In a country of severe water scarcity, the Abu Obeida mosque in Deir Alla captures ablution wastewater before it reaches the sewers to use for irrigation
The Abu Obeida mosque in Deir Alla, Balqa, to the west of Amman, stands in one of the hottest and most arid stretches of the Jordan valley. Yet an oasis of trees and flowerbeds surrounds it, improbably green against a landscape of bare ochre hills, watered by drip irrigation lines that run along the ground between the roots.
The water does not come from the municipal network, but from the taps where worshippers wash their hands, faces and feet before prayer.