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The Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located at 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage Completed in 1974 by the Nello L. Teer Company , it is 1,330 feet (410 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81.2 m) above mean sea level.
The King Talal Dam, Jordan's largest surface water reservoir, faces low water levels and pollution. However, water quality in the King Talal reservoir has improved as a result of the construction of the new As-Samra wastewater treatment plant.
Jordan Dam in background. Jordan Lake is a lake in Elmore County, Alabama.The closest city is Wetumpka.. Jordan Lake is a reservoir with a water surface of 6,800 acres (28 km 2), shoreline of about 188 miles (303 km), a total length of 18 miles (29 km), and a maximum storage volume of 236,200 acre-feet (291,300,000 m 3). [1]
In 1984, to meet the country's increased water demands, work to raise the dam to a height of 106 meters was begun, a project that was completed in 1988. The dam is named after king Talal of Jordan . The main purpose of the dam is to store winter rains and treated wastewater from Amman and Zarqa treated in the As Samra plant for irrigation in ...
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Bynum Dam. The Haw River has been dammed many times throughout its history to provide power for mills, irrigation for crops, and drinking water supplies. Some remnants of dams are still visible. The following dams are still extant on the Haw River: [11] [12] B. Everett Jordan Dam - 113 ft (34 m) Bynum Dam - 8 ft (2.4 m) Saxapahaw Dam - 30 ft (9 ...
Downstream from this dam, the water level is very low, and the river banks are intensively used for agriculture, as well as grazing by sheep and goats [17] The King Talal Dam was built across the lower Zarqa in 1970, and created a reservoir with a capacity of 55 million cubic meters, and increased in 1987 to 86 million cubic meters. [ 15 ]
Pages in category "Dams in Jordan" ... King Talal Dam; M. Mujib Dam This page was last edited on 15 August 2019, at 03:37 (UTC). Text is available under the ...