Dams to restore water resources in the Jordanian dryland

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Jordan will establish 15 desert dams with a total capacity of two million cubic metres in the northeastern badia (dryland)by 2013.The project aims to recharge groundwater resources and secure local communities with a permanent water supply.Vegetation in the desertic areas will be restored to favor pasture, the dams will be used for irrigation and livestock watering and the water will be treated for drinking: http://bit.ly/PIMPSjDo you think that such projects will rehabilitate desertic areas? Is this the right way to go? Which are the pros and cons?

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  1. Hi Claudia. This sounds very encouraging and highly interesting. It may not be easy to achieve everything aimed at, but, I think this is an excellent effort. I am pretty sure they have already studied all the geological/soil characteristics as well as done community sensitisation in the whole area before venturing into such a huge and very expensive venture. In fact I am very eager to learn of all their achievements on the vegetation, water supply and on society. This world is really a great world, some societies are busy losing all the available wetlands, vegetation and ground water reservoirs while others are busy making such great efforts as desert rehabilitation/restoration. Such projects if carefully implemented I think they could make a very huge impact but if handled without advanced studies/care they can turn out to be very expensive with very little impact.