Specifications - Greater Amman Water Supply Project, Jordan
| Key Data | |
|---|---|
| National sustainable supply capacity | 750 million m³/year |
| Current water demand (all uses) | >1 billion m³/year |
| Annual deficit | 222 million m³ (1995); 251million m³ (2011 predicted) |
| Current annual allowance per capita | 180m³ 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 Amman | 45 million m³/year |
| Project elements | Rehabilitate 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 Amman | 38 million m³/year |
| Project elements | Pre-treatment system; desalination plant; 40km transmission pipeline; SCADA, telemetry and monitoring / control systems |
| Project cost | $125 million |
| Disi-Mudawwara Project | |
| Increased supply to Amman | 100 million m³/year |
| Project elements | 325km 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 supply | 850 million m³/year fresh water for Jordan, Israel and Palestine |
| Project elements | 180km 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 study | Mid-1996 |
| Disi-Mudawwara preliminary design studies | Mid-1997 |
| Petra conference for donor nations | November 1997 |
| King Abdullah Canal / Zai WTP phase 1 completed | 18 May 1998 |
| First contract awarded for restructuring Greater Amman water supply system | December 1998 |
| Second contract awarded for restructuring Greater Amman water supply system | 13 April 1999 |
| Management contract awarded for water services in Greater Amman | August 1999 (originally for four years, later extended until 2005) |
| Initial bids taken on Disi-Mudawwara project | Late 2001 |
| Contract awarded for Greater Amman water system rehabilitation and improvement | 14 January 2002 |
| EU-Jordan Association Agreement start date | 1 May 2002 (formally signed in 1997) |
| Disi-Mudawwara project final bids opened | 20 August 2003 |
| Zara-Maain project awarded / USAID funding agreed | 29 September 2003 |
| EU further funding agreement signed | 9 March 2004 |
| Zara-Maain project expected completion | Early 2006 |
| Key Players | |
| Jordanian agencies | Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI); Jordan Valley Authority; Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ); Irrigation Advisory Service |
| Funding | World 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 supervision | Lahmeyer International and Sigma Consulting Engineers JVC; CEC / Sajdi & Partners |
| Network redesign contractors | Dorsch Consult; Hazen & Sayer ; The Morganti Group; Montgomery Watson |
| Network management | Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux |
| DISI consultants | DHV / Stewart Scott International (SSI); Brown and Root North Africa; Consolidated Consultants (CC) |
| Zara-Maain project main contractor | Morganti Group / Ondeo Degremeont |
| Other contractors | Tokyo Sekkei Jimusho (Engineering); Gibb; Camp; Dresser & McKee; Metcalf & Eddy; Harza; CH2MHill; ABT & Associates; Chemonics; Rural Development Associates; Development Alternatives, Inc. |
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