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Program Description:
Water is a scarce commodity.  Many parts of the world receive little annual rainfall, including much of the developing world.  Jordan has faced the challenge of water scarcity for many generations and is ranked among the 10 most water-scarce nations in the world. Beginning in the 1950's large water works projects began to modernize the drinking water and wastewater infrastructure of Jordan, with a main focus on water conservation. Through these conservation efforts, today Jordan has achieved the lowest per capita water consumption rate in the world. For this achievement, Jordanian engineers and scientists have relied on both well established and new innovations...