The General Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation lectures at RJNDC

During his lecture Tuesday at RJNDC entitled "Water Policy in Jordan" for scholars in Defense course 16 and War course 25 that the ministry looks to water as a key element for social, economic and political development and national security by maintaining  Provide adequate water supply to citizens and other uses and enhance the coverage of sanitation services.

He added that the ministry is taking many new policies and improvements to increase efficiency, preserve fresh water, reuse and recycle all available water and optimize the use of resources by reducing technical and administrative water losses.  In addition to improving the efficiency of energy use in the treatment and distribution of water and the introduction of renewable energy.

He pointed out that the main challenges facing the water sector are the widening gap between Syrian demand and our demands, which contributed to increasing the demand for water by 21%, in addition to the impact of climate change on the water sector due to the high temperatures, the intensity of heat waves and the decrease in rainfall and lack of nutrition for surface and groundwater sources.  This is in addition to the high capital cost of new water projects and the inability to secure the necessary funding to invest in water sector projects.