near the city at an elevation of 1040 m above sea level. The 121‐ML (32‐mgd) initial capacity of the system will approximately double the supply currently available for the city's nearly 1 million inhabitants.