a mere trickle. it's the same in most parts of the country. very little rain falls here and water is extremely scarce jordan is one of the driest countries on earth. at the same time its population is growing so demand for water in the cities has soared in mud up for example. two hundred thousand people live in the area at an elevation of eight hundred meters. water has to be pumped here from lower lying regions hundreds of. kilometers away that takes lots of equipment and energy and it's expensive the country's aging water supply system heats up around fifteen percent of all the electricity used in jordan and a lot of the water it transports is lost due to leaks but some hajek as an engineer