Estimations of Collecting Precipitated Water from Surfaces of Houses in Urban Centers of Jordan and their Possible Changes
Samer Al Nawaiseh and Al Abdullah Tarazi, Geography Department, Yarmouk Unversty,rbid,Jordan.
Abstract
The study aimed to identify potential rainwater falling on the roofs of houses of the type role and villas in 25 urban centres in Jordan, using Rainfall data during the period of the record rainfall from 1989/1990 to 2008/2009, the general population and housing census of 2004, relating to the medium variant of housing space type House 25 urban center, while later medium-18 status has been relying on an analytical method based on variance analysis of temporal and spatial rainfall water quantities and expected compiled from the roofs of houses using quantitative methods and dependent on return periods of annual rainfall and prospects. A collection of 30 cubic meters was selected as the level above which well building is considered feasible. Accordingly, we found that 18 urban center out of urban centres were used in the study of their wells (role), while the villas in all urban centres except the city of Ma'an owing to the lack of precipitation.
Keywords: Urban centre, Water harvesting, House, Villas, Role.