In order to raise the irrigation efficiency , surface irrigation channels were converted into pressurized piped systems. Modern water management information systems are used in the management of water resources and irrigation conveyance and distribution systems. In the meantime, the integrated development project for Southern Ghors is being implemented.
The project will provide about 57 MCM of water from Mujib, Wala and Tannour dams for domestic, industrial, tourism and irrigation purposes. About 10 MCM will be used to irrigate 10 thousand dunums in Southern Ghors
 

Pilot Projects

These projects aim at the use of advanced technology to raise the efficiency of water management, increase the economic return of irrigation water and reduce losses. The projects are applied in pilot areas in direct cooperation with farmers groups. Examples of these projects are:

Irrigation Optimization in the Jordan Valley (IO. JOV):
This project, initiated in the pumping station n.2 (Adasiya), is now implemented in pumping station n.41 (Wadi Rayyan) and has just started in pumping station n.55 (Abu Obeida). In order to improve equity of water distribution, the project focuses on improving the pressure in the network, through adaptations of the farm turn-outs, new management rules, rotation schedule optimization and participation of farmers. These improvements conducted towards better efficiency of on-farm irrigation through the general shift from surface to micro-irrigation. IOJoV also supports farmers to use advanced techniques to improve the scheduling and uniformity of on-farm irrigation and to control the clogging of the drippers.



Water Resources Management in Irrigated Agriculture:
The project aims at participating farmers in irrigation water distribution. It was able during the past two years to establish the participation of WUA in the water distribution management initially in pilot areas in the Jordan Valley where the distributing networks were impaired by continued misuse over a number of years. Farmers joined in User Associations, experience and learn cooperation among themselves and with JVA staff. They participate in the rehabilitation and maintenance of the irrigation networks. Suitable organizational forms like Cooperatives, Water Councils, Committees were established at different locations of the Jordan Valley according to the local conditions at each location.



Reclaimed Water Project (RWP):
The project is a succession of the Brackish Water Project which studied the use of brackish water in irrigation and issued a guideline to farmers on the best practices to irrigate certain crops with Brackish water in the Jordan Valley. The new project aims at producing guidelines for the use of Reclaimed water in an environmentally safe and economically viable manner
 

Ministry of Water & Irrigation