Treaty Basin: Araba/Arava groundwater, Yarmuk, Jordan |
Region: Asia |
Date: 1994-10-26 |
Number of Parties: 1 |
Primary Issue Area: Water quantity |
Allocations: Yarmuk-- Summer: Israel 12 MCM, Jordan gets the rest. Winter--Israel 13 MCM, Jordan gets the rest. Israel also takes 20 MCM for Jordanian storage in Lake Tiberias Jordan--Summer: Israel maintains current use, equal to Jordan’s. Winter: Jordan 20 MCM of the floods |
Non-water Linkages: Other |
Monitoring: Y |
Enforcement: N |
RBO: N |
Joint Management: Y |
Groundwater: Y |
Agreement Finance: Y |
Information Exchange: Y |
Enforcement Mechanism: None |
Stakeholder Participation: N.A. |
Conflict Resolution: Commission |
Additional Comments: Jordan also receives desalinated 10 MCM of approx. 20 MCM of saline springs. The two parties will cooperate to find an additional 50 MCM of drinkable water. Israel can take 10 MCM over and above its current groundwater withdrawals, provided such withdraw |