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• TITLE: Water loss in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan

  AUTHORS: Nadhir Al-Ansari, Salem Al-Oun, Wafa Hadad, Sven Knutsson

  KEYWORDS: Mafraq; Water Loss; Jordan; Administrative Loss; Technical Loss

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.5 No.3, March 26, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Jordan is located in theMiddle Eastand covers an area of89,342 km2. The total population ofJordanis 6,508,271.Jordanis rapidly facing a severe water supply crisis due to greater demands on a finite quantity of available water. If current trends continue, it has been estimated that the country will experience a chronic water shortage by 2020. Despite these shortages, water loss in the distribution network is relatively high where it reaches 46%. Mafraq Governorate has the maximum water loss. Continuous records and data for the period 1999-2004 for Mafraq water authority were investigated for the water supply and lose. Water losses were evaluated, and suggestions were given to minimize the loss.