Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
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Entry from Directory of Selected Jordanian Water-related Publications
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| TITLE: | Groundwater Resources of Northern Jordan |
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| AUTHORS: | Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) Federal Institute for Geoscience and Natural Resources Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften Und Rohstoffe (BGR) |
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| PAGES: | Five Volumes |
| PUBLICATION DATE: | November 1994 |
| LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION: | English |
| ABSTRACT: | The main objective of the project was to strengthen the Water Authority of Jordan by Improving the self- reliance of the staff of the Water Resources Studies Department in the preparation of modern planning instrument and documents in the groundwater sector. One of the main project tasks was the assessment of the groundwater resources of the Northern Jordan. This included an improvement of the hydrogeological data base, the preparation of thematic maps on all important aspects of Hydrogeology, the preparation of other documents relevant to the assessment and exploitation of the groundwater resources, and the preparation of groundwater models. The project study area for the assessment of the groundwater resources of Northern Jordan included the areas between the Jordan Valley in the west to the borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia in the east and from the Syrian border in the north to latitude 070 N (Palestine Grid) in the south. The important surface water catchment in that area included the Jordan Valley with its eastern side catchment, the Yarmouk and the Zarqa River Basin, the northern part of the Mujib Basin, as well as the Azraq Basin and the Jordanian part of the Hamad Basin (Risha area). The project approach to an overall assessment of the hydrogeological situation in Northern Jordan comprised studies of all the major aquifers and aquitards and the interrelationship between different aquifer basin and hydrogeological units. The study comprised of the following reports: * Vol. 0 : Advisory Services to the Water Authority of Jordan in the Field of Hydrogeology Summary Results. * Vol. 1 : Rainfall, Springs and Baseflow. * Vol. 2 : Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Abstraction. * Vol. 3 : Structural Features of the Main Hydrogeological Units in Northern Jordan. * Vol. 4 : Hydrogeological Features of Northern Jordan. * Vol. 5.1 : Three - Dimensional Groundwater Flow Model of Northern Jordan. * Vol. 5.2 : Well Field Models in Northern Jordan. |
| ADDRESSES FROM WHICH THE REPORT CAN BE OBTAINED: | Ministry of Planning / Documentation Section Amman - Jordan Water Authority of Jordan / The Library Amman - Jordan Federal Institute for Geoscience and Natural Resources Hanover - Germany Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften Und Rohstoffe (BGR) Hanover - Germany |
| AVAILABILITY OF REPORT: | Available |
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