Jamila Khair- The Greater Amman Municipality launched, under the patronage of the City Manager, Ahmed Al Malkawi, the outputs of the final report of the German Jordanian research project, Capture and Retain Heavy Rainfalls in Jordan (Cap Tain Rain), which aims to find innovative solutions to capture rainwater during heavy rainfalls and avoid any potential disasters caused .
The project, which includes the cities of Amman and Petra, seeks to help improve current methods and tools for predicting and preventing floods in Jordan and to find engineering solutions for water capturing and drainage, by analysing the factors of flash floods in Jordan's valleys and studying the relationships between climate changes, land use changes, and hydraulic engineering measures.
Al Malkawi said that the city of Amman has become affected by the phenomenon of climate change and severe weather phenomena, especially with regard to heavy rainfall and flash floods, and the accompanying damage.
He pointed out that thanks to the fruitful cooperation with the German government and partners from local and international institutions, and through the Cap Tain Rain project, we became more capable of understanding the climate change and dealing efficiently, effectively and more flexible with the negative effects of these phenomenon, all the way to safe and resilient city.
The Representative of the Federal Ministry of Research and Education, Roland Keil, said that the project is the result of joint cooperation between the Jordanian and German governments, which aims at bringing positive results to the city of Amman in the field of climate change, achieving sustainable development, and contributing in understanding the challenges and dealing with them efficiently.
The project helps develop climate services such as flash flood risk maps, early warning systems, and recommendations to prevent the risks of heavy rainfall.
Models to be built to develop and evaluate the necessary measures to improve risk preparedness, including technologies to convert and use this water.
It is worth mentioning that the project was implemented in cooperation between German universities and scientific research institutions specialised in the field of studying climate disasters, in addition to the Ministries of Environment, Water and Irrigation, the Greater Amman Municipality, the Petra Region Authority and the National Agricultural Research Center, and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the International Partnership for Sustainable Innovations Program.