Greater Amman

Specifications - Greater Amman Water Supply Project, Jordan


Key Data
National sustainable supply capacity750 million m³/year
Current water demand (all uses)>1 billion m³/year
Annual deficit222 million m³ (1995); 251million m³ (2011 predicted)
Current annual allowance per capita180m³ to 200m³
Amman water supply allocation (2003)96 million m³/year
Total programme investment required to 2012$5 billion
King Abdullah Canal / Zai WTP Project 
Increased supply to Amman45 million m³/year
Project elementsRehabilitate the four pumping stations between Deir Allah and the Zai WTP; increase pumping capacity by 20%
Project cost$70 million
Zara-Maain Water Project 
Increased supply to Amman38 million m³/year
Project elementsPre-treatment system; desalination plant; 40km transmission pipeline; SCADA, telemetry and monitoring / control systems
Project cost$125 million
Disi-Mudawwara Project 
Increased supply to Amman100 million m³/year
Project elements325km transmission pipeline; 65 new boreholes; well field collectors; 12,000m³ collector reservoir; main pumping station and associated balancing tanks; 16,600m³ regulating tank; flow control stations; chlorination units; terminal reservoir
Project cost$600 million (estimated)
Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project (The Peace Conduit)  
Increased supply850 million m³/year fresh water for Jordan, Israel and Palestine
Project elements180km combination conduit (tunnel and canal sections) conveying 1.8 billion m³/year of seawater; associated power / RO desalination projects
Project cost$800 million (estimated)
Project Timeline
Disi-Mudawwara project feasibility studyMid-1996
Disi-Mudawwara preliminary design studiesMid-1997
Petra conference for donor nationsNovember 1997
King Abdullah Canal / Zai WTP phase 1 completed18 May 1998
First contract awarded for restructuring Greater Amman water supply systemDecember 1998
Second contract awarded for restructuring Greater Amman water supply system13 April 1999
Management contract awarded for water services in Greater AmmanAugust 1999 (originally for four years, later extended until 2005)
Initial bids taken on Disi-Mudawwara projectLate 2001
Contract awarded for Greater Amman water system rehabilitation and improvement14 January 2002
EU-Jordan Association Agreement start date1 May 2002 (formally signed in 1997)
Disi-Mudawwara project final bids opened20 August 2003
Zara-Maain project awarded / USAID funding agreed29 September 2003
EU further funding agreement signed9 March 2004
Zara-Maain project expected completionEarly 2006
Key Players
Jordanian agenciesMinistry of Water and Irrigation (MWI); Jordan Valley Authority; Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ); Irrigation Advisory Service
FundingWorld Bank; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); European Investment Bank; Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development; the EU; Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau; Germany, Italy, Japan, Libya and the United Kingdom
Infrastructure upgrade supervisionLahmeyer International and Sigma Consulting Engineers JVC; CEC / Sajdi & Partners
Network redesign contractorsDorsch Consult; Hazen & Sayer ; The Morganti Group; Montgomery Watson
Network managementSuez-Lyonnaise des Eaux
DISI consultantsDHV / Stewart Scott International (SSI); Brown and Root North Africa; Consolidated Consultants (CC)
Zara-Maain project main contractorMorganti Group / Ondeo Degremeont
Other contractorsTokyo Sekkei Jimusho (Engineering); Gibb; Camp; Dresser & McKee; Metcalf & Eddy; Harza; CH2MHill; ABT & Associates; Chemonics; Rural Development Associates; Development Alternatives, Inc.


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