Al-Harahsheh, S., Al-Taani, A. A., Al-Amoush, H., Shdeifat, A., Al-Mashagbah, A., Al-Raggad, M., ... & Almasaeid, K. (2020). Assessing the Impact of Zaatari Syrian Refugee Campin Central North Jordan on the Groundwater Quality. Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 11(4), 260-271.?
Following the Syrian conflict, about 1.4 million Syrians have been displaced to Jordan (UNHCR, 2018), of which about 80,000 persons are housed in the Zaatari Refugee Camp (ZRC). The ZRC is the largest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, located in the northeastern region, close to Jordan?s northern border with Syria (Al-Harahsheh et al., 2015). The ZRC was built in the Amman-Zarqa Basin (AZB) which is a major source of groundwater in Jordan (Al-Taani et al., 2018a). A large number of new groundwater wells have been drilled
Publishing Year
2020