5 Hrs
Source:
سواليف
Ablution Water for Plants
Abu Ubaida Mosque in Deir Alla, in Balqa Governorate, turned water used for ablutions into a source of irrigation for trees and plants. A system collects and filters the water through layers of gravel and sand before pumping it into a drip-irrigation network. The project began in 2008, as an initiative of the Jordanian Society for Water Conservation. It later expanded to include 18 mosques and schools. More than 35 mosques now use ablution water for irrigation and cleaning, and rainwater-harvesting projects were carried out at more than 50 mosques between 2017 and 2024. The initiative is especially significant in a country where the annual per-capita share of renewable freshwater is just 61 cubic meters, even though the amount of reused ablution water remains limited compared with Jordan’s needs.
Size: 120%Text Size
Notice: This Is an AI-Generated Summary
Comments (0)