Kufranja Dam
Dam (7.8 MCM storage), 7.8 million m3 in Jordan.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Jordan
- Location
- Ajloun
- Coordinates
- 32.280, 35.700
- Technology
- Dam (7.8 MCM storage)
- Capacity
- 7.8 million m3
- Capital cost
- US$30 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (AED 103 million grant)
- Award or start year
- 2011
- Commissioned
- 2017-01
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2010-10
Jordan Valley Authority tenders construction and advisory contracts for an 80.5 m concrete-faced rockfill dam
- 2011
Construction begins
- 2017-01
Dam inaugurated by King Abdullah II
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- King Abdullah II official website, King visits Ajloun Governorate, inaugurates development projects, 11 January 2017. kingabdullah.jo.
- Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Kufranja Dam success story. adfd.ae.
- MEED, Jordan tenders construction and advisory contracts for dam, 3 October 2010. meed.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.