Greater Amman Water Supply Project, Jordan
Key Data:
National Sustainable Supply Capacity
750 million cubic metres a year
Current Water Demand (all uses)
>1 billion cubic metres a year
Annual Deficit
222 million cubic metres a year (1995); 251 million cubic metres a year (2011 predicted)
Current Annual Allowance Per Capita
180m³ to 200m³
Amman Water Supply Allocation (2003)
96 million cubic metres a year
Total Programme Investment Required to 2012
$5bn
King Abdullah Canal / Zai WTP Project
Increased Supply to Amman
45 million cubic metres a year
Project Elements
Rehabilitate the four pumping stations between Deir Allah and the Zai WTP; increase pumping capacity by 20%
Project Cost
$70m
Zara-Maain Water Project
Increased Supply to Amman
38 million cubic metres a year
Project Elements
Pre-treatment system; desalination plant; 40km transmission pipeline; SCADA, telemetry and monitoring / control systems
Project Cost
$125m
Disi-Mudawwara Project
Increased Supply to Amman
100 million cubic metres a 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 contro
Project Cost
$1,000m (estimated)
Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project (The Peace Conduit)
Increased Supply
850 million cubic metres a year fresh water for Jordan, Israel and Palestine
Project Elements
180km combination conduit (tunnel and canal sections) conveying 1.8 billion cubic metres a year of seawater; associated power / RO desalination projects
Project Cost
$800m (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 Completion
August 2006
Disi-Mudawwara Project Ordered
August 2008
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
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
Disi-Mudawwara Project Contractor
Gama Power Systems
Other Contractors
Tokyo Sekkei Jimusho (Engineering); Gibb; Camp; Dresser & McKee; Metcalf & Eddy; Harza; CH2MHill; ABT & Associates; Chemonics; Rural Development Associates; Development Alternatives, Inc.
