Jordan: Water Scarcity: Difference between revisions
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===Overloaded wastewater systems=== | ===Overloaded wastewater systems=== | ||
As noted above, treated wastewater is another source of water utilised in Jordan. However, as with urban water supply systems, wastewater treatment plants have received low priority investment and current performance is insufficient to cope with the amount of wastewater that requires purification and so ends up discharging low quality effluent. This effluent then has a negative effect on public health because of contamination of crops or the build-up of toxins in irrigated soils. “Surface and ground are also adversely impacted due to runoff and seepage of polluted water, limiting their use for drinking water purposes. Furthermore, septic water is not regulated and untreated water discharged into the watershed has become a health and environmental issue.”<ref name="Kubursi" /> | |||
==Water scarcity as a barrier to sustainable development== | ==Water scarcity as a barrier to sustainable development== | ||