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Article: Jordan: another dry summer. (Jordan's endemic water problems) (Business & Finance)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
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Jordan's endemic water problems will not go away. As the country searches frantically for alternative sources and better ways to ration consumption, Amman is braced for another summer of water cuts.
Water is Jordan's national obsession. Squeezed between a barren desert to the east and water-hungry Israel to the west, Jordan is never far from a water crisis. The situation is further complicated by one of the highest annual rates of population growth in the world (3.8% according to the latest official estimates) and steadily increasing demand for water from industry and agriculture.
A crisis mentality permeates the country, from the farmer's fields to the ...