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Ammon News - The Lower House Agriculture, Water and Badia Committee, on Sunday, headed by MP Mohammad Alaqmeh, continued to discuss the file of the agreement of intent that the government recently signed to begin deliberations over the feasibility of an energy-for-water project with regional countries.

In a meeting with former Secretary-General of the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna), Sa'ad Abu Hammour, who called for the preparation of an "accurate" scientific study on the information related to the presence of "large" quantities of deep groundwater, according to a mathematical model similar to what was done regarding Disi water reservoir.

This effort should seek to find out the truth of this information, especially since all the evidence points to the "unjust" pumping of underground wells and their low levels, Abu Hammour pointed out.

Abu Hammour pointed to the multiple references and conflicting information on the Kingdom's water situation, which produced "unclear" information that calls for a single authority for Jordan's water management, concerned with running this sector.

On Jordan's current water situation, he said there are government wells used for drinking, agriculture and industry, 12 underground water basins, 11 of which are renewable, in addition to 1 non-renewable Disi.

Underground basins are depleted twice the "required" level annually, he said, adding that quantities pumped for drinking purposes to all the Kingdom's regions are estimated annually at 400 mcm.