Jordan to Invite Bids for Water Projects

Jordan plans to invite bids to build the Red Sea Project desalination plant, which will be implemented in five phases, with the first phase costing between $4.5bn and $5bn.

The entire project will cost $10bn. It will produce 400 million cubic metres of water a year from the Red Sea and about 200 million cubic metres of fresh water after desalination.

The winning bidders of the project will construct the facilities and manage them for a specified time, before returning ownership of the project to the Jordanian Government.

The project is expected to take 25 to 30 years to complete and will solve the water crisis in Jordan, according to businessweek.