Aware of these challenges, the government of Jordan has formulated a Water Strategy covering the period 2008 to 2022. The Strategy aims to reduce the country’s reliance on groundwater abstraction and diversify its water resources through wastewater treatment and alternative technologies such as desalination and the use of brackish water and rainwater harvesting. It defines a target of decreasing groundwater sources from 32% of the water supply in 2008 to 13% by 2022.