Jordanians change dam design
- From: Vol 2, Issue 12 (December 2001)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Jordan
JORDAN’S MINISTRY OF WATER AND IRRIGATION is to change the technical specification of the $220 million Wihdeh dam project in order to attain a better design. The dam is to be built on the Yarmouk river on the border with Syria.
Water minister Hazim El-Naser said the changes were requested by those funding the project in view of developments since the technical maps and plans were drawn up in 1987.
Construction of the Al Karameh dam on the Yarmouk in 1998 and the 1994 peace treaty with Israel under which Israel is to receive 25Mm3 of water annually has altered ...
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